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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 645 -JUNE 25, 1948 Ante, p. 687. Ante, pp. 758, 759. Ante, pp. 758, 759. § 3109. BREAKING DOORS OR WINDOWS FOR ENTRY OR EXIT The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and puropse, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant. § 3110. PROPERTY DEFINED--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Term "property" as used in Rule 41 includes documents, books, papers and any other tangible objects, Rule 41 (g). § 3111. PROPERTY SEIZABLE ON SEARCH WARRANT-(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Specified property seizable on search warrant, Rule 41 (b). § 3112. SEARCH WARRANTS FOR SEIZURE OF ANIMALS, BIRDS OR EGGS Any employee authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to enforce sections 43 and 44 of this title, and any officer of the customs, shall have authority to execute any warrant to search for and seize any property used or possessed in violation of said sections and property so seized shall be held by him or by the United States marshal pending dispo- sition thereof by the court. § 3113. LIQUOR VIOLATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY If any superintendent of Indian affairs, or commanding officer of a military post, or special agent of the Office of Indian Affairs for the suppression of liquor traffic among Indians and in the Indian country and any authorized deputies under his supervision has probable cause to believe that any person is about to introduce or has introduced any spirituous liquor, beer, wine or other intoxicating liquors named in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title into the Indian country in violation of law, he may cause the places, conveyances, and packages of such person to be searched. If any such intoxicating liquor is found therein, the same, together with such conveyances and packages of such person, shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one-half to the informer and one-half to the use of the United States. If such person be a trader, his license shall be revoked and his bond put in suit. Any person in the service of the United States authorized by this section to make searches and seizures, or any Indian may take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian country, except such as are kept or used for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, or mechanical purposes or such as may be introduced therein by the War Department. In all cases arising under this section and sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, Indians shall be competent witnesses. § 3114. RETURN OF SEIZED PROPERTY AND SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE; MOTION--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Return of property and suppression of evidence upon motion, Rule 41 (e). § 3115. INVENTORY UPON EXECUTION AND RETURN OF SEARCH WAR- RANT--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Inventory of property seized under search warrant, and copies to persons affected, Rule 41 (d). 820 [62 STAT.

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