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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 313. 1916. 481 in the discretion of the court; and, in case of natural persons, may, in addition, be punished by imprisonment for not less than sixty days nor more than three_ years, in the discretion of the court. "Snc: 15. That in addition to the foregoing unishment there is Admmi °°°°“y' hereby imposed, on account of each violation oil) this Act, a penalty of $2,000, to be recovered in an action founded on this Act in the name of the United States as plaintiff, and when so recovered one— :m9m”S$,`h°“ t° m` half of said amount shall be paid over to the person givin the in- _ formation upon which such recovery was based. _It shall be the P'°°°°°°'°°”‘ dutiy of United States attorneys to whom satisfactory evidence of vio ations of this Act is furnished, to institute and prosecute actions for the recoveig of the penalties prescribed by this section. ' "Sec. 16. That no person whose evidence is deemed material by s0?y°fmm°°y °°mp"l` the officer prosecuting on behalf of the United States in any case brought un er anyprovision of this Act shall withhold his testimony because of complicity by him in any violation of this Act or of any _ _ regulation made pursuant to this ct, but any such person called C"mi°”l 'mmumm by such officer who testifies in such case shall be exempt from prosecution for anyvtpifense to which his tcstimon relates. _ _ _ "Sec. 17. A t the payment of any tax levied—b_yQthis Act shall ,,£,°Z.i$.lZY's mt ““` not exempt anly (person from agy penalty or punishment nowyor hereafter provide by the laws any State. forentering into contracts of sale of cotton for future delivery,.nor shall the payment of any tax imposed by this Actbe held to prohibitany State or municigality from imposing a tax on thasame transaction. ‘ nc. 18. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in mtgglrargvpggyggels fg; the '.l`l'B8SuI'_Y` D0}? 0_f·l16TWi$6 8g§I’OPU8·l·9dr for tha fiscal Year R°“S°“i ’°“PP"°P"*" June thirtieth, nineteen hundr and sixteen, the unexpended balance "‘%‘,,l_3,,,,,_ mu of the sum appro riated by the Act of March fourth, nineteen him- A¤¢¢»v·¤6· dred and fifteen (Third y-eighth Statutes at Large, page one thousand and seventeen), for ‘collecting the cotton futures tax ’ or so much thereof as ma be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out tile provisions of this Act and any duties remainingto be performed by him under the United States cotton futures ct of v°'·°“·’·“°3· August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (Thirty-eight Statutes at Large, age six hundred and ninety-three). " Sec. 19. That there are hereby appropriated, out of any monelys in d,·,f,,’¥,§’{’,§§{f”‘,{g{,‘, ,§,f],‘f the Treas not otherwise appropriated, available until expende , the km. ¤¢»»£§g:3_¤. •¤¤·: unexpen£i1dT balance of the sum of $150,000 appropriated by section ’°°i}£Hp.m.° twenty of the said Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the unexpended balance of the sum of $75,000 appro riated for the‘ Enforcement of the United States cotton futures WL 3,,,,, ml Act’ gy the Act making appropriations for the Department of Agnculture for the fiscal year en ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen (Thirty-eig,hth Statutes at Large, page one thousand and eighty-six), or so much of each of said une balances as may be necessary, to be used by the Secretary o ulture for the same pu oses, in carrying out the provisions of this et, as those for which saiifisums, respectively, were originally appropriated, enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out any uties remaming to be performed b him under the said Act of A f· <31ghf»8<~>{1\`·h, ¤1I1¢l¤€€P mbuaami enum. imdred and? fourteen. The Secretary ofllgig-ii*ic_ ture .13 hereby d1- *is¤¤i¤¤S· rected to publish from time to time the results of investigations made mmm, t, be ,0,., in pursuance of this Act. All sums collected by the Secretary of gi im W '1‘*¤¤¤· Agriculture as costs under section Eve, or for furnishing ractical ‘ forms under section nine, of this Act, shall be deposxted and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. _ _ Tim 0, mk in B "Sr1c. 20. That sections nine, and nineteen of this Act ma. and all provisions of this Act authorizing rules and regulations to he prescribed shall be effective immediately. All other sections of this 91890°··-vox. 39-rr 1--31