Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/338

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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. ss. 1919. 317 Sec. 30. No person shall be excused, on the ground that it may ¤¤¤¤1>¤1S¤ry wmtend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, mow from attending and testif ring, or producing books, apers, documents, and other evidence in obedience to a subpoena of) any court in any suit or proceeding based u on or growing out of any alleged violation of this Act; but no natural)person shall be prosecuted or subjected to t C*i¤§u¤¤{ i¤¤¤¤¤¤¤’ any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, ° na a WS°°S“ or thing as to which, in obedience to a subpoena and under oath, he may so testify or produce evidence, but no person shall be exempt froinf prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so tesf ying. Sec. 31. In case of a sale of liquor where the delivery thereof was dB§Q3*;;*°,$‘ ggdm '°* made by a common or other carrier the sale and deliver shall be y y m` deemed to be made in the county or district wherein the delivery was made by such carrier to the consignee, his agent or employee, or in the county or district wherein the sale was made, or from which the shipment was made, and prosecution for such sale or delivery may be ad in any such county or district. Sec. 32. In any affidavit, information, or indictment for the vio- fgggigsgwm m_ lation of this Act, separate offenses may be united in se arate counts ¢1¤desep¤r¤teo¤erises. and the defendant may be tried on all at one trial and tli)e penalty for all offenses may be imposed. It shall not be necessary in any aifi- etfm °‘ °°¤=P*¤i¤*· davit, information, or indictment to give the name of the {purchaser or ` to include any defensive negative averments, but it shall e sufficient to state that the act complained of was then and there prohibited and unlawful, but this provision shall not be construed to preclude the trial court from directing the furnishing the defendant a bill of particulars when it deems it proper to do so. Sec. 33. After February 1, 1920, the possession of liquors by any u§l;g;'r`;Pg¤r;¤¤;*¤{¤°;·§· person not legally permitted under this title to possess liquor shall be eyramcs or misused prima facie evidence that such liquor is kept for the purpose of being "°”‘"°"‘ sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise disposed of in violation of the provisions of this title. Every person Repogtofliqunrsin egally permitted under this title to have liquor shall report to the °°“°“"”" commissioner within ten days after the date when the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States goes into eHect, the kind and amount of intoxicating liquors in his possession. But ,0}¤p1;$:,d;'gli*gg§ it shall not be unlawful to possess quors in one’s private dwelling cepecd. while the same is occulpied and used by`him as his dwelling only an such liquor need not e reported, provided such liquors are for use only for the personal consumption of the owner thereof and his family residing in such dwelling and of his bona fide guests when entertained by him therein; and the burden of proof sha be uplon the possessor P_f,'£g: °' ¤"°°' °° in any action concernigg the same to prove that suc liquor was lawfully acquired, possess , and used. Sec. 34, All records and reports kept or filed under the Iprovisions ,,,{,“§*:'u“,°§,,,ds¤¤1g*ggj of this Act shall be subject to inspection at any reasonab e hour by ' the commissioner or any of his agents or by any public prosecutor or by any arson designated by him, or bfy any peace officer in the State where the record is kept, and copies 0 suc records and reports duly ¤¤r¤¤= •= •v¤¤¤·· certified by the n with whom kqrg or filed may be introduced in evidence with act as the origin thereof, and verified copies of such records shall be furnished to the commissioner when called for. Sec. 35. All revisions of law that are inconsistent with this Act m§,?;;¥ of i=¤¤¤¤¤¤*· are re aled cally to the extent of such inconsrsteglrcihy the ' tions hirein provided for the manufacture or_tr_ c m intoxicating liquor shall be construed as in addition to existing laws. This Act N°°¤¤¤*1**¤· Shall not relieve anyone from paying any taxes or_other charges un- Mmm Em 0, posed upon the manufacture or traffic in such liquor. Noliquor ¤¤mp¤¤¤_i::”•¤¤¤e¤· revenue stamps or tax receipts for any illegal manufacture or sale a¤.°|`°° I ’