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TITLE 50.-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE,

APPENDIX-Continued

Use of Public Lands for War Purposes. Miscellaneous Provisions Affecting Military Establishment.

Photographing, Mapping or Other Representation of Military or Defense Properties.

Exemption of Certain Articles From Import Duties and Taxes.

Temporary Appointments, Promotions, etc., of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Officers. Jurisdiction of Prizes.

Certain Allowance Assistance for Civilian and Military Personnel.

Free Entry of Gifts From Members of Armed Forces. Free Postage for Armed Forces Personnel.

Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.

Stabilization Act of 1942.

Extension of Sugar Controls.

Missing Persons Act.

Small Business Mobilization Act.

War and Defense Contract Acts.

National Emergency and War Shipping Acts.

Farm Labor Supply Appropriation Act, 1944.

War Overtime Pay Act of 1943.

Training of Nurses Through Grants to Institutions. Civilian Reemployment of Members of Merchant Marine.

War Labor Disputes Act.

Voluntary Enlistments in the Regular Military

Establishment.

Women's Army Corps.

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Temporary Appointments of Army Nurse Corps
Members, etc., as Officers of Army of the United
States.

Disposal of Materials on Public Lands.
Surplus Property Act of 1944.

War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944.

Fleet Admiral of the Navy and General of the Army.
Disposal of Censored Mail.

Disbursing Officers' Additional Functions.
General of the Marine Corps.

Admiral in the Coast Guard.

Exception of Navy or Coast Guard Vessels From
Certain Navigation Rules.

Sale of Surplus War-Built Vessels.
Rehabilitation of Philippines.

Return and Interment of Persons Buried Outside
United States.

Veterans' Emergency Housing Program.

Naval Vessels as Atomic Targets.

Admission of Alien Fiancées Into United States.

Military Assistance to Philippine Republic.
Naval Aid to China.

Naval Aid to Foreign Nations.

Housing and Rent Acts.

Stabilization of Economy and Commodity Prices.
Domestic Rubber-Producing Industry.

Disposal of Government-Owned Rubber-Producing
Facilities.

Displaced Persons, Refugees and Orphans.
American-Japanese Evacuation Claims.
Medical Care for Philippine Veterans.
War Claims.

Export Controls.

Alien Property Damage Claims.
Defense Production Act of 1950.

Domestic Minerals Program Extension.

Domestic Tungsten, Asbestos, Fluorspar and Columbium-Tantalum Purchase Programs.

Dependents Assistance Act of 1950.

Civil Defense.

Emergency Food Aid to India.
Korean Combat Pay.

World War II License Agreements.
Emergency Ship Repair Program.

Export Regulation.

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Chapter 1.-GENERAL PROVISIONS

The National Prohibition Act, as amended and supplemented, was included in chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title. Such provisions of that act and subsequent legislation as were dependent upon the 18th Amendment became inoperative by adoption of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution on December 5, 1933, repealing the 18th Amendment.

Sections 2 to 5 of this chapter (acts Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, § 1, 41 Stat. 307; Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, §§ 3, 5, 42 Stat. 223) and sections 11 to 40, 44 to 57, 61, 62, and 64 of chapter 2 (acts Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, §§ 2 to 39, 41 Stat. 308 to 319; Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, §§ 2, 5, 42 Stat. 222, 223; Mar. 31, 1933, ch. 18, §§ 1 to 3, 48 Stat. 23, 24) constituting title II of the National Prohibition Act as amended and supplemented, were repealed to the extent in force in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and Alaska by acts Jan. 24, 1934, ch. 4, § 1, 48 Stat. 319; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 37, §§ 2, 3, 48 Stat. 361; Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 88, §§ 2, 3, 48 Stat. 467; and Apr. 13, 1934, ch. 119, §§ 1, 5, 48 Stat. 583, 584, respectively.

§§ 1 to 5. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Section 1, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, § 1, 41 Stat. 305, set forth the short name of this title as the "National Prohibition Act".

Section 2, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 3, 42 Stat. 223, provided that this title apply to the United States and all territory subject to its jurisdiction, including the Territory of Hawaii and the Virgin Islands.

Section 3, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 5, 42 Stat. 223, authorized all laws relating to the manufacture and taxation of and traffic in intoxicating liquor, and all penalties for violations of such laws that were in force on Oct. 28, 1919, to continue in force, as to both beverage and nonbeverage liquor, except to the extent provisions of such laws were directly in conflict with provisions of this title. Section 4, acts Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 1, 41 Stat. 307; Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 1, 42 Stat. 222, defined the terms "liquor" or "intoxicating liquor", "person", "commissioner", "application", "permit", "bond", and "regulation".

Section 5, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 1, 41 Stat. 308, provided that any act authorized to be done by the commissioner could be performed by any assistant or agent designated by him for that purpose, and any records required to be filed with the commissioner could be filed with an assistant commissioner or any other person designated to receive such records.

Chapter 2.-PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATING

BEVERAGES

This chapter, comprising sections 11 to 64, in large measure became inoperative by the adoption of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. See notes set out preceding former sections 1 to 5.

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§§ 11 to 40. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Section 11, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 2, 41 Stat. 308, authorized the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, his assistants, agents, and inspectors to swear out warrants before United States commissioners or other officers or courts authorized to issue warrants, and to investigate and report violations of this title to the United States attorney for the district in which the violations were committed. Section 12, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 3, 41 Stat. 308, provided that no person manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as otherwise provided by the provisions of this title.

Section 13, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 4, 41 Stat. 309, exempted the specified articles, after having been manufactured and prepared for the market, from the provisions of this title, required manufacturers of such exempt articles to secure permits, give bonds, keep records, and make reports, and made unlawful the failure to comply with any of the foregoing requirements.

Section 14, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 5, 41 Stat. 309, authorized the commissioner to analyze the specified manufactured articles in order to determine whether said articles constituted intoxicating liquors.

Section 15, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 2, 42 Stat. 222, authorized the commissioner to order a change of formula of preparations used as a beverage or for intoxicating liquor purposes where the sale or use of such preparations was substantially increased in the community by reason of its use as a beverage or for intoxicating beverage purposes.

Section 16, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 6, 41 Stat. 310, required that any person manufacturing, selling, purchasing, transporting, or prescribing any liquor, except liquor purchased and used for medicinal purposes when prescribed by a physician, liquor purchased and used in a bona fide hospital or sanitarium for the treatment of alcoholism, and wine manufactured, etc., for sacramental or religious purposes, first obtain a permit from the commissioner.

Section 17, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 7, 41 Stat. 311, authorized no one but a physician holding a permit to prescribe liquor to issue any prescription for liquor, required every such physician to keep a record of every prescription issued, and required the pharmacist filling each prescription issued to indorse upon it over his own signature the word "canceled".

Section 18, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 2, 42 Stat. 222, specified the kinds of liquor which could be prescribed for medicinal purposes, the percentage of alcohol in such prescriptions, and the quantity permitted to be prescribed.

Section 19, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 8, 41 Stat. 311, authorized the commissioner to issue prescription blanks, free of cost, to physicians holding permits to prescribe liquor for medicinal purposes.

Section 20, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 2, 42 Stat. 222, set forth the number of prescription blanks that could be issued to a physician, and the number of prescriptions that could be issued by a physician.

Section 21, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 9, 41 Stat. 311, set forth the procedure by which the commissioner could cite permittees believed not to be conforming to the provisions of this title, or who had violated the laws of any State relating to intoxicating liquors.

Section 22, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 10, 41 Stat. 312, required every person manufacturing, purchasing, selling, or transporting any liquor to make and keep a permanent record of all such transactions.

Section 23, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 11, 41 Stat. 312, required all manufacturers and wholesale or retail druggists to keep a copy of all permits to purchase on which a sale of any liquor was made.

Section 24, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 12, 41 Stat. 312, required all persons manufacturing liquor for sale to attach labels to every container, and specified the information to be placed on such labels.

Section 25, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 13, 41 Stat. 312, required every carrier to make a record at the place of shipment of the receipt of any liquor transported, and to deliver liquor only to persons presenting to him a verified copy of a permit to purchase.

Section 26, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 14, 41 Stat. 312, made it unlawful for any person to use or induce any carrier, or any agent or employee thereof, to carry or ship any package or receptacle containing liquor without notifying the carrier of the true nature and character of the shipment, and required all packages carrying liquor to contain the enumerated information.

Section 27, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 15, 41 Stat. 313, made it unlawful for any consignee to accept any package containing liquor upon which appeared a statement known by him to be false, or for any carrier to consign, etc., any such package, knowing such statement to be false.

Section 28, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 16, 41 Stat. 313, made it unlawful to order a carrier to deliver liquor to any person not a bona fide consignee.

Section 29, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 17, 41 Stat. 313, made it unlawful to advertise liquor, or the manufacture, sale, or keeping for sale of liquor, and exempted manufacturers and wholesale druggists holding permits to sell liquor from the prohibition when furnishing price lists to persons permitted to purchase liquor or when advertising in business publications.

Section 30, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 18, 41 Stat. 313, made it unlawful to advertise, manufacture, sell, or possess for sale any utensil, ingredient, or formula intended for use in the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor.

Section 31, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 19, 41 Stat. 313, prohibited any person from soliciting or receiving orders for liquor or giving information as to how liquor could be obtained in violation of this title.

Section 32, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 20, 41 Stat. 313, gave a right of action to any person injured in person, property, means of support, or otherwise by any intoxicated person against any person who unlawfully sold liquor to such intoxicated person, or caused or contributed to such intoxication.

Section 33, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 21, 41 Stat. 314, declared any property used in connection with a violation of this title to be a common nuisance, and made the owner of any such property liable.

Section 34, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 22, 41 Stat. 314, set forth the procedure which authorized an action in equity to enjoin any nuisance defined in this title.

Section 35, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 23, 41 Stat. 314, declared any person keeping or carrying liquor with intent to sell, or soliciting orders for liquor guilty of a nuisance, and restrainable by injunction.

Section 36, act Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 23, 41 Stat. 314, set forth the fees of officers removing and selling property in the enforcement of these provisions.

Section 37, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 23, 41 Stat. 314, provided that any violation upon any leased premises by the lessee or occupant thereof could, at the option of the lessor, work a forfeiture of the lease.

Section 38, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 24, 41 Stat. 314, set forth the procedure and punishment for the violation of any injunction granted pursuant to these provisions.

Section 39, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 25, 41 Stat. 315, prohibited the unlawful possession of liquor or property designed for the manufacture thereof, and authorized the issuance of search warrants and the destruction of unlawfully possessed liquor and property seized pursuant to such search warrants.

Section 40, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 26, 41 Stat. 315, set forth the procedure for the seizure and destruction of unlawfully transported liquor and the sale of any vehicle found to be used for such transportation.

§ 40a. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.

Section, act Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, § 204, 49 Stat. 878, related to remission or mitigation of forfeiture of a seized vehicle or aircraft, and is now covered by section 3617 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§§ 41 to 43. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title III, § 308(a), 49 Stat. 880.

Sections, acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 438, §§ 1 to 3, 43 Stat. 1116; May 27, 1930, ch. 342, §§ 9, 10, 46 Stat. 430, related to disposition of vessels or vehicles forfeited to the United States.

§§ 43a, 43b. Omitted.

CODIFICATION

Section 438, acts May 14, 1937, ch. 180, § 1, 50 Stat. 145; Mar. 28, 1938, ch. 55, §§ 1, 52, 128, related to the use by narcotics agents of motor vehicles confiscated pursuant to former section 43 of this title, and was omitted as executed.

Section 43b, acts May 6, 1939, ch. 115, title I, § 1, 53 Stat. 663; Mar. 25, 1940, ch. 71, title I, 54 Stat. 63, related to the use by narcotics agents of motor vehicles confiscated pursuant to the provisions of former section 157 of this title, and is now covered by section 3616 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§§ 44 to 57. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Section 44, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 27, 41 Stat. 316, authorized the delivery to any department or agency of the United States, for medicinal, mechanical, or scientific use, or the private sale for such purposes to any person having a permit to purchase, of liquor subject to destruction pursuant to the provisions of this title.

Section 45, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 28, 41 Stat. 316, gave to the commissioner, his assistants, agents, and inspectors all the power and protection in the enforcement of this title which had been conferred by law for the enforcement of prior laws relating to the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor.

Section 46, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 29, 41 Stat. 316, set forth the punishment for any person found guilty of unlawfully manufacturing or selling liquor, violating the provisions of any permit, or making any false record, report, or affidavit.

Section 47, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 30, 41 Stat. 317, took away the privilege against self-incrimination from any person ordered to testify or produce books, papers, etc., and provided that any person so ordered to testify or produce would be immune from any prosecution based on the evidence provided.

Section 48, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 31, 41 Stat. 317, set forth the venue in any prosecution for the unlawful sale of liquor.

Section 49, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 32, 41 Stat. 317, authorized the joinder of separate offenses in prosecutions for violations of this title, and set forth the requirements for any affidavit, information, or indictment issued pursuant to such prosecutions.

Section 50, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 33, 41 Stat. 317, made the possession of liquor by any person not legally permitted to possess liquor prima facie evidence of unlawful purpose.

Section 51, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 34, 41 Stat. 317, authorized the inspection by duly authorized personnel of records and reports required to be kept or filed pursuant to this title, and the introduction into evidence of duly certified copies of such records and reports.

Section 52, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 35, 41 Stat. 317, repealed all provisions of law inconsistent with these provisions, and provided that regulations promulgated pursuant to these provisions were to be construed as in addition to existing laws.

Section 53, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 5, 42 Stat. 223, set forth the procedure for the assessment and collection of all taxes and penalties provided for in former section 52 of this title.

Section 54, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 5, 42 Stat. 223, exempted from taxation distilled spirits lost by theft,

Chapter 3.-INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL S$ 71 to 90a. Omitted.

accidental fire, or other casualty, where such loss did not occur as a result of negligence or fraud on the part of the owner or custodian.

Section 55, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 35, 41 Stat. 317, authorized the commissioner to compromise any civil cause arising under these provisions with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury before bringing action in court, and with the approval of the Attorney General after the action was commenced.

Section 56, act Nov. 23, 1921, ch. 134, § 2, 42 Stat. 22, limited the quantity of spirituous and vinous liquor that could be imported into or manufactured in the United States.

Section 57, act Oct. 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 37, 41 Stat. 318, exempted from these provisions the storage in or transportation to bonded warehouses of liquor manufactured prior to the taking effect of these provisions.

§§ 58 to 60. Repealed. Mar. 22, 1933, ch. 4, § 2, 48 Stat. 17. Sections, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 37, 41 Stat. 318, related to the development, use, and taxation of liquids containing less than one-half of one per centum of alcohol.

$$ 61, 62. Repealed. Aug. 27,1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Section 61, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 38, 41 Stat. 319, authorized the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Attorney General of the United States to hire employees and purchase equipment and supplies necessary for the enforcement to this title.

Section 62, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 339, 41 Stat. 319, authorized the issuance of a summons to any person whose property rights were proceeded against or could be affected by a judgment rendered in a proceeding where such person was not the one who in person violated the provisions of the law.

§ 63. Repealed. June 19, 1934, ch. 657, § 3, 48 Stat. 1116. Section, acts Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title III, § 20, 41 Stat. 322; July 5, 1932, ch. 428, 47 Stat. 579, made it unlawful to introduce into the Canal Zone, or to manufacture, sell, transport, or possess within the Canal Zone, any intoxicating liquors, except for sacramental, scientific, or medicinal purposes.

§§ 63a to 63d. Omitted.

CODIFICATION

Sections, act June 19, 1934, ch. 657, §§ 1 to 4, 48 Stat. 1116, authorized the President to make rules and regulations with respect to alcoholic beverages in the Canal Zone, and were transferred to former sections 1314b to 1314e of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

§ 64. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Section, act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title II, § 36, 41 Stat. 318, provided that the invalidity of any provision of this title would not be construed to render invalid other provisions of this title.

Chapter 2A.-BEER, ALE, PORTER, AND SIMILAR FERMENTED LIQUOR

964a to 640. Repealed. Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title II, § 202(a), 49 Stat. 877.

Sections, act Mar. 22, 1933, ch. 4, §§ 1(c), 3 to 10, 48 Stat. 16, related to the manufacture, sale, and transportation of beer, ale, porter, wine, similar fermented malt or vinous liquor, etc., containing not more than 3.2 per centum of alcohol by weight.

§ 64p. Legalizing manufacture and sale of 3.2 per centum beer in Oklahoma.

CODIFICATION

Section, act June 16, 1933, ch. 105, 48 Stat, 311 which authorized the legalization of the manufacture and sale of 3.2 per centum beer in the State of Oklahoma, was rendered obsolete by the adoption of the twenty-first Amendment.

CODIFICATION

Sections, acts Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, title III, §§ 1 to 19, 41 Stat. 319 to 322; Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, §§ 602, 609, 40 Stat. 1109; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, §§ 17, 18, 49 Stat. 876; June 26, 1936, ch. 830, §§ 308, 320, 329 (a), (b), (e), 414, 49 Stat. 1946, 1953, 1957, 1964; June 15, 1938, ch. 439, § 4, 52 Stat. 700, were distributed in the Code as follows: Sections 71 to 75, 78 to 81, 83 to 88, and 90 became sections 3124(a) (1) (2), 3100, 3101, 3107, 3104, 2883, 3112(a), 3106 (a), 3103, 3102, 3109, 3110, 3108, 3124(a) (1), 3105, 3113, 3115(a), 3112(b), 3118, 3122, and 3123 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1939 [for distribution in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, see Table I, set out following the text of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code]; sections 76, 77 related to 18th Amendment and were omitted; section 89 repealed prior laws relating to alcohol and was omitted; and sections 82 and 90a were omitted because the provisions to which they related were incorporated in the sections of Title 26 [IRC 1939] set out above.

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Section 91, acts Mar 2, 1929, ch. 473, § 1, 45 Stat. 1446; Jan. 15, 1931, ch. 29, 46 Stat. 1036, set forth the maximum penalties that could be imposed in a criminal prosecution for the illegal manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, or exportation of intoxicating liquor, as defined in former section 4 of this title.

Section 92, act Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 473, § 2, 45 Stat. 1446, provided that former section 91 of this title did not operate to repeal or eliminate any minimum penalty provided by this title for the first or any subsequent offense.

Chapter 5.-PROHIBITION REORGANIZATION ACT

OF 1930

§§ 101 to 108. Repealed. Aug. 27 1935, ch. 740, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 872.

Sections 101 to 104, act May 27, 1930, ch. 342, §§ 1 to 4, 46 Stat. 427, established a Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of Justice, and set forth the powers and duties of the Bureau of Prohibition and the Attorney General in the enforcement of the prohibition laws.

Section 105, acts May 27, 1930, ch. 342, § 5, 46 Stat. 429; Mar. 31, 1933, ch. 18, § 4, 48 Stat. 24, authorized the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to Jointly prescribe regulations relating to permits and prescriptions for liquor for medicinal purposes.

Sections 106 to 108, act May 27, 1930, ch. 342, §§ 6 to 8, 46 Stat. 429, set forth additional powers of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury relating to the filing of reports involving tax liabilities and permit revocations, and authorized the change of name of the Bureau of Prohibition in the Treasury Department to the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol.

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exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. (Aug. 8, 1890, ch. 728, 26 Stat. 313.)

POPULAR NAME

Act Aug. 8, 1890, is known as the "Wilson Act," or the "Original Packages Act."

§ 122. Shipments into States for possession or sale in violation of State law.

The shipment or transportation, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, of any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind from one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, which said spirituous, vinous malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor is intended. by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is prohibited. (Mar. 1, 1913, ch. 90, 37 Stat. 699; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, § 202 (b), 49 Stat. 877.)

AMENDMENTS

1935-Act Aug. 27, 1935, reenacted the language of this section without change.

POPULAR NAME

Act Mar. 1, 1913, is known as the "Webb-Kenyon Act." § 123. Repealed. June 25, 1936, ch. 815, § 9, 49 Stat. 1930.

Section, acts Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 162, § 5, 39 Stat. 1069; Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 192, 39 Stat. 1202; Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, § 1407, 40 Stat. 1151; Jan. 11, 1934, ch. 1, title I, § 12. 48 Stat. 316, prescribed punishment for violation of section 122 of this title.

Chapter 7.-LIQUOR LAW REPEAL AND
ENFORCEMENT ACT

SS 151 to 167. Omitted.

CODIFICATION

Sections, act Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, §§ 2 to 16, 49 Stat. 872 to 876, became sections 3124 (a) (3 to 8), 3117, 3111, 3114, 3116, 3121(a), 3115 (b), (c), 3119, 3120, and 3121 (b), (c) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1939, which were repealed by section 7851 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1954. For distribution in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, see Table I, set out following the text of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

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Federal Alcohol Administration and offices of members and Administrator thereof were abolished and their functions directed to be administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of Treasury through Bureau of Internal Revenue [now Internal Revenue Service] in Department of Treasury, by Reorg. Plan No. III, § 2, eff. June 30, 1940, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See also, sections 8 and 9 of said plan for provisions relating to transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds.

§ 202. General provisions.

(a) Expenditures.

Appropriations to carry out powers and duties of the Secretary of the Treasury under this chapter shall be available for expenditure, among other purposes, for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, expenses for travel and subsistence, for law books, books of reference, magazines, periodicals, and newspapers, for contract stenographic reporting services, for subscriptions for library services, for purchase of samples for analysis or use as evidence, and for holding conferences of State and Federal liquor control officials.

(b) Utilization of other governmental agencies.

The Secretary of the Treasury may, with the consent of the department or agency affected, utilize the services of any department or other agency of the Government to the extent necessary to carry out his powers and duties under this chapter and authorize officers and employees thereof to act as his agents.

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