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 EMPLOYMENT TAXES 177 SEC. 1423. SALE OF STAMPS BY POSTMASTERS. (a) SUPPLY.- T he Commissioner shall furnish to the Postmaster General without prepayment a suitable quantity of stamps, coupons, tickets, books, or other devices prescribed by the Commissioner under section 1420 (c) for the collection or payment of any tax imposed by this subchapter, to be distributed to, and kept on sale by, all post offices of the first and second classes, and such post offices of the third and fourth classes as (1) are located in county seats, or (2) are certified by the Secretary to the Postmaster General as necessary to the proper administration of this subchapter. (b) BOND AND ACCOUNTING.-The Postmaster General may require each such postmaster to furnish bond in such increased amount as he may from time to time determine, and each such postmaster shall de- posit the receipts from the sale of such stamps, coupons, tickets, books, or other devices, to the credit of, and render accounts to, the Post- master General at such times and in such form as the Postmaster General may by regulations prescribe. (c) DEPosrr OF RECEIPTs.- The Postmaster General shall at least once a month transfer to the Treasury as internal-revenue collections all receipts so deposited. SEC. 1424. EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE POST OFFICE DEPART- MENT. The Postmaster General shall at least once a month transfer to the Treasury, together with the receipts required to be deposited under section 1423, a statement of the additional expenditures in the District of Columbia and elsewhere incurred by the Post Office De- partment in performing the duties imposed upon said Department by this subchapter, and the Secretary shall be authorized and directed to advance from time to time to the credit of the Post Office Department from appropriations made for the collection of the taxes imposed by this subchapter, such sums as may be required for such additional expenditures incurred by the Post Office Department. SEC. 1425. PENALTIES RELATING TO STAMPS AND OTHER COLLECTION DEVICES. (a) UNAUTHORIZED USE, SALE, ETc. - Whoever buys, sells, offers for sale, uses, transfers, takes or gives in exchange, or pledges or gives in pledge, except as authorized in this subchapter or in regulations made pursuant thereto, any stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other de- vice, prescribed by the Commissioner under section 1420 (c) for the collection or payment of any tax imposed by this subchapter, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (b) CouNTERFEITING, ETC. -Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters, forges, makes, or counterfeits any stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other device prescribed by the Commissioner under section 1420 (c) for the collection or payment of any tax imposed by this subchapter, or uses, sells, lends, or has in his possession any such altered, forged, or counterfeited stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other device, or makes, uses, sells, or has in his possession any material in imitation of the material used in the manufacture of such stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other device, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. SEC. 1426. DEFINITIONS. When used in this subchapter- (a) WAGES. - The term "wages" means all remuneration for em- ployment, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash; except that such term shall not include that part of the remuneration which, after remuneration equal to $3,000 has been paid to an individual by an employer with respect to

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