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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 9, 10. 1914. 277 orted to countries re ating their en under such r ations Sm°k*¤¢ °Pl“mP¥°· (spare prescribed by suciucountrg) for thtdlyimportation thigdlof into mmm such country, such regulations to e promulgated from time to time by the Secretary of State of the United States. "The Secretary of State shall request all foreign Governments to emIi§Ei5{t°"°f‘"°"" communicate through the diplomatic channels copies of laws and regulations pfomulgated in their respective countries which prohibit or regulate the importation of the aforesaid drugs, and when received advise the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce RI Im thereof; whereupon the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the ` Treasury, and the Secretary of Commerce shall make and publish all pgfoper regulations for carrying the provisions of this section into e ect. I I I "Sec. 7. That any person who exports or causes to be exported ¢¤f¤¤p¤mu¤¤i°m° any of the aforesaid drugs in violation of the preceding section shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $5,000 nor less than $50 or by imprisonment or any time not exceeding two years, or both. And ’¤*¤‘¤¤’=¤•· one—half of any fine recovered from any person or persons convicted of an offense_ under any sexztion of  ct may be paid to the person or persons giving information leading to such recovery, and one-half of an bail forfeited and collected in any proceedings brou ht under this get may be paid to the person or persons giving the information which led to the mstitution of such proceedings, if so directed by the court exercising jurisdiction in the case: Promded, That no payment ggggu I I fair %vingdi§formation shall be made to any officer or employee of t e United States. "Smo. 8. That whenever o ium or cocaine or an preparations or IIF¤¤·f¤i=¤r¤ ¤f v¤¤¤¤¤ derivatives thereof shall be liound upon any vessel arriving at any m£ffi•L°£3 °°°" °°° °° port of the United States which is not shown upon the vessel’s mamest, as is provided by sections twenty-eight undred and six and 28§I·S··¤¤5,<é=·2¤¤¤»¤¤¤7» twenty-eig t hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes such vessel ’P` shall e liable for the penalty and forfeiture prescribed in section twenty-eight hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes." Approved, January 17, 1914. CEL?. 10.-An Act R atin the manufacture of smc ° o wi 'n im 17 1914. United States, and for otheigrlhlirposilzs. king plum tm the lar`; *667-} (Public, No. 47.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United OI States of America in. Congress assembled, That an internal·revenue tax m’{,°.-.'I‘§...,v,,,.,.,t,, of $300 er pound shall e levied and collected upon all o ium manu- gI'I{°g**,n';,f‘“'•°°“*•° factured) in the United States for smoking purposes; ang no rson shall enga e in such manufacture who is not a citizen of the Ugnited States auf who has not §ven the bond required by the Commissioner H of Internal Revenue. ery person who prepares opium suitable for a...3Y“”°°f"°" d°' smoking purposes from crude m opium, or from any re aration thereof, or from the residue oggmoked or partially smoked) opium, commonly known as yen shee, or from any mixture of the above, or any of them, shall be regarded as a manufacturer of smoking opium within the meaning of this Act. . Sec. 2. That every manufacturer of such opium shall file with the ,,,§,f,§,‘},{,§,{,f°“’ '°’ collector of internal revenue of the district in which his manufactory is located such notices, inventories, and bonds, shall keep such books and render such returns of material and products, shall Eng; up such signs and affix such number to his factory, and conduct busmess under such surveillance of officers and a ents as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of tie Secretary of the Treasury, may by re lation requrre. ut the bond uired of such manufac- Bm www turer shal§“ be with sureties satisfactory tomglie collector of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than $100,000; and the sum