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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. - CH. 156-MAY 31, 1941 before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for "Fees of witnesses, Department of Justice": Pro- vided further, That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $15,000 may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of securing information concerning viola- tions of the laws relating to the Treasury Department, and for services or information looking toward the apprehension of criminals. White House Police: For one captain, two lieutenants, four ser- geants, and seventy-three privates, at rates of pay provided by law; in all, $195,900. For uniforming and equipping the White House Police, including the purchase, issue, and repair of revolvers, and the purchase and issue of ammunition and miscellaneous supplies, to be procured in such manner as the President in his discretion may determine, $6,500. BUREAU OF THE MINT OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF THE MINT Salaries: For the Director of the Mint and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $119,540. Transportation of bullion and coin: For transportation of bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise, between mints, assay offices, and bullion depositories, $187,500, including compensation of tem- porary employees and other necessary expenses incident thereto. Contingent expenses and examination of mints: For assay labora- tory chemicals, fuel, materials, balances, weights, and other neces- saries, including books, periodicals, specimens of coins, ores, and inci- dentals, and for examination of mints, expense in visiting mints for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements, and for special examinations and for the collection of statistics relative to the annual production and consumption of the precious metals in the United States, $14,300. Salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices: For compensation of officers and employees of the mints at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; and New Orleans, Louisiana, the assay offices at New York, New York; and Seattle, Washington, and the bullion depositories at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and West Point, New York, including necessary personal services for carrying out the provisions of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 and the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, and any Executive orders, proclamations and regulations issued thereunder, and for incidental and contingent expenses includ- ing traveling expenses, new machinery, and repairs, arms, and ammu- nition, purchase and maintenance of uniforms and accessories for guards, protective devices, and their maintenance, training of employees in use of firearms and protective devices, purchase (not exceeding $1,700) and exchange of a motorbus, maintenance, repair, and operation of two motorbusses for use at the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, cases and enameling for medals manufactured, net wastage in melting and refining and in coining departments, loss on sale of sweeps arising from the treatment of bullion and the manu- facture of coins, not to exceed $500 for the expenses of the annual assay commission, and not exceeding $1.000 for the acquisition, at the dollar face amount or otherwise, of specimen and rare coins, includ- ing United States and foreign gold coins and pieces of gold used as, or in lieu of money, and ores, for addition to the Government's col- lection of such coins, pieces, and ores; $3,191,500. 225 Post, p. 295. Information con- cerning law violations. Post, p. 835. Post, p. 835. 48 Stat. 337, 1178. 31U.8.C.i§440- 446; 448-448e. Incidental, etc., ex- penses. Annual assay com- mission. 278941--42-PT. I -- 15

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