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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 813, 814. AUGUST 29, 1935 . 977 104019°-36	62 SEPARABILITY SEC. 13 . 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 circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved, August 29, 1935, 3 p. m. [CHAPTER 814 .1 AN ACT A ugust 29, 1935 . To further protect the revenue derive d fro m dist illed spirits, wine, and malt	[H. R. 8870 .1 beverages, to regulate interstate and foreign commerce and enforce the postal [Public, No.401.) la ws with respect thereto, to enforce the twenty-first amendment, and for oth er pur poses . Be it ena cted by t he Senate and House of Repre sentative s of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the " Federal Alcohol Administration Act ." FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION Separability provi- sio n. Federal Alcohol Ad- ministration Act . Federal Alcohol Ad- mini strat ion . SeC. 2. (a) There is hereby created the Federal Alcohol Adminis- tration as a division in the Treasury Department . (b) The Administration shall be headed by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . The Administrator shall for his services receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum, together with actua l and necessary t raveling and subs istence expenses while Expenses . engaged in the exercise of his powers and duties outside the District of Columbia. No person shall be eligible to appointment, or continue in office, as Administrator if he is engaged or financially interested in, or is an officer or director of or employed by a corporation engaged in, the production or sale or other distribution of alcoholic beverages, or the financing thereof. (c) The Administrator shall, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, appoint and fix the compensation and duties of such officers and employees as he deems necessary to carry out his powers and duties, but the compen- sation so fixed shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Administrator is authorized to adopt an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. (d) The Administrator is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out his powers and duties. All rules and regulations prescribed by the Administra- tor shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. (c) Appr opriations to ca rry out powers an d duties of the A dmin- istrator s hall be available for expenditure, among other purp oses, for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and else- where, expenses for travel and subsistence, for law books, books of refer ence, maga zines, peri odica ls, an d new spape rs, fo r con tract sten o- graphic reporting services, for subscriptions for library services, for purchase of samples for analysis or use as evidence, and for holding conferences of State and Federal liquor control officials. (f) The Administrator may, with the consent of the department or agency affected, utilize the services of any department or other agency of the Government to the extent necessary to carry out his powers and duties and authorize officers and employees thereof to act as his agents. Divis ion e stabl ished. Post, pp . 1964, 1965 . Organization. Administrator ; ap- poi ntme nt, comp ensa - tion. Qualifications . Personnel ; appoi nt- ment, compen sation. Official seal. Rules and regula. tions. Approval of . Appropriations. P ost, pp. 1125, 1834. Cooperation of Ex- ecutive departments and agencies .