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 386 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 83. 1917. chanical mixture that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, qlgrantities or packing that ignition bfy ,6re, by friction, by concussion, y percussion, or by detonation o, or any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of 1[1¥·oducin,<_idestruct1ve effects on contiguous _ objects, or of destroying) e or lim, but shall not include small arms Qj',X’,‘;’,‘,§;,,,,,,, ,0,. or shotgnm cartridges: rovided, That nothing! herein contained shall Govgargggt ¤¤¤» ¤¤¤-» be construed to prevent the manufacture, un er the authority of the °°° Govemment, of explosives for, their sale to or their possession by, the H we ts ,, military or naval service of the United States of America. nI.§-ansliiciueeess. Sec. 3. That the word "ingredients " when used herein shall mean the materials and substances capable by combination of producing n one or more of the explosives mentioned in section one hereof. §1§§,§‘,;,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ Sec. 4. That the word "pe1son," when used herein, shall include States, Territories, the District of Columbia, Alaska, and other dependencies of the United States, and municipal subdivisions thereof individual citizens, firms, associations, societies and corporations of the United States and of other cormtries at peace with the United Unauthorized _ s- States' sasi¤¤,m.,a¤tn<f$°¤. Sec. 5. That from and after forty days after the passage and approval of this Act no person shall have in his possession or purchase, _ accept, receive, sell, give, barter or otherwise dis}io;e of or procure §,'§$‘§',,g,,_, ,,, ,,,,,,,1 explosives, or ingredients, except as proyided  t Act: Provided l%¤:;fi¢i¤=*·» ¤¢¤-· el- That the purchase or possession of said ingredients when purchased ` or held m small quantities and not used_or intended to be_used in the Licensed use at manufacture of explosives are not subject to the {provisions of this mms, quarries, em., Act: Provided further, That the superintendent, oreman, or other ‘°‘ "°"“"°” ““°‘“’°‘ duly authorized employee, at a mine, quarry, or other work, may, when licensed so to o, sell or issue, to any workman under him, such an amount of explosives, or ingredients, as may be required by that workman in the performance of his duties, and the workman mag rzesmemm. purchase or accept the explosives, or ingredients, so sold or issue, ut the person so selling or issuing same shall see that any unused explosives, or ingredients, are returned, and that no explosives, or ingrledients, are takqnhpydthe workman to any point not necessary tot eca n ono s uties. aiii.t¤irriiitZ¤¤Z¢°°¤?ii°°" Sec. 6.r¥fra% nothing contained herein shall apply to explosives or ingredients while being transported upon vesse or railroad cars in pqqpformity with statutory law or Interstate Commerce Commission . es. ug§mss°ii,`$i>i¤i$1;iiih°ut Sec. 7. That from and after forty days after the passage of this Act go perspn shall izliaéiufacture explosives unless licensed so to do, as . erema ter rovr e. miértznieitégurgugneg Sec. 8. 'Iliat any licensee or applicant for license hereunder shall ummsip furnish such information regarding himself and his business, so far as such business relates to or is connected with explosives or ingredients sms; pm5eg sx. at such time and in such manner as the Director of the Bureau of ¤¤¤¤¤<*· Mines, or his authorized representative, ma request, excepting that those who have been or are at the time 0; the passa e o this Act regularly engaged in the manufacture of explosives shall not be compe led to_ disclose secret processes, costs, or other data unrelated to mmm, {words to the distribution of explosives. be kept by mms. Sec. 9. That from and after forty days after the passage and approval of this Act every person authorized to sell, issue, or dispose of explosives shall keep a complete itemized and accurate record, showingl each pfrson to whom_explosives are sold, given, bartered, or to w om or ow otherwise disposed of, and the quantity and kind of explosives, and the date of each such sale, gift barter, or other disposition; and this record shall be sworn to and, furnished to the