a foreign country or corporation having a paying agent in the United States, a statement and ownership certificate, Form 1000, shall be furnished as provided in article 369. ART. 1079. Return of information as to foreign items. In the case of collections of foreign items, the original ownership certificates (Form 1000 or 1001) when required and duly filed shall constitute and be treated as returns of information. The use of substitute certificates is not permitted in the collection of foreign items. (a) Where ownership certificate Form 1000 is used, a monthly return shall be made on Form 1012 and an annual return on Form 1013 as provided in article 371. Forms 1012 and 1013, when so used, should be modified to show the name and address of the paying agent. (b) In the case of interest items on bonds containing a taxfree covenant clause as to which the paying agent in this country is the source of information, if Form 1001 is filed it shall accompany the coupon to such agent or source of information, who shall forward the ownership certificate to the Commissioner accompanied by a monthly return on Form 1096 A. An annual return on Form 1096 B shall be forwarded to the Commissioner not later than March 15 of each year, on which shall be given a summary of the monthly returns. (c) In the case of dividends on the stock of a nonresident foreign corporation or interest on bonds of a nonresi-dent foreign corporation paid to citizens or residents of the United States, or resident partnerships, except as provided in (a) and (b), a return of information on Form 1099 shall be required if the amount thereof is $1,000 or more in any taxable year. Such forms accompanied by Form 1096 should be forwarded to the Commissioner on or before March 15 of each year. See article 1071. ART. 1080. Information as to actual owner.-When the person receiving a payment falling within the provisions of the statute for information at the source is not the actual owner of the income received, the name and address of the actual owner shall be furnished upon demand of the individual, corporation or partnership paying the income, and in default of a compliance with such demand the payee becomes liable to the penalties provided. See section 1017 of the statute. RETURNS TO BE PUBLIC RECORDS SEC. 257. (a) Returns upon which the tax has been determined by the Commissioner shall constitute public records; but they shall be open to inspection only upon order of the President and under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary and approved by the President: Provided, That the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or a special committee of the Senate or House, shall have the right to call on the Secretary of the Treasury for, and it shall be his 206°-2414 duty to furnish, any data of any character contained in or shown by the returns or any of them, that may be required by the committee; and any such committee shall have the right, acting directly as a committee, or by and through such examiners or agents as it may designate or appoint, to inspect all or any of the returns at such times and in such manner as it may determine; and any relevant or useful information thus obtained may be submitted by the committee obtaining it to the Senate or the House, or to both the Senate and House, as the case may be: Provided further, That the proper officers of any State may, upon the request of the governor thereof, have access to the returns of any corporation, or to an abstract thereof showing the name and income of the corporation, at such times and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided further, That all bona fide shareholders of record owning 1 per centum or more of the outstanding stock of any corporation shall, upon making request of the Commissioner, be allowed to examine the annual income returns of such corporation and of its subsidiaries. Any shareholder who pursuant to the provisions of this section is allowed to examine the return of any corporation, and who makes known in any manner whatever not provided by law the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular thereof, set forth or disclosed in any such return, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (b) The Commissioner shall as soon as practicable in each year cause to be prepared and made available to public inspection in such manner as he may determine, in the office of the collector in each internal-revenue district and in such other places as he may determine, lists containing the name and the postoffice address of each person making an income-tax return in such district, together with the amount of the income tax paid by such person. ART. 1090. Inspection of returns.-The returns upon which the tax has been determined by the Commissioner, although public records, are open to inspection only to the extent authorized by the President, except as otherwise expressly provided. The President, by an executive order dated September 27, 1924, directed that returns of income should be subject to inspection in accordance with the following regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: 1. These regulations deal only with inspection of returns in so far as the statutes expressly require the approval of the President of regulations on this subject. Other uses to which returns may be lawfully put, without action by the President, are not covered by these regulations. 2. The word " corporation" when used alone herein shall, unless otherwise indicated, include corporations, associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. The word "return" when so used shall, unless otherwise indicated, include income and profits tax returns, and also special excise tax returns of corporations filed pursuant to section 1000, Title X, of each of the Revenue Acts of 1918 and 1921, and pursuant to section 700 of Title VII of the Revenue Act of 1924. 3. Written statements filed with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue designed to be supplemental to and to become a part of tax returns shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as to inspection as are the tax returns themselves. 4. Except as hereinafter specifically provided, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, in his discretion, upon written application set ting forth fully the reasons for the request, grant permission for the inspection of returns in accordance with these regulations. The officers and employees of the Treasury Department whose official duties require inspection of returns, and the Solicitor of Internal Revenue, may inspect any such returns, without making such written application. 5. The return of an individual shall be open to inspection (a) by the person who made the return, or by his duly constituted attorney in fact; (b) if the maker of the return has died, by the administrator, executor, or trustee of his estate, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such administrator, executor, or trustee; and (c) in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, by any heir at law or next of kin of such deceased person, upon a showing that such heir at law or next of kin has a material interest which will be affected by information contained in the return, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such heir at law or next of kin. 6. A joint return of a husband and wife shall be open to inspection (a) by either spouse for whom the return was made, upon satisfactory evidence of such relationship being furnished, or by his or her duly constituted attorney in fact; (b) if either spouse has died, by the administrator, executor, or trustee of his or her estate, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such administrator, executor, or trustee; and (c) in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, by any heir at law or next of kin of such deceased spouse, upon a showing that such heir at law or next of kin has a material interest which will be affected by information contained in the return, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such heir at law or next of kin. 7. The return of a partnership shall be open to inspection (a) by any individual who was a member of such partnership during any part of the time covered by the return, upon satisfactory evidence of such fact being furnished, or by his duly constituted attorney in fact; (b) if a member of such partnership during any part of the time covered by the return has died, by the administrator, executor, or trustee of his estate, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such administrator, executor, or trustee; and (c) in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, by any heir at law or next of kin of such deceased person, upon a showing that such heir at law or next of kin has a material interest which will be affected by information contained in the return, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such heir at law or next of kin. 8. The return of an estate shall be open to inspection (a) by the administrator, executor, or trustee of such estate, or by his duly constituted attorney in fact; and (b) in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by any heir at law or next of kin of the deceased person whose estate is being administered, upon a showing of a material interest which will be affected by information contained in the return, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such heir at law or next of kin. 9. The return of a trust shall be open to inspection (a) by the trustee or trustees, or the duly constituted attorney in fact of such trustee or trustees; (b) by any individual who was a beneficiary under such trust during any part of the time covered by the return, upon satisfactory evidence of such fact being furnished, or by his duly constituted attorney in fact; (c) if any individual who was a beneficiary of such trust during any part of the time covered by the return had died, 1 by the administrator, executor, or trustee of his estate, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such administrator, executor, or trustee; and (d) in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by any heir at law or next of kin of such deceased person upon a showing that such heir at law or next of kin has a material interest which will be affected by information contained in the return, or by the duly constituted attorney in fact of such heir at law or next of kin. 10. The return of a corporation shall be open to inspection by the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of such corporation, or, if none, by any of its principal officers, upon satisfactory evidence of identity and official position. 11. When the head of an executive department (other than the Treasury Department) or any other United States Government establishment desires to inspect or to have some other officer or employee of his branch of the service inspect a return in connection with some matter officially before him, the inspection may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be permitted upon written application to him by the head of such executive department or other Government establishment. The application must be signed by such head and must show in detail why the inspection is desired, the name and address of the taxpayer who made the return, and the name and official designation of the one it is desired shall inspect the return. When the head of a bureau or office in the Treasury Department, not a part of the Internal Revenue Bureau, desires to inspect a return in connection with some matter officially before him, other than an income, profits tax, or corporation excise tax matter, the inspection may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be permitted upon written application to him by the head of such bureau or office, showing in detail why the inspection is desired. 12. In the case of returns or copies thereof furnished by the Department for use in legal proceedings, only such inspection as necessarily results from such use is permitted. 13. Except as provided in paragraph 12 returns may be inspected only in the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C. 14. A person who under these regulations is permitted to inspect a return may make and take a copy thereof or a memorandum of data contained therein. 15. By section 3167, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Revenue Act of 1918, and reenacted without change in section 1311 of the Revenue Act of 1921 and in section 1018 of the Revenue Act of 1924, it is made a misdemeanor 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, which misdemeanor is punishable 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, by dismissal from office or discharge from employment. 16. All former regulations issued with the approval of the President in respect of inspection of returns are hereby withdrawn. 17. These regulations shall remain in force until expressly withdrawn or overruled. ART. 1091. Furnishing of copies of income returns.-1. The original income return of an individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint-stock company, insurance company, or fiduciary, or a copy thereof, may be furnished by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to a United States attorney for use as evidence before a United States grand jury or in litigation in any court, where the United States is interested in the result, or for use in the preparation for such litigation, or to an attorney connected with the Department of Justice designated to handle such matters, upon written request of the Attorney General, the Assistant to the Attorney General, or an Assistant Attorney General. When an income return or copy thereof is thus furnished, it must be limited in use to the purpose for which it is furnished and is under no conditions to be made public except where publicity necessarily results from such use. In case the original return is necessary, it shall be placed in evidence by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or by some other officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Bureau designated by the Commissioner for that purpose, and after it has been placed in evidence it shall be returned to the files in the office of the Commissioner in Washington. An original return will be furnished only in exceptional cases, and then only when it is made to appear that the ends of justice may otherwise be defeated. Neither the original nor a copy of an income return desired for use in litigation in court will be furnished, where the United States Government is not interested in the result, and where such use might result in making public the information contained therein. This provision is not a limitation on the use of copies of returns by the persons entitled to such copies under the provisions of the succeeding paragraph. 2. A copy of an income return may be furnished by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the person who made the return or to his duly constituted attorney, or if the person is deceased, to his executor or administrator; or if the person is in the hands of a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, guardian, or similar legal custodian, to the receiver, trustee, or other similar custodian upon written application for same, accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant comes within this provision. "The person who made the return," as herein used, refers in the case of an individual return to the individual whose return is desired, and in the case of a return of a corporation, association, joint-stock company, insurance company, or fiduciary, to the corporation, association, joint-stock company, insurance company, or fiduciary, a copy of whose return is desired. A corporation may also designate by proper action of its board of directors the officer or individual to whom a copy of a return made by the corporation may be furnished, and upon sufficient evidence of |