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 756 June 16, 1938 [H. R. 9610] [Public, No. 651] National Firearms Act, amendment. 48 Stat. 1237. 26U. S.C.§1132a. Taxes on certain types of firearms. Transfer tax. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 9707] [Public, No. 652] Manitowoc, Wis., lighthouse keeper's residence. Conveyance to Otto Oas Post, No. 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Reversionary pro- vision. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 10155] [Public, No. 653] Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleve- land, Ohio, 1939. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 471-473-JUNE 16, 1938 [CHAPTER 471] AN ACT To amend the National Firearms Act. [52 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen- tence of section 2 (a) of the National Firearms Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: "Provided, That manufacturers and dealers in guns with two attached barrels from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading shall pay the following taxes: Manufacturers, $25 per year; dealers, $1 per year." SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 3 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: "Provided, That the transfer tax on any gun with two attached barrels, twelve inches or more in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without man- ual reloading, shall be at the rate of $1." Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 472] AN ACT To authorize the conveyance of the old lighthouse keeper's residence in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to the Otto Oas Post Numbered 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon terms satisfactory to the Director of Procurement and at a price not less than 50 per centum of its value as of the date when possession of the hereinafter-described property was taken under lease by the herein- after-designated post, as said value shall be estimated and determined by the Director of Procurement, the Secretary of Commerce is author- ized and directed to convey, by quitclaim deed to the Otto Oas Post Numbered 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the old lighthouse keeper's residence in Mani- towoc, Wisconsin, together with the land appurtenant thereto, being lots 1 and 2 in block 178 southwesterly corner of Fifth and York Streets, which is now leased to the said post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, under a lease expiring on December 31, 1940, such land being no longer required for use by the Lighthouse Service. Should the Otto Oas Post, Numbered 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars, cease to occupy the property for club headquarters or alienate or attempt to alienate such property, title thereto shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 473] AN ACT To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the international exposition to be held at Cleveland,

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