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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 172. 1921. 1445 "SEo. 233. The Interstate Commerce Commission shall formulate trR°¤*{,{,*;;1°¤¤ *;*1 regulations for the safe transportation within the limits of the juris- sxxgpgzc. in rfriiieii diction of the United States of explosives and other dangerous §§?§;'§t§2,i’°C‘§§‘Q§e§,{ articles, including iniiammable liquids, inflammable solids, oxidizing °°¤1¤11¤¤1°¤- materials, corrosive li uids, compressed gases, and poisonous sub- ,,_,l:,‘{{;,,,d3?’ p' 1*35* stances, which shall beqbinding upon all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives or other dangerous articles by land or water, and upon all shippers making shipments of explosives or other dangerous articles via any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water. Ch as Said commission, of its own motion, or upon ap lrcation made b mg ` any interested (party, may make changes or modifications in such regulations, ma e desirable by new information or altered conditions. _ Such regulations shall be in accord with the best·known practicable vi§Z,f?E,{c_t""“’° d‘* means for securing safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the recautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered) is in proper condition to transport. Such ‘rl:gulations, as well as all changes or modi1:ica— E°°°°° tions thereof, shall, ess a shorter time is authorized by the commission, take effect ninety da s after their formulation and publication by said commission and shall be in effect until reversed, set Assistance 0, other aside, or modified. In the execution of the rovisions of this Act depmmems, em, at the Interstate Commerce Commission ma utillize the services of the '°°°°°' bureau for the safe transportation of exglbsives and other dangerous articles, and may avail itself of the a vice and assistance of any department, commission, or board of the Government, but no official or employee of the United States shall receive ang additional compensation for such service except as now permitte by law. mah mlm °x_ "Sec. 234. It shall be unlawful to transport, c, or convey eauieaififipaerngs within the limits of the jurisdiction of the UnitednSitates, liquid ‘{,°f;,;,§°§",,°{§3_“ nitroglycerin, fulminate in bulk in dry condition, or other like ex- auyga $15, r>· 1135, plosive, on any vessel, car, or vehicle of any descrqgtion operated ` in the transportation of passengers or property by and or water by a common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. _ " Sec. 235. Every package containing explosives or other dapgerous ,,,§'},',,,'*},'Q,,F_*’°°k"’°“ °' articles when presented to a common carrier for shipment sh have mgaey 1>~ 1135- plainl marked on the outside thereof the contents thereof; and it Delivery ser amp. shall lie unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, }',,‘§}‘§,,8,“§‘§§f mw? to any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce 111*- by land or water, or to carry upon any vessel, car, or vehicle operated by any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water any explosive, or other dangerous article, as spainfied in section 233 o this Act, under any false or deceptive mar g, description, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, or without informing the agent of such carrier in writing of the true character thereof, at or before the time such dehvery or carriage rs made. Whoever shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any pro- ,,§§,§*$”“““""’ "°' vision of this section, or of the three sections last precedmg,_or any regulation made by the Interstate Commerce Commission rn pursuance thereof, slilall be iineoills not $05;: than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than e` teen mont, or o. _ _ Sec. 236. Whbgr the death or bodily  of any person results ,,, °,’§f¤'§’,;“f,‘ from the violation of anguof the four sections last preceding, or any deggg ¤=£, p_ lm, regulation made by the terstate Commerce Commission rn pursu- mama. ance thereof, the person or persons who  have so knowinlggg violated, or caused to be vrolawd, such provision or regulation, s be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Approved, March 4. 1921.