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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . III . CH. 277. 1931.

1223 $33,962,560, of which amount not to exceed $8,922,300 may be tr service, in the Dis- expended for personal services in the District of Columbia : Pro- Provisos. Witnes fees . vided, That no part of this amount shall be used in defraying the Post ps1325 . expenses of any officer designated above, subpoenaed by the United States court to attend any trial before a United States court or pre- liminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for " Fees of witnesses , United States courts" :

Pro vid ed further, Th at not mo re th an Detection and prose- cution of violations of $100, 000 o f the tot al am ount appr opria ted h erein may be e xpend ed revenue laws. b y the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for detecting and bringing to trial persons guilty of violating the internal revenue laws or conn ivin g at the sam e, incl udin g pa ymen ts for info rmat ion and detection of such violation . Whenever during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, the Secre- Allowance for motor tary of the Treasury shall find that the expenses of travel of officers vehicle travel . and employees of the Internal Revenue Service while on offi- cial business can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for necessary travel on official busi ness . Refunding taxes illegally or erroneously collected : For refunding Refunding taxes. taxes illegally or erroneously collected, as provided by law, includ- ing the payment of claims for the fiscal year 1932 and prior years, $26,000,000 : Provided, That a report shall be made to Congress by Pr ecs ed report to internal-revenue districts and alphabetically arranged of all dis- Congress . bursenients hereunder in excess of $500 as required by section 3 of u 'S. 45, p. s pp. Iv, the Act of May 29, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 26, sec. 149), p .32 including the names of all persons and corporations to whom such payments are made, together with the amo unt paid to each . BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL Industrial Alcohol Bureau . Salarie s and e xpenses Salaries and expenses : For expenses to administer the applicable Ante, p. 430 . provisions of the National Prohibition Act as amended and supple- Suu 1,p. iv, pp' 21 418 53; mented (U. S. C., title 27 0 and internal revenue laws, pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp . III, title 5, sets. 281- 281e), and the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat ., pp . 427-430), includ- ing t he em ploym ent of ex ecuti ve o ffice rs, a ttorn eys, insp ector s, chemists, assistant chemists, supervisors, storekeeper-gaugers clerks Field service . >

> Securing evidence of messengers, and other necessary employees in the field and in the law vio lations . Bureau of Industrial Alcohol in the District of Columbia, to be Su Chemical ppl ies , analyses . appointed as authorized by law ; the securing of evidence of viola- Vehicles . tions 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 necessary ; the purchase of such sup- plies, equipment, mechanical devices, laboratory supplies, books, and such other expenditures as may be necessary in the several field offic es ; c ost of acqui sition and m ainten ance o f autom obiles deliv ered to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in administration of the law under his jurisdiction ; hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles when necessary ; and for rental of necessary quarters ; in all, $4,814,420, of which amount not to exceed $370,580 may be expended for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia : Pr ovid ed, That not Collection, etc ., of exceeding $10,000 may be expended for the collection and dissemina- Is- . obser vance t nfor- tion of information and appeal for law observance and law enforce- maton . ment, including cost of printing, purchase of newspapers, and other