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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 405. MAY 15, 1936 . 132 3 apprehension of fugitives from justice, including not to exceed $20,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specif y, and every such certifica te shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended ; and including not to exceed $1,181,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia $100,000 shall be immediately available : Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Fed- eral ]Bureau of Investigation in the field when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50. MISC FTJ ,ANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART31ENT OF JUSTICE Emergencies. Services in the Di s- trict. Provis o. Purchaseswithout adverti sing. R. S ., sec. 3709, p. 733. U.S.C.,p.1803. Miscellaneous . Conduc t of custom s case s : Assistant Attorney General, special Conduct of customs attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to cases, be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of gov- ernm ent and elsewher e, to be employe d and th eir comp ensation fixed by the Attorney General, including experts at such rates of compen- sation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General expenses of procuring evidence, supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Federal Reporter and Digests, traveling, and other miscellaneous and incidental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General ; in all, $140,000. Defending suits in claims against the United States
 * $6,025,000, of which amount
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Defending suits in claims against United sa expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuring States . evidence, employment of experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, and such other expenses as may be necessary in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including Indian depredation claims, and contested proceed- ings involving inventions, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $45,000 . Taxes and Penalties Unit : For salaries and expenses in connection Taxes and Penalties Unit. with the enforcement of liability for internal-revenue taxes and Enforcing designated penalties involving violation of the National Prohibition Act, as Acts, et c" under . amended and supplemented, the determination of the remission or mitigation of forfeitures under the internal-revenue laws and of liability for internal-revenue taxes and penalties in connection with violations of the National Prohibition Act occurring prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, the institution of suits upon any cause of action under the National Prohibition Act or under the internal-revenue laws involving a violation of the National Prohibition Act arising prior to, and not affected by the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and the compromise of any such caus e of act ion befo re or af ter suit is brou ght, per sonal se rvices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, travel expenses, and such other expenditures as may be necessary, $220,000. Enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws : For the enforcement Enforcement of anti. trust, etc., laws . of antitrust and kindred laws, including experts at such rates of U.S. C.,p.509. co mpens ation as may be au thori zed or appro ved b y the Attorn ey Ge neral, i ncluding not to exceed $ 100,000 for pers onal ser vices in the District of Columbia, $435,000. Examination of judicial offices : For the investigation of the Examination of iudi . official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks cial offices . of the United States courts and Territorial courts, probation officers, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall