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this section shall also apply to narcotic drugs seized or coming into the possession of the United States in the enforcement of this part or any of the above-mentioned acts, where the owner or owners thereof are unknown. No narcotic drugs coming into possession of the United States under the operation of said part or acts, or the provisions of this section, shall be destroyed without certification by a committee appointed by the Secretary or his delegate that they are of no value for medical or scientific purposes. SEC. 4734. LAWS UNAFFECTED.

Nothing contained in sections 4701 to 4707, inclusive, or sections 4721 to 4726, iuclusive, shall be construed to impair, alter, amend, or repeal any of the provisions of the act approved February 9, 1909, entitled "An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes" (c. 100, 35 Stat. 614; 21 U.S.C. 171185), or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (June 25, 1938, c. 675, 52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and any amendment thereof. SEC. 4735. ADMINISTRATION IN PUERTO RICO, THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, THE CANAL ZONE, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. (a) PUERTO R I C O AND THE T R U S T TERRITORY OP THE PACIFIC

ISLANDS.—In Puerto Rico and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the administration of sections 4701 to 4707, inclusive, and sections 4721 to 4726, inclusive, the collection of the special tax imposed by section 4721, and the issuance of the order forms specified in section 4705 shall be performed by the appropriate internal revenue officers of those governments, and all revenues collected thereunder in Puerto Rico and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall accrue intact to the general governments thereof, respectively. The highest court of original jurisdiction of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction in all cases arising in such Territory under sections 4701 to 4707, inclusive, and sections 4721 to 4726, inclusive. (b) CANAL ZONE.—The President is authorized and directed to

issue such Executive orders as will carry into effect in the Canal Zone the intent and purpose of sections 4701 to 4707, inclusive, and sections 4721 to 4726, inclusive, by providing for the registration and the imposition of a special tax upon all persons in the Canal Zone who produce, import, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away narcotic drugs. (c) VIRGIN ISLANDS.— For authority of the President to exempt persons in the Virgin Islands from the order form requirements, see section 4705(b). SEC. 4736. OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE.

All administrative, special, or stamp provisions of law, including the law relating to the assessment of taxes, so far as applicable, shall be extended to and made a part of sections 4701 to 4707, inclusive, sections 4721, 4722, and 4724 (a), and of section 4772 insofar as it relates to narcotic drugs.

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