58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 294-JUNE 28, 1944 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection, classification, and preservation of identi- fication and other records and their exchange with the duly author- ized officials of the Federal Government, of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase (for replace- ment only), hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles; purchase at not to exceed $7,000 of one, and maintenance and operation of not more than four armored auto- mobiles; firearms and ammunition; stationery, supplies, floor cover- ings, equipment, and telegraph, teletype, and telephone service; not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the pur- poses set forth in this paragraph; traveling expenses, including expenses in an amount not to exceed $4,500, of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of such Bureau when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; not to exceed $1,500 for membership in the International Criminal Police Commission; payment of rewards when specifically authorized by the Attorney General for informa- tion leading to the apprehension of fugitives from justice, including not to exceed $20,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confiden- tial character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expendi- ture as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such cer- tificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended, $9,000,000. Salaries and expenses for certain emergencies: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, including the purposes and under the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph, $100,000, to be held as a reserve for emergencies arising in connection with kid- naping, extortion, bank robbery, and to be released for expenditure in such amounts and at such times as the Attorney General may determine. Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes (emer- gency): For salaries and expenses, during the national emergency, in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection, classification, and preservation of identi- fication and other records and their exchange with the duly author- ized officials of the Federal Government, of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase (for replace- ment only), hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; firearms and ammunition; stationery, supplies, floor coverings, equipment, and telegraph, teletype, and telephone service; not to exceed $3,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph; traveling expenses; payment of rewards when specifically authorized by the Attorney General for information leading to the apprehension of fugitives from justice, including not to exceed $150,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended Protection of the President. Traveling expenses. Rewards for infor- mation. Emergencies of con- fidential character. Reserve for certain emergencies. Detection and pros- ecution of crimes (emergency). Emergencies of cone fidential character.
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