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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 retarios ad $893,100: Provided, That the compensation of secretaries and law clerks. clerks of district judges shall be fixed by the Director of the Admin- istrative Office of the United States Courts without regard to the 42 stat. 1488. Classification Act of 1923, as amended, except that the salaries of 674; Supp. I, h. 13. secretaries shall not exceed that of the senior clerical grade and the Post, p. 733. salaries of law clerks shall not exceed that of the principal sub- Appointments, cer - professional grade: Provided further, That none of this fund shall tiates of necessity. used for the pay of a law clerk appointed by a district judge unless the senior circuit judge of the circuit (the District of Columbia being considered a circuit) in which the district where the clerk is needed, is situated, shall certify to the necessity of the appointment: Law clerks, limita- Provided further, That not to exceed three law clerks to district tio n. judges shall be appointed in any one circuit. Miscellaneous expenses (other than salaries): For such miscel- laneous expenses as may be authorized or approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the United States courts and their officers, including rent of rooms for United States courts and judicial officers; supplies and equipment, including the exchange of typewriting and adding machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and Reporting services. ammunition therefor; stenographic reporting services without regard 41 .S. C.5. to section 3709, Revised Statutes, provided that the rates of payment shall not exceed those fixed by the district court pursuant to Rule 28 U. S. c. fol. 80 (b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in the jurisdiction of which Lawbooks. the services are rendered; purchase of lawbooks, including the exchange thereof, for United States judges, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the United States circuit courts of appeals, Federal Reporter. and the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued Trnsmittal to su- $307,200: Provided,That such books shall in all cases be transmitted ceaaors. to their successors in office; all books purchased hereunder to be marked plainly, "The Property of the United States": Provided U. s . Code Anno- further, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the tated,price limtation. current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated, and that the reports of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall not be sold for a price exceeding that approved by the court and for not more than $6.50 per volume. Traveling expenses: For all necessary traveling expenses, not other- wise provided for, incurred by the Judiciary, including traveling Proelso. expenses of probation officers and their clerks, $567,000: Provided, ttendancetmet- That this sum shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $4,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of Federal probation when incurred on the written authorization of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Probation officers. Provided further, That United States probation officers may be allowance for use of own utomobiles. allowed, in lieu of actual expenses of transportation, not to exceed 4 cents per mile for the use of their own automobiles for transporta- tion when traveling on official business within the city limits of their official station. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Admin- istrative Office and Courts of the United States, $89,000. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS Salaries: For the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Assistant Director, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as may be neces- sary to enable the Director to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the administration of the United States courts, and for other purposes", approved August 7, 1939 [56 STAT.