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 652 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 465. JULY 8, 1932. RFr.T .TNG TO MINORS AND OTHERS Otbe to miacrs O SEC. 7. No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any pistol to a person who he has reasonable cause to believe is not of sound mind, or is a drug addict, or is a person who has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence or except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward ex ists, is und er the age of eig hteen years. TR ANSFER S REGUL ATED Ti me, etc ., provi- SEC. 8 . No seller shall within the District of Columbia deliver a pistol to the purchaser thereof until forty-eight hours shall have elapsed from the time of the application for the purchase thereof, except, in the case of sales to marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies, policemen, or other duly appointed law-enforce- ment officers, and, when delivered, said pistol shall be securely wrap- ped and shall be unloaded. At the time of applying for the purchase Register to be kept, of a pistol the purchaser shall sign in duplicate and deliver to the seller a statement containing his full name, address, occupation, color, place of birth, the date and hour of application, the caliber, make model, and manufacturer's number of the pistol to be purchased and a statement that he has never been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence. The seller shall, within six hours after such application, sign and attach his address and deliver one copy to such person or persons as the superintendent of Limitstlow police of the District of Columbia may designate, and shall retain the other copy for six years. No machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack shall be sold to any person other than the persons desig- nated in section 14 hereof as entitled to possess the same, and then only after permission to make such sale has been obtained from the Wboiedetradee superintendent of police of the District of Columbia. This section shall not apply to sales at wholesale to licensed dealers. DE ALE RS TO BE LICENSED aen m° be ii- Svc. 9. No retail dealer shall within the District of Columbia sell or expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell, any pis tol, mach ine g un, sawe d-off sho tgun, or black jack wit hout bein g licensed as hereinafter provided. No wholesale dealer shall within the District of Columbia, sell, or have in his possession with intent to sell, to any person other than a licensed dealer, any pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack. D EALERS' LICENS ES, BY WHOM G RANTED AND CON DITIONS THERE OF Conditions, r etc., for S EC. 1 0. The Comm issi oner s of "the Dist rict of C olum bia may, in iasuingdealera' licenses . Ante, p . 5S. their discr etion,, gran t lic enses and ma y pres cribe the f orm th ereof, effective for not more than one year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell pistols, machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and blackjacks at retail within the District of Columbia subject to the following conditions in addition to those specified in section 9 hereof, for breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture and the licensee subject to punishment as provided in this Act . 1 . The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license . 2 . The license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can be easily read.