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 656 73d CONGRESS. SESS. IL CHS. 181, 182. APRIL 30, 1934 . has not been paid thereon and shall be prima facie evidence of the Proceedings. nonpayment thereof. Such beverage so liable to forfeiture shall be proceeded against in the Supreme Court of the District, of Columbia by the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia, demspdosition if c on- and, if condemned, the said beverage shall be disposed of by destruc- tion or delivered for medicinal, mechanical, or scientific uses to any department or agency of the United States Government or the District of Columbia government or any hospital or other charitable institution in the District of Columbia, or sold at public auction, as the court may direct. The pro ceedings of s uch libel case s shall conform, as near as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the Distric t of Columbia. Punishment foreoun- "(j) Any person who shall counterfeit or forge any stamp required terfefting, etc . by this Act shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a period of not more than two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment ." SEC. 4. That section 24 of said Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is amended so as to read as follows Statement o f present "SEc . 24 . (a) Every licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, and stock to be made . retailer under this Act shall furnish the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia on the day this Act becomes effective a state- ment under oath, on a form to be prescribed by the Commissioners, . showing the amount and kind of taxable beverages held and possessed Necessary stamps to be attached to such by, him on the dayl this Act becomes effective, and shall state the container . number and denomination of stamps necessary for the stamping of such beverages so held and possessed on said date, as required by this Act . Stamps to be fur- "(b) All beverages held or possessed by any licensed manufac- nished free and affixed to present tax-paid turer, wholesaler and retailer under this Act on the effective date stock. of this Act shall have the stamps affixed thereto as required by this Act, but such stamps shall be furnished free and without cost to such licensee by the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia upon receipt by him of 'the statement under oath required by paragraph S worn 00t30 statements to (a) of this section : Provided, however, That such licensee shall on be riled by licensees. or before the 10th day of the calendar month first occurring after the effective date of this Act, file with the Board the statement Ante, p. 332. under oath r equired under section 22, paragraphs (a .) and (b) of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for the District of Columbia as originally enacted and approved, and shall on or before the 15th Payment to be made . day of the calendar month first occurring after the effective date of this Act pay to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia all taxes imposed by section 23 of said Act, as originally enacted and approved, on the beve rages so repo rted as herein required ." Effective date . SEc . 5. This Act shall become effective on the 1st day of the cal- endar month first occurring after thirty days from the approval thereof . Approved, April 30, 1934 . [CHAPTER 182 .1 April 30. 1934 . AN ACT 	[H .R.1724 .] Providing for settlement of claims of officers and enlisted men for extra pay [Public, No. 192 .] provided by Act of January 12, 1899 . Be it enact ed by th e Senate and Hoa rse o f Represen tatives o f the volunteer Army. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the General claims of officers and enlisted men for extra Accounting Office is authorized and directed to receive and settle pay , to be settled. claims of officers and enlisted men who were appointed or enlisted