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 1240 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 75 7, 758 . JUNE 26, 1934, ,etc., to be pre- scribed. SEC. 12. The Commissi oner, with th e approval of the Secretary , shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying the provisions of this Act into effect. SEC. 13 . This Act shall not apply to the transfer of firearms (1) to the United States Government, any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or to any political subdivision thereof, or to the District of Columbia ; (2) to any peace officer or any Federal officer designated by regulations of the Commissioner ; (3) to the transfer of any firearm which is unserviceable and which is trans- ferred as a curiosity or ornament. SEC. 14 . Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $2,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 15. The taxes imposed by paragraph (a) of section 600 of the Revenue Act of 1926 (U .S .C ., Supp . VII, title 26, sec . 1120) and by section 610 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (47 Stat . 169, 264), shall not apply to any firearm on which the tax provided by section 3 of this Act has been paid. SE C. 16. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or cir- cumstances, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 17 . This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of its enactment. SEC. 18 . This Act may be cited as the " National Firearms Act ." Approved, June 26, 1934. Transfers, wben pro- visions not applicable. Penalty provision. Excise taxes. Firearms herein de- fined exempt from. Vol.44,p.93; Vol.47, p.264. U.S.C ., Supp. VII, p.604. Saving clause. Effective date. Citation of title. [CHAPTER 758 .1 AN ACT June 26, 1934. [H •R .97 69 .1	 To amend the Act of Ju ne 19, 1930 (46 Stat . 788), entitled "An Act providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chick asaw Nations, Oklahoma, and for other purposes ." [Public, No. 475 .1 Choct aw a nd C bick- asaw Indians, Okla. Vol.46,p. 788. Sales of coal and as- phalt deposits author- ized. Prosiso. Lea ses. Vol.47, p.89. Minimum ton nage re quirement wa ived. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in. Congress assembled, That the Act of June 19, 1930 (46 Stat . 788), entitled "An Act providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segre- gated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Okla- homa, and for other purposes ", is hereby amended so as to permit the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to sell under the provisions o f said Act th e coal and as phalt deposits referred to therein in tracts of less than nine hundred and sixty acres where such smaller tract or acr eage adjoins a developed tr act on which active mining operations are being conducted and is needed by the operator in further developing the existing mine
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That where the sale of such smaller tract or acreage is not deemed advis- able, the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion, lease said tract under th e same terms and conditions as developed tracts are leased under the Act of April 21, 1932 (47 Stat . 88), with the excep- tion that the minimum tonnage requirement contained therein is hereby waived as to leases on such small tracts. Approved, June 26, 1934.