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 74 TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 830 . JUNE 26, 1936, 1965 sale or other distribution of alcoholic beverages or the financing there- of. Each member shall, for his services, receive compensation at the Compensation, etc. rate of $10,000 per annum, together with actual and necessary trav- eli ng and subsistence e xpenses while engage d in the performance of his duties as member outside the District of Columbia. (b) On e of the m embers sha ll be desi gnated by the Presid ent Chai rman, vi ce ch air- annually at the beginning of the calendar year as chairman and shall ma n, general counsel. b e the chief executive officer of the Administration ; one of the members shall be designated by the President annually at the beginning of the calendar year as vice chairman of the Administration and shall per- for m the functions and duties of the chairm an in his absence or in the event of his incapacity caused by illness ; and one of the members, who shall be a lawyer, shall be designated by the President as general counsel of the Administration. The Administra tion may f unction et Quorum, meetin gs, notwi thsta nding vaca ncies, and a ma jorit y of the m ember s in offic e shall constitute a quorum. The Administration shall meet at the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. The Administra- Official seal. L ion is authori zed to adopt an offi cial s eal, wh ich sha ll be judicia lly noticed. The Administration shall be entitled to free use of the Frankin g privilege . United States mails in the same manner as the executive departments. (c) The Administration is authorized and directed to pre scr ibe -Authority to pre scribe rules, etc. such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its powers and duties. SEC. 503 . (a) Sections 2 (b), 2 (c), and 2 (d) of the Federal Alcohol Federal Alcohol Ad- ministration Act. Administration Act are hereby repealed. All rules r egu lati ons Designated sections orders, permits, and certificates, prescribed or issued by the Admin- 1e Ara uep.977. istrator and in full force and effect on the effective date of this section c ontinuatlon of v rules, etc . shall continu e in fu ll for ce and effect until duly mo dified, super seded, or revoked. (b) All proceedings, hearings, investigations, or ot her matter s Continuationg , e tc. eeed ings, h earin s pending before, or being carried on by, the Administrator shall be continued and brought to determination by the Administration. (c) No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by no' t abated, suits, etc., or against any agency or officer of the United States shall abate by reason of the transfer of rights, privileges, powers, and duties, or the abolition of the office of Administrator, under the provisions of this title. SEC. 504 . The unexpended balances of appropriations available for App ropr iati ons av aila ble . salar ies a nd ex pense s of the F edera l Alc ohol Admin istra tion, asa division of the Treasury Department, shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Federal Alcohol Administration, as an independent establishment of the Government, including the salaries and expenses of the members of the Federal Alcohol Administration. SEC. 505 . The third paragraph of section 5 (e) of the Federal Ante, pp. 982, 1152 . Alcohol Administra tion Act is hereby a mended to read as fo llows : "In order to prevent the sale or shipment or other introduction of Certificate of label approval . distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages in interstate or foreign corn- Bottling or with- mer ce > if bottled, packaged, or labeled in violation of the requirements drawal from customs custodyof products not of this subsection, (1) no bottler of distilled spirits, no producer, covered by, forbidden. blender, or wholesaler of wine, or proprietor of a bonded wine store- room, and no brewer or wholesaler of malt beverages shall bottle, and (2) no person shall remove from customs custody, in bottles, for sale or any other comme rcial purpose, disti lled spirits, wine, or mal t beverages, respectively, after such date as the Administrator fixes as the earliest practicable date for the application of the provisions of this subsection to any class of such persons (but not later than August 15, 1936, in the case of distilled spirits, and December 15, 1936, in the ca se of w ine and malt beverag es, and only after t hirty d ays' p ublic notice ), unle ss, upo n appl ication to the Admin istrato r, he h as obt ained