Chapter 310. To repeal section sixty-one of an Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four
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CHAP. 310.— An Act To repeal section sixty-one of an Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.June 3, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That section sixty-one of an Alcohol in the arts. Repeal of tax exemption. Vol. 28, p. 567. Act entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,” which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. That a joint select committee is hereby authorized, to consist Congressional committee to examine and report on use of alcohol in the arts, etc. of three Senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, which select committee shall consider all questions relating to the use of alcohol in the manufacturers and arts *Post,* p. 697. free of tax, and to report their conclusions to Congress on the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Said joint select committee is authorized to sit, by subcommittee or Powers, etc. otherwise, during the recess or session of Congress, at such times and places as they deem advisable; to summon witnesses, administer oaths, print testimony or other information, and to employ such stenography, clerical, and other assistance as may be necessary, one half of the expense to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.
Approved, June 3, 1896.