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 938 FIFTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 805, 806. 1901. S0§{‘,§},§,, §€‘§§§,‘§,’}` *° adapted to the locality he represents: Provided also, That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude _ shall be ready for delivery not later than the tenth day of January: ,,,,;§*;°l’,‘§?fj’,£ §‘§§f,~’Q}} Provided farther, That twenty thousand dollars of the sum thus ¤¤¤¤*¤l ism- a§pro(priated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture s all irect, may be used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds, bulbs, trees, Shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected, purchased, tested, and propagated shall not be included in general distribution, but shall be used for experimental tests, to be carried ‘on with the cooperation of the agricu tural experiment stations. »\ - m_;’g,·g;¤ ggglggigiix To enablethe Secretary of Agriculture to have prepared, under his monzea. direction, plans for a iireproof administrative building, to be erected on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture, in the city of Washington, said plans, and such recommendations thereon as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, to be transmitted to Congress at its riext regular session, five thousand dollars, to be immediately avai able. Approved, March 2, 1901. Much 2· 1901- CHAP. 806.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to grovide ways and ""—_'_-"_— means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes," approve June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mR,,‘§‘gQ,’§*,§§ge‘§fd§,fg,§§ States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of the Act wig yégb S£gr;u€ud_ entitled "An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expendisq_°' ’p' ’ tures, and for other purposes," approved June thirteenth, eighteen _ hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: m§§$g°f{g§O,§P f°" "That there shall be paid, in lieu of the tax of one dollar now imposed ` by law, a tax of one dollar and sixty cents on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter, and other similar fermented liquors, brewed or manufactured and sold, or stored in warehouse, or removed for consumption or sale, within the United States, by whatever namesuch liquors may be called, for every barrel containing not more than thirty-one gallons; and at a like rate for any other quantity or for the fractional parts of a barrel ,,,,lfé,§3§§Y‘3339’p‘5°1’ authorized and deiined by law. And section thirty-three hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended accordingly: ggjgfimon of ex_ Provided, That in lieu of or in addition to the present requirements isting stamps. of law in that respect, all stamps used for denoting the tax u on fermented liquors or other taxes may, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, be canceled by perforations to be made in such nranner and form as the Commissioner may by regulations prescribe. ` Specm ‘“‘°s· Snp. 2. That section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as fo lows: " Sec. 2. That special taxes shall be, and hereby are, imposed — annually as follows, that is to say: on *’“”k°"· "One. Bankers using or employing a capital not exceeding the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars shall pay fty dollars; when using or em loyin a capital exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for every _ _ additionahlthousand dollars in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, 'd°m“t‘°”‘ two dollars, and in estimatin capital surplus shall be included. The amount of such annual tax Shall in all cases be computed on the basis of the capital and surplus for the preceding fiscal year. In the case of bankers who were not in business in the preceding tlscal year the tax