INSTRUCTIONS
|1. FORWARD ARREST CARDS TO FBI
| IMMEDIATELY AFTER
| FINGERPRINTING FOR MOST
| EFFECTIVE SERVICE.
|
|2. TYPE or PRINT all
| information.
|
|3. Note amputations in proper
| finger squares.
|
Please Paste Photograph in This Space |4. REPLY WILL QUOTE ONLY
| NUMBER APPEARING IN THE
Since photograph may become detached | BLOCK MARKED "CONTRIBUTOR'S
indicate name, FBI number, and arrest | NO."
number on reverse side whether attached to |
fingerprint card or submitted later. |5. Indicate any additional
| copies for other agencies
| in space below--include
| their complete mailing
| address.
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| SEND COPY TO:
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FD-249

Each fingerprint card handled by the bureau should receive a
fingerprint number and these numbers can be assigned in consecutive
order.

As the bureau increases in size, it will be found a source of much
convenience to have fingerprints of males and females kept in separate
files.

_Name files_

There will be times when it may be necessary to locate an individual's
fingerprints when no current fingerprints are available, but the name
with a police number or the classification is known. In order to
facilitate work of this nature, as well as to keep a complete record
and check on each set of fingerprints, it is necessary that the files
be indexed in a manner similar to that in which books in a libr