Public No. 318 (extract), Approved Sept. 21, 1922- Public Res. No. 96, Approved Mar. 2, 1923- Public Res. No. 20, Approved May 15, 1924. Public No. 274, Approved June 7, 1924- Public No. 564, Approved Jan. 22, 1927. Public No. 198, Approved Mar. 28, 1928. Public No. 562 (extract), Approved May 29, Public No. 672, Approved Jan. 19, 1929- Public No. 357, Approved June 14, 1930- Public No. 502, Approved July 3, 1930- Public Res. No. 96, Approved June 26, 1930. Public Res. No. 130, Approved Mar. 3, 1931. Public Res. No. 136, Approved Mar. 4, 1931. Public No. 270 (extract), Approved May 27, 1930- Public No. 361 (extract), Approved June 17, 1930. Public No. 339, Approved Aug. 7, 1939- Public No. 357, Approved Aug. 9, 1939. Public No. 797, Approved Dec. 11, 1942. Public No. 400, Approved July 1, 1944. Public No. 414, Approved July 1, 1944. Public No. 320, Approved Mar. 8, 1946- Public No. 365, Approved Oct. 20, 1940- Public No. 678, Approved Aug. 9, 1950- Public No. 804, Approved Sept. 21, 1950_ Public No. 255, Approved Nov. 2, 1951. Public No. 76, Approved June 24, 1953. Public No. 238, Approved Aug. 8, 1953- Public No. 240, Approved Aug. 8, 1953- [PUBLIC-No. 221-60TH CONGRESS.] [H. R. 27427.] An Act To prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, it shall be unlawful to import into the United States opium in any form or any preparation or derivative thereof: Provided, That opium and preparations and derivatives thereof, other than smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking, may be imported for medicinal purposes only, under regulations which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe, and when so imported shall be subject to the duties which are now or may hereafter be imposed by law. SEC. 2. That if any person shall fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the United States, or assist in so doing, any opium or any preparation or derivative thereof contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transportation, concealment, or sale of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof after importation, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law, such opium or preparation or derivative thereof shall be forfeited and shall be destroyed, and the offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for any time not exceeding two years, or both. Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have, or to have had, possession of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury. Approved, February 9, 1909. (1) [H. R. 1966.] An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes," approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes," approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "That after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, it shall be unlawful to import into the United States opium in any form or any preparation or derivative thereof: Provided, That opium and preparations and derivatives thereof, other than smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking, may be imported for medicinal purposes only, under regulations which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe, and when so imported shall be subject to the duties which are now or may hereafter be imposed by law. "SEO. 2. That if any person shall fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the United States, or assist in so doing, any opium or any preparation or derivative thereof contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transportation, concealment, or sale of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof after importation, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law, such opium or preparation or derivative thereof shall be forfeited and shall be destroyed, and the offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $5,000 nor less than $50 or by imprisonment for any time not exceeding two years, or both. Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have, or to have had, possession of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury. "SEC. 3. That on and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, all smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking found within the United States shall be presumed to have been imported after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, and the burden of proof shall be on the claimant or the accused to rebut such presumption. "SEC. 4. That any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who shall, either as principal or as accessory, receive or have in his possession, or conceal on board of or transport on any foreign or domestic vessel or other water craft or railroad car or other vehicle destined to or bound from the United States or any possession thereof, any smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking, or who, having knowledge of the presence in or on any such vessel, water craft, or vehicle of such article, shall not report the same to the principal officer thereof, shall be subject to the penalty provided in |