Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/343

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322 srxrirsrxrn corrennss. sms. 1. C11.85. 1919. whoever otherwise violates any of the provisions of this title or of regulations lawfully made thereunder shall be l1able,_for the first offense, to a_penalty of not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding thirt days, or both, and for a second or cognate offense to a penalty of, not less than $100 nor more than $10,000, and to 8°§0;*g{•glg£s_P”¤*”’“ imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than one year. ` It shall be lawful for the commissioner in all cases of second or cognate offense to refuse to issue for a period of one year a permit for the mamifacture ori use o§ a1<;cf1hol_up¢;;1 the premises of any person responsi emany egree or evioa on. n xs cuuonary Sec. 16. Any tax payable upon alcohol under existing law may be {’,§§€h°d °( °°u°°“°g collected either by assessment or by stamp as regulations shall 121.:- vide; and if by stamp, regulations shall issue prescribing the d of stamp to be used and the manner of aiiixing and canceling the same. R°'°¤• °‘r’°”°d Sec. 17. When an property is seized for violation of this title it N°P°ny mm md' may be released to theclaimant or to any intervening party, in the discretion of the commissioner, on a_bond given and approved. omni rqvagpo Sno: 18. All administrative provisions of internal—revenue law, l"“”’ °‘°" °"°°" °‘ including those relating to assessment, collection, abatement, and refund of taxes and_penalties, and_ the_ seizure and forfeiture of prop— erty, are mladlec applicable toththis Ptle m so far as they are not moonsistent wi t provisions ereo . rncemmeaeiswsm- Sec. 19. All prior statutes relating to alcohol as defined. in this

  • ’°°'°°· title are herieby repelaled in so far as they are mconsistent with the

provisions o this tit e. _ _ C,,,,,,z,,,,,_ Sec. 20. That it shall be unlawful to import or introduce into the Olgggmlwyghitiw Canal Zone, or to manufacture, sell, give away, dispose of, transzport, or have in one’s ppmession or under one's control within the anal Zone, any alcoho `c, fermented, brewed, distilled, vinous, malt, or smpums. spirituous liquors, except for sacramental, scientific, pharmaceutical, industrial, or medicma purposes, under regulations to be made by the President, and any such hquoxs within the Canal Zone in violap,,,,,_,,,_ tion hereof shall be forfeited to the United States and seized: Pro- ,,5*532;** P°'”““°d vided; That slectmn shlallpnot app}; E liguor in transit through ` the anama an oronte anama aioa. m{’,;gf$¤m°”"°' *‘°‘ Tha;. izlagh and elyegybviolztion fof any of the provisions of this section s a e punis e y a e o not more than $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months for a first offense, and by a fine not less than $200 nor more than $2,000 and imprisonment not less than oge month nor more than five years for a second or subsequent o ense. ‘ P"°' °°°“°°" That all offenses heretofore committed within the Canal Zone may becprosecuted and all penalties therefor enforced in the same manner T_ { { t an to the same extent as if this Act had not been passed. _ k§,“,}§’§,,‘§,‘§,?§$`°“°°‘ Sec. 21. Titles I and III and sections 1, 27, 37, and 38 of title II of this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage wntncemmuuotsi and approval of the Act. The other sections of title H shall take p’°m’m°“m'°'°°‘ effect and be in force from and after the date when the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States goes into effect. F H G1Lr.n*rr Speaker of the 'giouse { 1§&presentat·ives. os. . ABSHALL Vice President of the United States and . President of the Senate. IN mn Hovss or Rrzriznssmurrvrzs or THE Igurrgzn Srsrns. cto er 27, 191.9. §=gg·¤¤c<> by ¤¤¤ The President of the United States having returned to the House gre? °i R°pmma` of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill (H. R. 6810)