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278 SIXTY-THIRD oouerrnss. sm. II. oss. 10-12. 1914. of said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties required, at the discretion of the collector or under instruc- Btm tu. tions of the Commissioner of Intemal Revenue. ° Sec. 3. That all oipgum prepared for smoking manufactured in the United States shall duly stamped in such a permanent manner as cmu, b _ to denote the payment of the internal-revenue tax thereon. were w° °°°u Sec. 4. That the provisions of existing laws covering the engraving, issue, sale, accormtability, eifacement, cancellation, and the estruc— tion of stamps relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as ap licable, are hereby made to apply to stamps provided for by the section.

 htm SEO. 5. That 8. penalty of not ess than $10,000 or im*£risonment for

not less than five years, or both, in the discretion of e court, shall be imposed for each and every violation of the preceding sections of “°"“'°“·°‘°· this Act relating to opium by any person or Simons; and all opium prepared for smoldng wherever found within e United States without the stamps requrred by this Act shall be forfeited and destro ed. ,.,€`_,°‘,,’§’f *"°'“°"' Sec. 6. The provisions of the Act of October Erst, e` hteen hundred ¤¤· ¤¤»v·¤¤¤- and ninety (Twentysixth Statutes, page fifteen hundred and sixty- seven), in so far as they relate to the manufacture of smoking opium, are hereby repealed. Approved, January 17, 1914. nn zu rm. ‘ . . f ‘§F§48d.] GEL?. 11.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to oodrfy, revise, and

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IP“l’“°> N°· *8-] and eleven, being chapter twolhrmdred of Thirty ,.,1 Be·ite·ruzctedb·ytheSenaleandHmweo Representativeso i7aeUmZted _ izem.»vnc°gP`.»¤ss States of _·in Omyreas assembled? That the Act enftitled "An §,°u’§,f““° '° °“‘*"°‘ Act to cowkrevrse, an amend the laws relating to the judiciary," mY£&_g6. p. 1096. approved h third, nineteen hrmdred and eleven, beingmclrapter ' two hundred and thirty-one of Statutes at ge, be amended by inserting at the conclusion of section twenty-eight, chapter three, of said Act the following): ,__,,}’,:¤,;g*,,;po*,*g¤,,*g,§f" "And prvmriedfurther, That no suit rought in any State court of loggzcivgcdvahh ¤¤· competent jurisdiction against a railroad company, or other corpora- ’ tron, or person, engaged m and carryingon the busmess of a common Mv·»1.gé_%:€¤&v¤¤. carrier, to recover damages for delay, oss of, or injury to property e4s;pv¤1.i¤,p.¤s:£ °' received for transportation by such common carrier under section twenty of the Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sur April thirteenth nineteen hundred and eight, February twentydiflth nineteen hundred and nine, and June e}ghteentl1, nmeteen hundred and ten, shall be removed to any court o the United States where the matter in controvers does not exceed, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value 0?$3,000.” Approved, January 20, 1914. hn 2* 191* CHAP. 12.--An Act To amend the Acta ed ’ ’

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Be·it enactedby theSena£eand Houseo Re esmtativeso the United glgriggagyism States of America in Oemgress assem1>Zed,"fI`hal:),the Act autgorizing the vox. za, p. nr. Postmaster General to adjust certain claims of postmasters for loss ver. zi, P, 45;, by burglary, fire, or other unavoidable casual , a proved May ninth, °"‘°“‘°‘*· eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as amenidled by the Act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: