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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 130. 1918. 779 $215,000 of the foregoing sum may be used for the employent, in P°?1°”°* *"i°°°· the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the District of Columhiafiil neces- °t°" mmm sary clerical and other personal services, and the purchase of such supplies, equrkpment, mechanical devices, and other articles as may be necessary or use in the District of Columbia. _ For ex enses of assessing and collecting the internal-revenue taxes, ,,§,°§§,°§§,‘f‘g “'“’ ""' as providped in an Act entitled "An Act to provide revenue to defray _ Ame r>· Bw war expenses, and for other purposes," approved October third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, including e employment of necessary officers, attorneys, experts, agents, inspectors, de uti collectors, clerks, janitors, and messengers in the District of Coliirm ia and the several collection districts, to be aplpointed as provided by law, teleglriaph and telephone service, rent of uar·ters,‘postage, and the purc ase of such supplies, equipment, meclumical evices, printing, stationery, law books and books of reference, and such other articles as my e necessary for use in the District of Columbia and the ,,,,,,,,,,_ sever collection districts, $8,000,000: Prmnkied, That not more than gunishins vi<>1¤¤i¤¤¤ $500,000 of the total amount a pRropriated herein may be expended ° °”'° °' by the Commissioner of Inteing evenue for detecting and bringing to trial persons guilty of violating the inter·nal—revenue laws or conniving at the same, includizg ayments for information and detection  t I of such violations: Prmnkl Emhcr That not more than $1 172,000 n.c.°°° °!B°r°°°' of the total amount appropriated herein mqy be expended in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, in the District o Columbia. C Collecting the cotton-futures tax: For expenses to enforce the ».m§°l]€.l?‘ °°“°“ I"` provisions of part A of the Act approved August eleventh, nineteen V°*·"·’·P·*’°- undred and sixteen, known as the cotton-futures Act includiplg the emlployment of attorneys, agpgits, inspectors, deputy collectors, erks an messengers at rates to fixed y the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, su ject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and for the purchase of such supplies, equipment, mechanical devices, and other articles as may be necessary, $20,000: Provided, That no person {»`§§.'",,'§;,;,m,,_ shall be employed hereunder at a compensation exceeding $4,000 per annum. Collecting the tax on estates, munitions, and so forth: For ex- ,,&§"?,§°,,§§,§,§,’§ ‘Z,‘§,f"” uses of assessing and collecting the tax as provided by Titles I, ‘_j$j,}*;; gg, 75*-78*- lll}, and III, of an Act entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and ’ ` for other purposes/’ approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and subsequent Acts, and to pay such sums as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of _ the Treas1n·y may deem necessary, $340,000; and the Commissioner ""'“"°"°°‘·°‘°· of Internal ltevenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to appoint and pay from this appropriation all necessary officers, experts, agents, inspectors, deputy co lectors, clerks, memen ers, and jauitors, and to rent such quarters, incur expense for telephone service, purchase such supplies, eqiu;p.ment, mechanical devices, and other articles as may be necessary or employment or use in the District of Columbia, or any collection district _ of the United States, or any of the Territories thereof: Prmnkled, §§§',"{j‘;,?;,,,D,,,,,c,0, That not more than $40,000 of the amount approgiiated may be ¤<>1¤¤¤bi¤- used for the employment in the Bureau of Intemal evenue in the District of Columbia of necessaqy clerical help) at rates to be fixed by the Commissioner of Iuterna Revenue, su ject to the approval o the Secretary of the Treasury, and for the purchase of suc sulp-e plies, equipment, mechanical devices, and_ other articles as may necessary or use in the District of Columbia. _ Restricting the sale of opium, and so forth: For expenses to enforce ,,,§§,'§,,°f‘l“‘ °""""* the giovisions of the Act approved December seventeenth, nineteen §:{>°3g*;’·m hun ed and fourteen, entitllid "An Act to provide for the registra- ' ` tiou of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon, all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound,