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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 92-APR. 24, 1945 field force authorized to be detailed under section 525 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for travel performed by them in privately owned automo- biles while engaged in inspecting, guarding, admeasuring, examining, sampling, investigating, and storekeeping duties within the limits of their official station, $22,900,000, of which $300,000 shall constitute an advance fund to enable the Bureau of Customs to meet obligations incurred by it arising from services rendered to private interests, pending receipt of reimbursements therefrom, which amount shall be returned to the Treasury not later than six months after the close of the fiscal year 1946. Printing and binding: For printing and binding, Bureau of Customs, including the cost of transportation to field offices of printed and bound material and the cost of necessary packing boxes and packing materials, $80,000. Refunds and drawbacks (indefinite appropriation) : For the refund or payment of customs collections or receipts, and for the payment of debentures or drawbacks, bounties, and allowances, as authorized by law, there is hereby made available such amount as may be necessary. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY Salaries: Comptroller of the Currency and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $233,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, $12,000. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE Salaries and expenses: For salaries and expenses in connection with the assessment and collection of internal-revenue taxes and the administration of the internal-revenue laws, including the admin- istration of such provisions of other laws as are authorized by or pursuant to law to be administered by or under the direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, including one stamp agent (to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers) and the employment of experts; the securing of evidence of violations of the Acts, the cost of chemical analyses made by others than employees of the United States and expenses incident to such chemists testifying when neces- sary; telegraph and telephone service, postage, freight, express, neces- sary expenses incurred in making investigations in connection with the enrollment or disbarment of practitioners before the Treasury Department in internal-revenue matters, expenses of seizure and sale, and other necessary miscellaneous expenses, including stenographic reporting services; for the acquisition of property under the pro- visions of title III of the Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act, approved August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 872-881), and the operation, maintenance, and repair of property acquired under such title III; for the purchase (not to exceed thirty-four), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles when necessary, for official use of the Alcohol Tax and Intelligence Units in field work; printing and binding (not to exceed $2,200,000); and the procurement of such supplies, stationery (not to exceed $1,400,000), equipment, furniture, mechanical devices, laboratory supplies, periodicals, newspapers for the Alcohol Tax Unit, ammunition, lawbooks and books of reference, and such other articles as may be necessary, $120,000,000, of which amount not to exceed $10,800,000 may be expended for personal services in the Dis- 61 46 Stat. 741. 19U.S. . § 1525. Use of privately owned automobiles. Services rendered to private interests. Post, p. 429. 40U.S.C.ii3041- 304m. Printing and bind- ing.

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