260 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 180-APR . 27, 1938 [52 STAT. eral for information leading to the apprehension of fugitives from Emergencies, justice, including not to exceed $20,000 to meet unforeseen emer- gencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Attorney General, 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 tervies in the Dis- for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; and including not to exceed $1,731,180 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $6,043,200, of which amount not to exceed $65,000 shall Msr°purchases. be available immediately: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised . s.§ 3709. Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any pur- 41. . chase or service rendered for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the field when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50. Miscellaneous. Conduct of customs oass. Enforcement of anti- trust, etc., laws. Bond and Spirits Division. Proiso. Limitation on use of funds for salaries. Examination of ju- dicial offices. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General; necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of gov- ernment and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General? including experts at such rates of compen- sation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General; expenses of procuring evidence, supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Federal Reporter and Digests, and other miscel- laneous and incidental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; in all, $128,500. Enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws: For the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General except that the compensation paid to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed the rate of $10,000 per annum, including not to exceed $117,560 for personal services in the District of Colum- bia, $580,060. Bond and Spirits Division: For salaries and expenses in connec- tion with the preliminary determination of civil liabilities arising under acts pursuant to the eighteenth amendment before repeal; the preliminary determination of compromises and petitions for remis- sion of forfeitures arising out of current internal-revenue liquor laws; the supervision of tile collection on forfeited bail bonds and judgments and fines imposed in criminal cases; personal services in theDistrict of Columbia and elsewhere, and such other expenditures (not exceeding $50 for any one item) as may be necessary, $185,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to com- pensate any person not appointed pursuant to civil-service laws and regulations, but this limitation shall not apply to attorneys or the head of the division. Examination of judicial offices: For the investigation of the offi- cial acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of the United States courts and Territorial courts, probation officers, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney General at any time; and also, the official acts, records, and accounts of referees and trustees of such courts; for copying, in the District of Columbia or else- where, reports of examiners at folio rates; in all, $51,800, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General.
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