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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 823, 824 -DEC. 24, 1942 [CHAPTER 823] AN ACT To protect the public health by the prevention of certain practices leading to dental disorders; and to prevent the circumvention of certain State or Terri- torial laws regulating the practice of dentistry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful, in the course of the conduct of a business of constructing or supplying dentures from casts or impressions sent through the mails or in interstate commerce, to use the mails or any instru- mentality of interstate commerce for the purpose of sending or bringing into any State or Territory the laws of which prohibit- (1) the taking of impressions or casts of the human mouth or teeth by a person not licensed under the laws of such State or Territory to practice dentistry; (2) the construction or supply of dentures by a person other than, or without the authorization or prescription of, a person licensed under the laws of such State or Territory to practice dentistry; or, (3) the construction or supply of dentures from impressions or casts made by a person not licensed under the laws of such State or Territory to practice dentistry, any denture constructed from any cast or impression made by any person other than, or without the authorization or prescription of, a person licensed under the laws of the State or Territory into which such denture is sent or brought to practice dentistry. SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term- (1) "Denture" means a set of artificial teeth, or any prosthetic dental appliance; (2) "Territory" means any Territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. (3) "Interstate commerce" means (1) commerce between any State or Territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) com- merce within the District of Columbia or within any other Terri- tory not organized with a legislative body. SEC. 3. Any violation of any provision of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 824] AN ACT To amend the Act of April 20, 1918, as amended, entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for.other purposes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first para- graph of section 1 of the Act approved April 20, 1918, entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes" (40 Stat. 533; 50 U. S. C . 101), as amended by the Act approved November 30, 1940 (54 Stat. 1220; 50 U. S . C. 101), is amended to read as follows: "That the words 'war material', as used herein shall include arms, armament, ammunition, livestock, forage, forest products and stand- ing timber suitable therefor, stores of clothing, food, foodstuffs, or December 24, 1942 [A. R. 6730] [Public Law 843] Dentistry. Unlawful use of mails, etc., to supply dentures. "Denture." "Territory." "Interstate com- merce." Penalty. December 24, 19 [H. R . 7141] [Public Law 844] Willful destruction of war material. "War materiaL"

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