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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 163. 1917. 1091 and messengers at rates to be iixed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subyect to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and for the purchase of such sup lies, equipment, mechanical devices, and other articles as may Ibe necessary, $20,000: Provided, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a compensation ` exceeding $4,000 per annum. Collecting the tax on estates, munitions, and so forth: For expenses ,,,§‘§'$€',,,‘{,§§,l§,§,, ‘},P,,,°°‘ of assessing and collecting the tax as provided by Titles I, II, and III, Anie, pp. ms-isa. of an Act entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and for other .4m,p.um. purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and to pay such sums as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary, $340,000, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the E"‘¥"°Y°°“·°“* approval of the_Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to appoint an pay from this appropriation all necessary officers, experts, agents, inspectors, deputy collectors, clerks, messengers, and janitors, and to rent such quarters, incur expense for telephone service, purchase such supplies, equipment, 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: Provided, That not more than $40,000 of the amount appro- $$,2; ml Di,. piriated may be used for the employment in the Bureau of Intemal *'*°°°*°°l¤¤*>'¤- evenue in the District of Colum ia of necessary clerical help at rates to be iixed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 'Treasury, and for the purchase of such supplies, eqmkpment, mechanical devices, and other articles as maiy be necessary or use in the District of Columbia. Hmmm sh 0, estricting the sale of opium, and so forth: For expenses to enforce opium, sa. the revisions of the Act approved December seventeenth, nineteen $’,§f‘§,‘§°,§j78_,_ hundired and fourteen, entitled "An Act to provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or cocoa eaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and or other purposesf _ including the employment of agents, deputy collectors, inspectors "·'“°‘°’°°°·°‘°· chemists, assistant c cmists, clerks, and messengers in the fiadd and in the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the District of Columbia, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and for the purchase of such supplies, equi ment, mechanical devices, and other articles as may be necessary ddr use in the District of Columbia and the several co — lection districts, including not to exceed $4 per diem in hen of sub- P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤s¤¤¤¤¤¤- sistence, $300,000. _ _ _ m,,,,,,,_,,,,,,,,,,_ For rent of offices outside of the District of Columbia, telephone Am, p.1|B8. service, and other miscellaneous expenses incident to thecollection of internal revenue purchase of necessary books of reference and periodicals for the chemical laboratory and law hbrary, not to exceed $500, and reasonable expenses for not exceeding sixty days immediately following the of field officers or employees in the Internal- Revenue Service while in line of duty, of medical attendance,_sur— geon’s and hospital bills made necessary by reason of such in]ury, and for horses crippled or killed while being used by officers in makmg raids, not exceeding $150 for any horse so crippled or killed, $100,000. rxnmrrzxnnxr rnnssmzr. . ,,,,"f‘*°*’°""°°‘ "`"“’ Baurnuoim, orrrcn or Assrsrawr TREASURER! Assistant treasurer, °,,{§jf““‘ "°‘““”"' $4,500; cashier, $2,500; paying teller, $2,000; receiving teller, $1,900; B·\¤¤¤‘¤· exchange teller, $1,800; vault clerk, $1,800; clerks—two at $1,600 each, three at $1,400 each, three at $1,200 each, at $1,000 each; messenger, $840; three watchmen, at $720 each; in all, $31,500.