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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 States; the acquisition, collection, classification, and preservation of identification and other records and their exchange with the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; purchase and exchange not to exceed $60,000, and hire, maintenance, upkeep, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehi- cles, to be used only on official business; purchase (including exchange) at not to exceed $7,000 of one, and maintenance, upkeep, and operation, of not more than four armored automobiles; fire- arms and ammunition; such stationery, supplies, floor coverings, equipment, and telegraph, teletype, and telephone service at the seat of government or elsewhere as the Attorney General may direct; not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the pur- poses set forth in this paragraph and to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; traveling expenses, including expenses in an amount not to exceed $4,500, of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of such Bureau when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; not to exceed $1,500 for membership in the International Criminal Police Commission; payment of rewards when specifically authorized by the Attorney General for informa- tion leading to the apprehension of fugitives from justice, including not to exced $20,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney Gen- eral, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; and including not to exceed $2,016,480 for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia; $7,222,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the field when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein under the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service employee, except finger-print classifiers. Salaries and expenses for certain emergencies: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, including the same purposes and under the same conditions specified in the preceding paragraph, $200,000, to be held as a reserve for emergencies arising in connec- tion with kidnaping, extortion and bank robbery, and to be released for expenditure in such amounts and at such times as the Attorney General may determine. Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes (emer- gency): For salaries and expenses, during the limited national emer- gency, in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection, classification, and preserva- tion of identification and other records and their exchange with the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; purchase and exchange not to exceed $75,000, and hire, maintenance, upkeep, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only on official business; firearms and ammunition; such stationery, supplies, floor coverings, equipment, and telegraph, tele- Identification, etc., records. Investigations, mat- ters under control of Departments of Jus- tice and State. Vehicles. Traveling expenses. Rewards for infor- mation. Emergencies. Personal services. Provisos. Minor purchases. Post, p. 1109. Use of funds. Emergencies. Detection and pros- ecution of crimes (emergency). Post, p. 600. 201

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