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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. C11. 420. 1896. 429 _For all other neces ary expenditures, to enable the Commission to §*}*¤¤¤¤· give effect to the provisions of the “Act to regulate commerce/’ and ° `24’P'm' all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel; In all, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS UNDER THE TREASURY Mi¤¤•>11¤¤¤<>¤¤- DEPARTMENT. PAPER AND STAMPS: For paperfor internal-revenue stamps freight _ I"*°"““*f°"°““° and salaries of superintendent, counters, messengers, and wémnigenf mp MP"` w` ilfly thousand dollars. PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNAL-REVENUE LAWS: For ,f"§},*,';,,"*,§§,‘{*;‘_Q‘;';,‘,,°:',, detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of vio- 1¤w¤· lating the internal-revenue laws or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this Act. _ OONTINGENT ExPENsEs, INDEPENDENT TREASURY: For contingent I‘;§§,“*§},$,f"§”,§,°§z expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and ¤ry· fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, seventyfive thousand dollars. _ _ TRANSPORTATION on SILVER com: For transportation of silver _,0§,f““°P°’“”¥ “"'°’ coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, fifty-five thousand dollars; and in expeuding this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount i11 coin or currency shall have been {,’;°P':}uP£_ deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or ` applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation. Rnoouuen or eorn coms: For recoinage of lightweight gold coins ¤¤¤¤¤¤·r·¤··¤<¤¤<=*¤—· in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by section thirty·’1ive hundred and twelve R~S·.¤¤¤-3¤12.v.¤¤6· of the Revised Statutes of the United States, five thousand dollars. RECOINAGE OF SILVER COINS: For recoinage of the uucurrent frac- c,£;°°*¤¤s•· ¤ll*‘¤¤‘ tional silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction ` of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred thousand dollars. _ REc0INAGE,RErssUE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF MINOR coms: The m$¤ém Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the United States` mint at Philadelphia, for cleaning and reissue, any minor coins now in, or which may be hereafter received at, the subtreasury offices, in excess of thejequirement for the current business of said offices; and the sum of four thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the expense of transportation for such reissue. And the Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to recoin any and all the uncurrent minor coins now in the Treasury. DISTINCTIVE PAPER 1*012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES: For dis· dggim S*·¤¤>¤ ¤¤¤¤- tinctive paper for United States securities, including transportation, ram-.¤m. salaries of register, two counters, five watchmen, one laborer,_and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, sixty- five thousand dollars. SPECIAL WITNESS OF DESTRUOTION OF UNITED STATES sEcIm1- d_Yi¤¤¤~¤,·1¤¤¢r¤¤· Tms: For pay of the representative of the public on the committee to ` witness the destruction by maceration of Government securities, at tive dollars per day while actually employed, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.