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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 837. AUG UST 31, 1935 . The Board shall be called by the Chairman and shall hold at least one meeting a year. No purchase of arms, ammunition, and implements of war shall be made on behalf of the United States by any officer, executive department, or independent establishment of the Government from any person who shall have failed to register under the provisions of this Act. The Board shall make an annual report to Congress, copies of which shall be distributed as are other reports transmitted to Congress. Su ch report. shall contain such information and data collecte d by the Board a s may be conside red of v alue in the dete r- minati on of qu estions connecte d with t he contr ol of tr ade in a rms, ammuni tion, and implements of war. It shall include a list of all person s requir ed to re gister u nder the provisi ons of t his Act, and full i nformati on conce rning th e licens es issue d hereun der. The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regula- tions with regard to the enforcement of this section as he may deem necessary to carry out its provisions. The President is hereby aut ho riz ed to pro cla im up on rec om- mendation of the Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of this section. This section shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of its enactment. SEC. 3 . Whenever the President shall issue the proclamation pro- vided for in section 1 of this Act, thereafter it shall be unlawful for any American vessel to carry any arms, ammunition, or imple- ments of war to any port of the belligerent countries named in such proclamation as being at war, or to any neutral port for trans- shipment to, or for the use of, a belligerent country. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall take, attempt to take, or shall authorize, hire, or solicit another to take any such vessel carrying such ca rgo out of port or from the juri s- diction of the United tates shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both ; and, in addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment, and the arms, ammunition, and implements of war on board shall be forfeited to the Unit ed State s. When the President finds the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation, and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply. SEC. 4. Whenever, during any war in which the Uni ted States is neutral, the President, or any person thereunto authorized by him, shall have cause to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign, whether requiring clearance or not, is about to carry out of a port of the United States, or its possession, men or fuel, arms, ammu- nition, implements of war, or other supplies to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a foreign belligerent nation, but the evidence is not deemed sufficient to justify forbidding the departure of the vessel as provided for by section 1, title V. chapter 30, of the Act approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat . 1; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 31), and if, in the President's judgment, such action will serve to main- tain peace between the United States and foreign nations, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citi- z ens, or to promote the security of the United States, he shall have I So in original, 1083 Meetings of Board. Restriction on pur- cha ses from person failing to regist er. Annual rep ort of Board. Contents. Enforcement rules and reg ulat ions. Proclamation of ar- ticl es cons idered arms, ammunition, etc. Post, pp . 3471, 3503 . Effective date of sec- tion. Carriage by Ameri- can vessel of arms, ate ., to port of belligerent. Penalty for violation. R evoca tion of pr os lamation. Prohibition a gains t vessels carrying arms, etc ., out of United States ports. Vol.40,p.221;U.S. C.,p.721.