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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 208. 1893. 587 Columbian Exposition, this appropriation, or any portion thereof, shall not be available. That section three of the act in aid of the Columbian Exposition, Am, p. m. approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: “SEO. 3. That not to exceed fifty thousand bronze medals and the Bronze msahsma necessary dies therefor, with appropriate devices, emblems and inscrip- P“’l"”“"· tions commemorative of the said Exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, shall be prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare plates and make therefrom not to exceed nity thousand impressions for diplomas at a Diplomas. total cost not to exceed one hundred and three thousand dollars. Said medals and diplomas shall be delivered to the Worlds Columbian Commission, to be awarded to exhibitors in accordance with the provisions T9 An awarded w of said act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred °‘$f,`{}§‘$§;,,_62_66_ and ninety, and there is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenditures authorized by this section" And every person who within the United States or any Territory Mgdwmoggthereof, without lawful authority, makes, or willingly aids or assists in plom:5i,l§tc. an ` making, or causes or procures to be made, any dies, hub, plate, or mold, either in steel or of plaster, or any other substance whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude as to the design, or inscription thereon, of any die, hub, plate, or mold, designated for the striking of the medals and diplomas of award for the World’s Columbian Exposition, as provided in section three of the act approved August fifth, eighteen hun- Am, p. ass. dred and ninety-two, or conceals or shall have in his possession, any such die, hub, plate, or mold hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to fraudulently or unlawfully use the same for counterfeiting the medals and diplomas hereinbefore mentioned, or who shall fraudulently or unlawfully have in his possession or cause to be circulated any duplicate or counterfeit medal or diploma not authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years or both, at the discretion of the court. Purim AND Sramrsz For paper for internal-revenue stamps, freight, I¤¢¤r¤¤rr¤v¤ ¤ ¤• and salary of superintendent, messengers, and watchmen, sixty thou- ""‘“`*`p“"°r’°°°` sand dollars. PUNISHMENT Fon VIOLATIONS or INTERNAL-1z1·:vENUE LAVVS: For _P·¤¤i;l;i¤;z vIl•>l¤· detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of vio- :,`3Z'i.°w._° "°° `"W lating the internal-revenue laws, or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, twentydive thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he S¤¤w¤¤¤¤¢¤- has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal-Revenue for which appropriation is made in this act. CONTINGENT rzxrnivsrss, INDEPENDENT Tizrinsunrz For contin— 1·=¤1>•¤:¤· of ¤=¤¤l gent expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred “g°“"‘°°` and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the F~5-·¤¤<=·3°53·r-'”°- collection, safe-keepin g, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, seventy thousand dollars. TRANSPORTATION on summa cons: For transportation of silver w};*¤¤¤P°’**¤S *“'°' coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, ` forty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized. and directed to transport from the Treasuryor subtI‘€aSul‘i€*S, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, §'c°°*;*£s That 311 equal amount in coin or currency shall have been depositéd lm `