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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 ralization, alien registration, and Chinese exclusion; including per- sonal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; care, detention, maintenance, transportation, and other expenses incident to the deportation, removal, and exclusion of aliens, and persons sub- ject to the Chinese exclusion laws, in the United States and to, through, or in foreign countries; payment of rewards; purchase, exchange, and rental of typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including electric typewriting machines; travel- ing expenses, including attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase (including exchange), hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, boats, and aircraft; firearms and ammunition; lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals, including the exchange thereof; refunds of head tax, maintenance bills, immigration fines, and other items properly returnable- mileage and fees of witnesses subpenaed on behalf of the United States; stenographic reporting services by contract or otherwise; operation, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase of equipment incident thereto; and allowances (not exceeding $1,700 for any one person) for living quarters, and so forth, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C . 118a), $19,450,000: Provided, That the Attor- ney General may transfer to, or reimburse, any other depart- ment, agency, or office of Federal, State, or local governments, funds in such amounts as may be necessary for salaries and expenses in- curred by them in rendering authorized assistance to the Depart- ment of Justice in connection with the administration and enforce- ment of said laws: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for alterations, improvements, and repairs to premises occupied for detention purposes without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U. S. C . 278a), when authorized or approved by the Attorney General, and for all necessary expenses incident to the maintenance, care, detention, surveillance, parole, and transportation of alien enemies, including transportation and other expenses in the return of such aliens to place of bona fide residence or to such other place as may be authorized by the Attorney General: Provided further, That not to exceed $200,000 of this appropria- tion may be expended for the employment of personnel, exclusive of attorneys, without regard to the Civil Service Act and regulations or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and not to exceed $25,000 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 any such expenditure the purpose of which 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: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization may con- tract with officers and employees for the use, on official business, of privately owned horses: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the acquisition or construction of temporary buildings necessary for or incident to the detention of aliens, and when authorized or approved by the Attorney General obligations may be incurred for such purposes without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the field when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be 483 Vehicles, etc. Mileage and fees of witnesses. 46 Stat. 818 Provisos. Reimbursement of cooperating agencies. Improvements to premises for detention purposes. 47 Stat. 412. Detention, etc., of alien enemies. Non-eovil-service personnel. 22 Stat. 403 . 42 Stat. 1488. 6U.S.C., chs.12, 13; Supp. I, ch. 13. Post, p. 733. Use of privately owned horses. Temporary deten- tion buildings. 41U.S.C.§5. Field service pur- chases, etc.

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