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 SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 212. 1918. 1047 facture, sale, and distribution of wine for sacramental, medicinal, or W{¤f=* t *°’ SBM- other than beverage uses. After the approval of this Act no distilled, miiiirioiixxii uiiiioxrmalt, vinous, or other intoxicating liquors shall be imported into the §‘}{§S d{‘f,€f§§°§§,, ’$§,§$ United States during the continuance of the present war and period of °*g,. ' demobilization: Provided, That this provision against importation Sliiiriiiiiints en route shall not apply to shipments en route to the United, States at the time °‘°°p*°d· of the passage of this Act. _ _ Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions shall be n,§$E`?hm°”° ‘°' “°‘ punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine: Provided, {fmt,) That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized ab<>ut9oa1zi¤i'mes,zgi1¢iii and em owered, at any time after the passage of this Act, to establish °“§*L}'Qf‘,‘§‘lg,58_ zones oijsuch size as he may deem advisable about coal mines, munition factories, shipbuilding plants, and such other plants for war material as may seem to him to require such action whenever in his opinion the creation of such zones is necessary to, or advisable in, the proper prosecution of the war, and that he is hereby authorized and empowered to prohibit the sale, manufacture, or distribution of intoxicating liquors in such zones, and that any violation of the ,,f;0";’{;*¤’*¤¤¤¤* M ‘i<>· President’s regulations in this regard shall be punished b imprison— ` ment for not more than one year, or by fine of not more than $1,000, L,,,,,,,,,g me 0, or by both such fine and imprisonment: Prmrided further, That noth- {,•·;>g;s¤¢¢¥cf·>r m Mg ing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the power conferred r¤¤mi.’ ° " °°° ° ` upon the President by section fifteen of the food·control Act, ap- ‘"‘“’*"m‘ roved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen (Public Numbered Forty, Sixty-fifth Congress). rm odu zi Fifth. For gathering authoritative information in connection with mppiywtid ° °"’ the demand for, and the production, supply, distribution, and utilize- mii{liii;mim$·?ii1ariis£ tion of food, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of section two g;t§gn¤1:g¤¤’¢¤. ¢¤¤sgof the Act; extending and enlarging the market news service; and ’ preventing waste of food in storage, in transit, or held for sale; advice concerning the market movement or distribution of perishable prod- Impmm mm ucts; for enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to ins act and certify cams. ° ` perishable agricultural products, as provided in iihe Adgricultural """·"· ‘°°’· appropriation Act for the fiscal year mneteen hundred an nineteen; Subjwmpwmed for the following stated purposes and in amounts as follows: Market ` news service on fruits and vegetables, $500,000; market news service on live stock and meats, $300,000; market news service on butter, cheese, e gs, and poultry, $164,000; market news service on grain, hay, feeri, and seeds, $150,000; food and fertilizer surveys of the United States, $300,000; conservation of food products in transportation and storage, $2:20,937; market inspection of perishable foods, $51,000; city market service,_ $66,131; direct market activities, $85,100; special market activities, $109,440; m all, $1,955,608. Assmauw t H Sixth. Por miscellaneous items, including the salaries of assistant Ame, p. ;·}fm` 3 °s' secretaries appointed under the Act approved August tenth, nineteen _ _ _ hundred and seventeen; special wor in crop estimating; aiding ,0f’,{,‘§{,,§§',°;,",;§,Q*‘;*{p_m‘ agencies in the various States in supplying farm labor; enlarging the i informational work of the Department of; Agriculture; and rinting and distributing emergerfcy leaglets, poqtersllaqduother publiicgtions re `l1]l'1I1. g uick issue or argc e itions; or the o owing state pur- . poges andqin amounts as follows: Office of the Secretary, $76,420; Sub’°°mp°°m°`i' publication and informational work, $235,000; agricultural exhibits, $43,020; rent in the District of Columbia, $25,000; assistance in supplying farm labor, $162,000; poultry and egg demonstrations, $40,000; sirup demonstrations, $7,000; preparation of sweet sirups, including grape sirups, $5,000; handling, transportation, and storage of fish, $20,000, waterproolinig leather for Government and farm use, $3,000; serviceability tests o leather and leather substitutes, $6,000; utilization of wool·scouring wastes, $9,000; extension work in bee-