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 CODIFICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS price or market value be taken to be less than the minimum price established by the Commission for such coal and in effect at the time of such sale or other disposal), as found by the Commission under subsection (b) hereof. The Com- mission shall thereupon certify to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and to the collector of internal revenue for the internal revenue collection district in which the producer resides the amount of the required payment as found under clause (5) of subsection (b), and upon payment of such amount to the Commissioner or the collector such officer shall notify the Commission thereof. (U. S. C., Title 15, §835.) FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT (June 30, 1938, c. 850, 52 Stat. 1250) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this Act- (1) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. (2) The term "interstate or foreign commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession (including the Philippine Islands but not including the Canal Zone), or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession (including the Philippine Islands but not including the Canal Zone), or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession or the District of Columbia. (3) The term "firearm" means any weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive and a firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or any part or parts of such weapon. (4) The term "manufacturer" means any person engaged in the manufacture or importation of firearms, or ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder for purposes of sale or distribution; and the term "licensed manufacturer" means any such person licensed under the provisions of this Act. (5) The term "dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling firearms or ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder, at wholesale or retail, or any person engaged in the business of repair- ing such firearms or of manufacturing or fitting special barrels, stocks, trigger mechanisms, or breach mechanisms to firearms, and the term "licensed dealer" means any such person licensed under the provisions of this Act. (6) The term "crime of violence" means murder, manslaughter, rape, may- hem, kidnaping, burglary, housebreaking; assault with intent to kill, commit rape, or rob; assault with a dangerous weapon, or assault with intent to com- mit any offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. (7) The term "fugitive from justice" means any person who has fled from any State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or possession of the United States to avoid prosecution for a crime of violence or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding. (8) The term "ammunition" shall include all pistol or revolver ammunition except .22 -caliber rim-fire ammunition. (U. S. C., Title 15, § 901.) SEC. 2. (a) It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or dealer, except a manufacturer or dealer having a license issued under the provisions of this Act, to transport, ship, or receive any firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to receive any firearm or ammuni- tion transported or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce in violation of subdivision (a) of this section, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe such firearms or ammunition to have been transported or shipped in violation of subdivision (a) of this section. (c) It shall be unlawful for any licensed manufacturer or dealer to transport or ship any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce to any person other than a licensed manufacturer or dealer in any State the laws of which require that a license be obtained for the purchase of such firearm, unless such license is exhibited to such manufacturer or dealer by the prospective purchaser. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to ship, transport, or cause to be shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or am- munition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is under indictment or has been convicted in any court of the United States, the several States, Territories, possessions (including the Philippine Islands), or the District of Columbia of a crime of violence or is a fugutive 1 from justice. (e) It shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment or who has been convicted of a crime of violence or who is a fugutive' from justice to ship, Soin orgnal CXLVI

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