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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. Cu. 57. 1928 .

77 TITLE II .--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Department of Jus- tice . Or 1, ICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENFR AT, Salaries : For Attorney General, $15000 ; Soli citor Gene ral Attorney General, y

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f Solicitor General, As- $ 10 , 0 0 0 ; Assistant to the A ttorney G eneral, $ 9,000 ; a nd other personal sist ants , so licit ors, and office personnel . services in the D istrict o f Columbi a in acc ordance w ith the C lassifica - Vol . 42, p. 1488. tion Act of 1923, including the Solicitors of the State, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, and the office forces of the Solicitors of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, $1,032,600 ; in all, $1,066,600 .

Law books, etc . For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals, including the exchange thereof, for the Department of Justice, $6,700 : Provided, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid Limit o for united for the current and future volumes of the United States Code tatedstates Cod e, Ann e- . Annotated . CO NTI NGE NT EXPENSES, DEP ARTM ENT OF JUS TIC E For stationery, furniture and repairs, floor coverings not exceeding ge nt and misce llan om us $500, file holders and cases ; miscellaneous expenditures, including expenses . telegraphing and telephones, postage, labor, typewriters and adding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, street-car fare s not exce eding $30 0, ne wspap ers, pres s cli ppin gs, a nd ot her necessaries ordered by the Attorney General ; official transportation, including the repair, maintenance, and operation of a motor-driven passenger car, delivery truck, and motor cycle, to be used only for official purposes, and purchase and repair of bicycles, $62,000 . For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Rent' Columbia, $118,000, if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commiss ion in buildings und er the control of th at commission . r For printing and binding for the Department of Justice and the in"inting and bind - courts of the United States, $280,000 . For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency ex pens es, penses . authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, $12,500. MISCET,T,ANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF JUST ICE

Miscellaneous . Conduct of customs cases : Assistant Attorney General, $8,000 ; ~Cosnduct of customs special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs Assistant Attorney Gen er al, sp ecia l at- cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney torneys, etc. General, as authorized by subsection 30 of section 28 of the Act of Vol. 36, p .108. August 5, 1909 ; necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of government and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General ; supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Fe deral Report er and Diges ts, tr aveling , and other miscel laneou s and incidental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General ; in all, $109,750. Defending suits in claims against the United States : For necessa

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ry claims . expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuring evi- dence, 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, to be expended under claimsan de predat ion the direction of the Attorney General, $85,000 .