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778 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 130. 1918. ch?,;°'·°°'i¤¤ ¤*“‘ For purchase of labor-saving machines and supplies for same, including the purchase and exchange of registering accountants, ‘ numbering machines, and other machines 0 a similar character, including time stamps for stamping date of receipt of official mail and telegrams, and repairs thereto, and purchase of supplies for C ts t photographic copying machines, $10,000. °"°° ’° °' For purchase 0 carpets, car et border and lining, linoleum, mats, _ rugs, matting, and repairs, and) for cleaning, cutting, making, laying, Fmm and re-laying of the same, by contract, $3,000. For urchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair cane, chair covers, desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, typewriters, inc uding the exchange of same, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, and for replacing other worn and unserviceable articles, $15,000. “’°°'°"°· For maintenance of the automatic i·ire—alarm ystems in the Treas- Mmm I Pm of ury and Vidnder Buildings, $2,003.50. aceogsgiziiimz. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, Orman or Armrron °°° °°‘°*P°”°“~ ron rim Posr Orrron Dmranrimurz For miscellaneous items, including purchase, repair, and exchange of typewriters and adding machines, of which not exceed` $500 may be used for furniture an repairs, not exceeding $37 5 malylie used for rental of telephones, and _ not exceeding $300 may be used for the purchase of law books, books t,,,°§’,_Y°'°l °’ °"’°°°" of reference, and cit directories, $7,500, to be expended imder the direction of the Auditor for the Post Office Department under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and to operate as a specific exception of the said omce from the apptrlopriation fo;d$nlti;igp:‘t expenses, Treasmy Department, wz 0 erwise ro . ,,§`,§’Q‘§{,i§""‘ °°“"* For purghase of cards and tabulating equipment for use in auditing accounts and vouchers of the Postal Service, including exchange an repairs, $194,000, to be expended under the direction of the Auditor must. for the Post Office Department nmder rules and reggulations to be "°°*°'““°"*¤°°· prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Prmzid , That not exceeding $37,400 may be expended for the rental of tabulating and card-sorting machines. mvciigiing m°r°°l oom.r:c·r1No m·rmu·uu. amvnxus. ¤¤i=:?u°ct°m’m"°y°m' For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, deput p,,,,,,;,,,_ collectors, surveyors, clerks, messengehrs, and janitors in intemali ‘“°°°°“°°°- revenue offices, $3,565,000: Prmnkied, at no (part of this amount be used in defrayixig the expenses of any officer, esignated above, subgoenaed by the nited States court to attend any trial before a United A··¢¢.v.6s4. tates court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for _,,,,,,,,,,_g,,,,,,,_ Bm "Fees of witnesses, United States courts." I For salary and expenses of forty revenue agents provided for by law, fees and expenses of gaugers, and salaries and expenses of store- Cqllmmr income keapers and storekeeper-gaugers, $1,200,000. tax; i’ _ ollecting the income tax: For expenses of and collecting

f,’,};39bg·7;§;3 M the mcome tax as provided in Title I of an Act entitled "A.n Act to

717. '“’' increase the revenue, and for other purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and subsequent Acts, includin the employment of agents, inspectors, deput collectors, clerks, and messengers in the District of Columbia, and, the several collection districts, to be a5pointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approv of the Secretary of the Tresmury, and the purchase of such supplies, equipment, mechamcal devices, and other articles _ as may be necessary for use m the District of Columbia and the several 1”°"'°‘ collection districts, $3,000,000: Provided, That not more than