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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 574, 575-OCT. 1, 1942 T C Zone, or to import marihuana into or export it from the Canal Zone, iery to stateso except under license as provided in section 583 of this title: Pro- territories, etc. vided, however, That nothing in sections 581 to 584 of this title shall be construed to affect any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States relative to the sending, carriage, transporta- tion, or delivery of marihuana from the Canal Zone into any State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or insular possession of the Transit through United States: And provided further, That nothing in sections 581 to 584 of this title shall apply to marihuana aboard vessels which enter and depart from Canal Zone waters without discharging any of such marihuana, or to shipments of marihuana by common carrier in transit through the Canal Zone, even though such marihuana be discharged at a port of the Canal Zone for transshipment. "SEC. 582. DEFINITIONS.- As used in sections 581 to 584 of this "Marihuana." title, the term 'marihuana' shall have the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to it in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, "Produce." and the term 'produce' shall mean (a) plant, cultivate, or in any way facilitate the natural growth of marihuana, or (b) harvest and trans- fer or make use of marihuana. Usearcor medical or "SEC. 583. LIcENSES-The Governor of the Panama Canal may eseareh purposes. issue any licenses necessary under the terms of section 581 of this title to permit such uses of marihuana as are related to its adminis- tration to patients by physicians, dentists, veterinary surgeons, and other practitioners, or to research, instruction, or analysis. "SEC. 584. PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS. - Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 581 to 584 of this title shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than thirty days, or by both, and shall be punished for each subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than six months, or by both; and any marihuana involved in any violation of sections 581 to 584 of this title may be seized, and the court may order its confiscation and destruction." Approved, October 1, 1942. October 1, 142 __ [H. It. 727:1 [I'uhlic Law 72i] Books for the adult blind. 4i Stat. 1487; 54 Stat. 245. /Pnt, p. 346; post, p. 995. Reproducers for sound-reproduction records. [CIIAPTER 575] AN ACT To alleld section I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the adult blind", approved March 3, 1931, as amended. Be' it enarted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unlitcd States of A'lmerica in Congress acsembled, That, section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the adult blind" approved March 3, 1931, as amended (2 U. S . C . 135a), is amended by striking out the "$350,000" wherever occurring therein and insert- ing in lieu thereof the figures "$370,000", and by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and not to exceed $20,000 thereof shall be expended for the maintenance and replacement of the Government- owned reproducers for sound-reproduction records for the blind." SEC. 2. This Act shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for each fiscal year thereafter. Approved, October 1, 1942. 764 [56 STAT. re(

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