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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 4008. TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES Prisoners shall be transported by agents designated by the Attorney General or his authorized representative. The reasonable expense of transportation, necessary subsistence, and hire and transportation of guards and agents shall be paid by the Attorney General from such appropriation for the Department of Justice as he shall direct. Upon conviction by a consular court or court martial the prisoner shall be transported from the court to the place of confinement by agents of the Department of State, War, or the Navy, as the case may be, the expense to be paid out of the Treasury of the United States in the manner provided by law. § 4009. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SITES AND BUILDINGS The Attorney General may authorize the use of a sum not to exceed $100,000 in each instance, payable from any unexpended balance of the appropriation "Support of United States prisoners" for the pur- pose of leasing or acquiring a site, preparation of plans, and erection of necessary buildings under section 4003 of this title. If in any instance it shall be impossible or impracticable to secure a proper site and erect the necessary buildings within the above limita- tion the Attorney General may authorize the use of a sum not to exceed $10,000 in each instance, payable from any unexpended balance of the appropriation "Support of United States prisoners" for the pur- pose of securing options and making preliminary surveys or sketches. Upon selection of an appropriate site the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an estimate of the cost of purchasing same and of remodeling, constructing, and equipping the necessary buildings thereon. CHAPTER 303. - -B UR EA U OF PRISONS Sec. 4041. Bureau of Prisons; director and employees. 4042. Duties of Bureau of Prisons. § 4041. BUREAU OF PRISONS; DIRECTOR AND EMPLOYEES The Bureau of Prisons shall be in charge of a director appointed by and serving directly under the Attorney General at a salary of $10,000 a year. The Attorney General may appoint such additional officers and employees as he deems necessary. § 4042. DUTIES or BUREAU OF PRISoNS The Bureau of Prisons, under the direction of the Attorney General, shall- (1) have charge of the management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions; (2) provide suitable quarters and provide for the safekeeping, care, and subsistence of all persons charged with or convicted of offenses against the United States, or held as witnesses or otherwise; (3) provide for the protection, instruction, and discipline of all persons charged with or convicted of offenses against the United tates. This section shall not apply to military or naval penal or correctional institutions or the persons confined therein. Sec. 4081. 4082. 4083. 4084. 4085. 4086. 849 Ante, p. 848. Submission of esti- mate to Congress. CHAPTER 305.- -C OMM IT ME NT AND TRANSFB Classification and treatment of prisoners. Commitment to Attorney General; transfer. Penitentiary imprisonment; consent. Copy of commitment delivered with prisoner. Transfer for state offense; expense. Temporary safe-keeping of federal offenders by marshals 68706'-49--pt. 154

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