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 1446 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs . 449,450,473,474 . 1929 . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cl aim of Un ited United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States for security wa ived, under legacy States of America hereby waives any claim for security from the of Joseph Penn ell to Library of Congress. said Elizabeth Robins Pennell other than her own bond, for its benefit as residuary legatee and remainderman under the will of the said Joseph Pennell, and it is declared to be the opinion of Con- gress that such personal bond without surety would, if approved by the orphans' court, of Philadelphia County, adequately secure the interests of the United States under section 23 of the fiduciaries act of Pennsylvania. Approved, March 1, 1929. March 1, 1929. [S. J . Res.201.] [Pub. Res., No. 98.] Colorado River, etc. Water power permits upon , in design ated States, not to be issued until March 5, 19 30. Vol .41,p. 1063. Allowed if Boulder Dam Act effective. Ante, p. 1057. March 2, 1929. [S. 2901.] [Public, No. 899 .] Natio nal Prohibit ion Ac t. Punishment for vio- lation of, etc . Vol. 41, p. 307; Vol . 42, p. 222. Proviso. Discrimination in- tended between casual violations and habitual sales, etc . M ini mum penalties not repealed, etc. March 2, 1929. [H. R . 14472 .] [Public, No. 900 .] Mississippi River. T ime extended for bridging, at Vicksburg, Miss. CHAP. 450 .-Joint Resolution Restricting the Federal Power Commission from issuing or approving any permits or licenses affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, except the Gila River. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Power Commission is hereby directed not to issue or approve any permits or licenses under the provision of the Act of Congress approved June 10, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes, page 1063, known as the Federal Water Power Act), upon or affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, except the Gila River and its tribu- taries, in the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California, until the 5th day of March, 1930, unless prior thereto the Act approved December 21, 1928, known as the Boulder Canyon Project Act, becomes effective as therein provided. Approved, March 1, 1929. CHAP. 473 .-An Act To amend the N ational Prohibit ion Act, as amen ded and supplemented. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That wherever a penalty or penalties are prescribed in a criminal prosecution by the National Prohibition Act, as amended and supplemented, for the illegal manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, or expor- tation of intoxica ting liqu or, as de fined by section 1, Title I I, of the National Prohibition Act, the penalty imposed for each such offense shall be a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed five years, or both : Provided, That it is the intent of Congress that the court, in imposing sentence hereunder, should discriminate be tween casual or sl ight v iolati ons an d habit ual sa les of intox icat- ing liquor, or attempts to commercialize violations of the la 1w. SEc. 2 . This Act shall not repeal nor eliminate any minimum pen- alty for the first or any subsequent offense now provided by the said National Prohibition Act. Approved, March 2, 1929. CHAP. 474.-An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for complet ing th e cons tructi on of a brid ge acro ss the Missi ssippi River at the city o f Vick sburg, Missi ssippi, autho rized by the Act o f Con-

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