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. . ee ¢ . ; JOHN EDGAR HOOVER. a, @ a U.S. Bure of Inbestigntion , os - Department of Justice | Bishington, B.C. February 1, 1933. THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. Investigative Jurisdiction. The United States Bureou of Investigation hes the responsibility of investigating offenses ageinst the lews of the United States and collecting evidence in cases in which the United States is or mey be a party, end possesses primery investigative jurisdiction of those offenses against the laws of the United States not specifically essigned ty Congressional enactment to other Governmental agencies for investigation. This Bureau does not investigete violations of the National ProLitition Act, the Narcotic Lars, Smiggling, Counterfeiting, a Immigration Laws, and certain other miscellaneous statutes. Among the most generelly known violations investigeted | . , ~~ vee pe Te oe a . ty the United States Bureau of Invest igetion ere the following: Benkruptcy Act; Antitrust Lews; National Rank and : say + womnemaetel wie ob Bemweeeenadd. & Federal Reserve Acts; Crimes on the High Seas and on mdien and Government Reservations; Frauds Against the Government; ‘Inpersonstion; Peonage; Theft ‘ot - Government Property; Bribery of Government Officers; Espionage; Escaped Federal Prisoners; Neutrelity