Sec. 3164. It shall be the duty of every collector of internal revenue ving knowledge of any willful violation of any law of the United ates relating to the revenue, within thirty days after coming into posssion of such knowledge, to file with the district attorney of the district which any fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be incurred, a statement all the facts and circumstances of the case within his knowledge, gether with the names of the witnesses, setting forth the provisions of w believed to be so violated on which reliance may be had for conemnation or conviction. "Sec. 3165. Every collector, deputy collector, internal-revenue agent, nd internal-revenue officer assigned to duty under an internal-revenue gent, is authorized to administer oaths and to take evidence touching ny part of the administration of the internal-revenue laws with which e is charged, or where such oaths and evidence are authorized by law r regulation authorized by law to be taken. "Sec. 3167. It shall be unlawful for any collector, deputy collector, gent, clerk, or other officer or employee of the United States to divulge or to make known in any manner whatever not provided by law to any erson the operations, style of work, or apparatus of any manufacturer or producer visited by him in the discharge of his official duties, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular thereof, set forth or disclosed in any income return, or to permit any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; and it shall be unlawful for any person to print or publish in any manner whatever not provided by law any income return, or any part thereof or source of income, profits, losses, or expenditures appearing in any income return; and any offense against the foregoing provision shall be a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court; and if the offender be an officer or employee of the United States he shall be dismissed from office or discharged from employment. "Sec. 3172. Every collector shall, from time to time, cause his deputies to proceed through every part of his district and inquire after and concerning all persons therein who are liable to pay any internal-revenue tax, and all persons owning or having the care and management of any objects liable to pay any tax, and to make a list of such persons and enumerate said objects. Duty of ment of Violation Collector May Administer Oaths Secrecy of Make Return "Sec. 3173. It shall be the duty of any person, partnership, firm, Duty to association, or corporation, made liable to any duty, special tax, or other tax imposed by law, when not otherwise provided for, (1) in case of a special tax, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, and (2) in other cases before the day on which the taxes accrue, to make a list or return, verified by oath, to the collector or a deputy collector of the district where located, of the articles or objects, including the quan tity of goods, wares, and merchandise, made or sold and charged wit a tax, the several rates and aggregate amount, according to the form and regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Rev enue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for whic such person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation is liable Provided, That if any person liable to pay any duty or tax, or owning possessing, or having the care or management of property, goods, wares and merchandise, article or objects liable to pay any duty, tax or license shall fail to make and exhibit a list or return required by law, but shall consent to disclose the particulars of any and all the property, goods, wares, and merchandise, articles, and objects liable to pay any duty or tax, or any business or occupation liable to pay any tax as aforesaid, then, and in that case, it shall be the duty of the collector or deputy collector to make such list or return, which, being distinctly read, consented to, and signed and verified by oath by the person so owning, possessing, or having the care and management as aforesaid, may be received as the list of such person: Provided further, That in case no annual list or return has been rendered by such person to the collector or deputy collector as required by law, and the person shall be absent from his or her residence or place of business at the time the collector or a deputy collector shall call for the annual list or return, it shall be the duty of such collector or deputy collector to leave at such place of residence or business, with some one of suitable age and discretion, if such be present, otherwise to deposit in the nearest post office, a note or memorandum addressed to such person, requiring him or her to render to such collector or deputy collector the list or return required by law within ten days from the date of such note or memorandum, verified by oath. And if any person, on being notified or required as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to render such list or return within the time required as aforesaid, or whenever any person who is required to deliver a monthly or other return of objects subject to tax fails to do so at the time required, or delivers any return which, in the opinion of the collector, is erroneous, false, or fraudulent, or contains any undervaluation or understatement, or refuses to allow any regularly authorized Government officer to examine the books of such person, firm, or corporation, it shall be lawful for the collector to summon such person, or any other person having possession, custody, or care of books of account containing entries relating to the business of such person or any other person he may deem proper, to appear before him and produce such books at a time and place named in the summons, and to give testimony or answer interrogatories, under oath, respecting any objects or income liable to tax or the returns thereof. The collector may summon any person residing or found within the State or Territory in which his district lies; and when the person intended to be summoned does not reside and can not be found within such State or Territory, he may enter any collection district where such person may be found and there make the examination herein authorized. And to this end he may there exercise all the authority which he might lawfully exercise in the district for which he was commissioned: Provided, That 'person,' as used in this Etion, shall be construed to include any corporation, joint-stock comny or association, or insurance company where such construction is cessary to carry out its provisions. "Sec. 3176. If any person, corporation, company, or association fails make and file a return or list at the time prescribed by law or by gulation made under authority of law, or makes, willfully or otherwise, false or fraudulent return or list, the collector or deputy collector all make the return or list from his own knowledge and from such formation as he can obtain through testimony or otherwise. In any such se the Commissioner may, from his own knowledge and from such formation as he can obtain through testimony or otherwise, make a turn or amend any return made by a collector or deputy collector. ny return or list so made and subscribed by the Commissioner, or by a ollector or deputy collector and approved by the Commissioner, shall be rima facie good and sufficient for all legal purposes. "If the failure to file a return or list is due to sickness or absence, he collector may allow such further time, not exceeding thirty days, or making and filing the return or list as he deems proper. "The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall determine and assess ill taxes, other than stamp taxes, as to which returns or lists are so nade under the provisions of this section. In case of any failure to make and file a return or list within the time prescribed by law, or prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the collector In pursuance of law, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall add to the tax 25 per centum of its amount, except that when a return is filed after such time and it is shown that the failure to file it was due to a reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, no such addition shall be made to the tax. In case a false or fraudulent return or list is willfully made, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall add to the tax 50 per centum of its amount. "The amount so added to any tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and as part of the tax unless the tax has been paid before the discovery of the neglect, falsity, or fraud, in which case the amount so added shall be collected in the same manner as the tax." Sec. 1318. That if any person is summoned under this Act to appear, to testify, or to produce books, papers or other data, the district court of the United States for the district in which such person resides shall have jurisdicion by appropriate process to compel such attendance, testimony, or production of books, papers, or other data. The district courts of the United States at the instance of the United States are hereby invested with such jurisdicion to make and issue, both in actions at law and suits in equity, writs and orders of injunction, and of ne exeat republica, orders appointing receivers, and such other orders and process, and to render such judgments and decrees, granting in proper cases both legal and equitable relief together, as may be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. The Collector to Make Return Penalties District diction Liberty Bonds as remedies hereby provided are in addition to and not exclusive of an and all other remedies of the United States in such courts or otherwis to enforce such provisions. * Sec. 1320. That wherever by the laws of the United States or regula tions made pursuant thereto, any person is required to furnish any recognizance, stipulation, bond, guarantee, or undertaking, hereinafter called "penal bond," with surety or sureties, such person may, in lieu of such surety or sureties, deposit as security with the official having authority to approve such penal bond, United States Liberty bonds or other bonds of the United States in a sum equal at their par value to the amount of such penal bond required to be furnished, together with an agreement authorizing such official to collect or sell such bonds so deposited in case of any default in the performance of any of the conditions or stipulations of such penal bond. The acceptance of such United States bonds in lieu of surety or sureties required by law shall have the same force and effect as individual or corporate sureties, or certified checks, bank drafts, post-office money orders, or cash, for the penalty or amount of such penal bond. The bonds deposited hereunder, and such other United States bonds as may be substituted therefor from time to time as such security, may be deposited with the Treasurer, or an Assistant Treasurer of the United States, a Government depository, Federal Reserve bank, or member bank, which shall issue receipt therefor, describing such bonds so deposited. As soon as security for the performance of such penal bond is no longer necessary, such bonds so deposited, shall be returned to the depositor: Provided, That in case a person or persons supplying a contractor with labor or material as provided by the Act of Congress, approved February 24, 1905 (33 Stat., 811), entitled "An Act to amend an Act approved August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled 'An Act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works,'" shall file with the obligee, at any time after a default in the performance of any contract subject to said Acts, the application and affidavit therein provided, the obligee shall not deliver to the obligor the deposited bonds nor any surplus proceeds thereof until the expiration of the time limited by said Acts for the institution of suit by such person or persons, and, in case suit shall be instituted within such time, shall hold said bonds or proceeds subject to the order of the court having jurisdiction thereof: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall affect or impair the priority of the claim of the United States against the bonds deposited or any right or remedy granted by said Acts or by this section to the United States for default upon any obligation of said penal bond: Provided further, That all laws inconsistent with this action are hereby so modified as to conform to the provisions hereof: And provided further, That nothing contained herein shall affect the authority of courts over the security, where such bonds are taken as security in judicial proceedings, or the authority of any administrative officer of the United States to receive United States bonds for security in cases authorized by existing laws. The Secretary may prescribe rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying this section into effect. Sec. 1400. TITLE XIV.-GENERAL PROVISIONS. (Relating to the Income Tax.) (a) That the following parts of Acts are hereby repealed, subject to the limitations provided in subdivision (b): (1) The following titles of the Revenue Act of 1916: Title I (called "Income Tax"); (3) The following titles of the Revenue Act of 1917: Title I (called "War Income Tax"); Title X (called "Administrative Provisions"); Title XII (called "Income-Tax Amendments"). (b) Such parts of Acts shall remain in force for the assessment and collection of all taxes which have accrued thereunder, and for the imposition and collection of all penalties or forfeitures which have accrued and may accrue in relation to any such taxes, and except that the unexpended balance of any appropriation heretofore made and now available for the administration of any such part of on Act shall be available for the administration of this Act or the corresponding provision thereof: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided in this Act, no taxes shall be collected under Title I of the Revenue Act of 1916 as amended by the Revenue Act of 1917, or Title I or II of the Revenue Act of 1917, in respect to any period after December 31, 1917. In the case of any tax imposed by any part of an Act herein repealed, if there is a tax imposed by this Act in lieu thereof, the provision imposing such tax shall remain in force until the corresponding tax under this Act takes effect under the provisions of this Act. Title I of the Revenue Act of 1916 as amended by the Revenue Act of 1917 shall remain in force for the assessment and collection of the income tax in Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, except as may be otherwise provided by their respective legislatures. * Sec. 1402. That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent juris |