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 APPENDIX WEBB-KENYON LAW UNLAWFUL SHIPMENT FBOM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER The shipment or transportation, in any manner or by any means what- soever, of any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, from one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but sub- ject to the jurisdiction thereof, which said spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original pack- age or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is hereby prohibited. (Mar. 1, 1913, c. 90, 37 Stat. 699.) Reenacted without change in the Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act of Aug. 27, 1935 (§ 202 (b), 49 Stat. 877.) (U. S. C., Title 27, § 122.) FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT (Act of Aug. 29, 1935, c. 814, 49 Stat. 977, etc.) IMPORTANT NOTE For convenience of reference, the amendments to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act made by the Liquor Tax Administration Act have not been merged into the former act, but are indicated at the appropriate places in the Federal Alcohol Administration Act by reference to the amendatory provisions of the Liquor Tax Administration Act. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Alcohol Administration Act." FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION SEc. 2. (a) There is hereby created the Federal Alcohol Administration 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 actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses while 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. (Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this section repealed by Sec. 503 of the Liquor Tax Administration Act of June 26, 1936, effective in accordance with Sec. 508 of such act. See post, this Title.) (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 compensation 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. (See note under paragraph (b).) (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 Administrator shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. (See note under paragraph (b).) (e) Appropriations to carry out powers and duties of the Administrator shall be available for expenditure, among other purposes, for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, expenses for travel and sub- sistence, for law books, books of reference, magazines, periodicals, and news- papers, for contract stenographic reporting services, for subscriptions for library services, for purchase of samples for analysis or use as evidence, and for hold- ing 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 Govern- ment to the extent necessary to carry out his powers and duties and authorize officers and employees thereof to act as his agents. 98907' -3 9 --PT. 1- 43 CLXI

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