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Public Law No. 221, 60th Congress, approved February 9, 1909. An Act

to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal

purposes--

Public Law No. 46, 63d Congress, approved January 17, 1914. To amend

the Act of Feb. 9, 1909, to prohibit the importation and use of opium for

other than medicinal purposes--

Public Law No. 47, 63d Congress, approved January 17, 1914. To regulate

the manufacture of smoking opium within the United States____

Public Law No. 233, 63d Congress, approved December 17, 1914. To pro-

vide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to

impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture,

compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca

leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations__

Public Law No. 254 (Extract), 65th Congress, approved February 24, 1919.

An Act to provide revenue, by paying special taxes for every person who

imports, manufactures, produces, compounds, sells, deals in, dispenses

or gives away opium__

Public Law No. 227, 67th Congress, approved May 26, 1922. To amend the

Act of February 9, 1909, as amended, to prohibit the importation and

use of opium for other than medicinal purposes--.

Public Law No. 318 (Extract) 67th Congress, approved September 21, 1922.

To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to

encourage the industries of the United States_.

Public Res. No. 96, 67th Congress, approved March 2, 1923. Requesting

the President to urge upon the governments of certain nations the imme-

diate necessity of limiting the production of habit-forming narcotic

drugs---

Public Res. No. 20, 68th Congress, approved May 15, 1924. Authorizing

an appropriation for the participation of the United States in two inter-

national conferences for the control of the traffic in habit-forming

narcotic drugs---

Public Law No. 274, 68th Congress, approved June 7, 1924. Prohibiting

the importation of crude opium for the purpose of manufacturing

heroin_.

Public Law No. 564, 69th Congress, approved January 22, 1927. To amend
the Narcotic Act, approved December 17, 1914--

Public Law No. 198, 70th Congress, approved March 28, 1928.

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To provide

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for the advances of funds by special disbursing agents in connection

with the enforcement of Acts relating to narcotic drugs----

Public Law No. 562 (Extract) 70th Congress, approved May 29, 1928.

Tax on Narcotics___

Public Law No. 672, 70th Congress, approved January 19, 1929. To estab-

lish two United States narcotic farms for the confinement and treatment

of persons addicted to the use of habit-forming narcotic drugs who have

been convicted of offenses against the United States_.

Public Law No. 357, 71st Congress, approved June 14, 1930. To create in

the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics___

Public Law No. 502, 71st Congress, approved July 3, 1930. Authorizing

the Commissioner of Narcotics to pay for information concerning viola-

tions of the Narcotics laws of the United States__.

Public Res. No. 96, 71st Congress, approved June 26, 1930.

Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, ap-

proved June 14, 1930__

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To amend the

Public Res. No. 130, 71st Congress, approved March 3, 1931. Authorizing

an appropriation to defray the expenses of participation by the United

States in the Conference on the limitation on the manufacture of Nar-

cotic Drugs to be held at Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 1931----

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Public Res. No. 136, 71st Congress, approved March 4, 1931. Making an

appropriation for expenses of participation by the Government of the

United States in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture

of Narcotic Drugs.

To

Public Law No. 270 (Extract) 71st Congress, approved May 27, 1930.
establish two institutions for the confinement of male persons.

Public Law No. 361 (Extract) 71st Congress, approved June 17, 1930. To

provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, dealing

with opium_--

Public Law No. 683, 71st Congress, approved February 18, 1931.

vide for the deportation of aliens convicted and sentenced for violation

of any law regulating traffic in narcotics___

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Public Law No. 5 (Extract) 72d Congress, approved February 2, 1932.
Dealing with the Fort Worth, Texas, Narcotic Farm__
Public Law No. 238 (Extract) 74th Congress, approved August 5, 1935.
To prevent and to authorize Customs Enforcement Areas-.

Public Law No. 740 (Extract) 74th Congress, approved June 22, 1936. To

provide revenue, equalize taxation_-_

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Public Law No. 238, 75th Congress, approved August 2, 1937. To impose

an occupational excise tax upon certain dealers in marihuana, to impose

a transfer tax upon certain dealings in marihuana___

Public Lw No. 267, 75th Congress, approved August 12, 1937. To increase

the punishment of second, third, and subsequent offenders against the

narcotic laws.

Public Law No. 682, 75th Congress, approved June 20, 1938. To regulate

the manufacturing, dispensing, selling, and possession of narcotic drugs

in the District of Columbia__

Public Law No. 339, 76th Congress, approved August 7, 1939. To provide

for the advances of funds by special disbursing agents in connection

with the enforcement of Acts relating to narcotic drugs-

Public Law No. 357, 76th Congress, approved August 9, 1939.

To provide

for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to

transport narcotic drugs, firearms, and counterfeit coins, obligations,

securities and paraphernalia_.

Public Law No. 797, 77th Congress, approved December 12, 1942. Opium

Poppy Control Act of 1942__

Public Law No. 400, 78th Congress, approved July 1, 1944. Requesting

the President to urge upon the Governments of those countries where

the cultivation of the poppy plant exists, the necessity of immediately

limiting the production of opium to the amount required for medicinal

purposes

Public Law No. 414, 78th Congress, approved July 1, 1944. To amend the

Internal Revenue Code, the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as

amended, and the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to classify a new

synthetic drug_.

To au-

Public Law No. 320, 79th Congress, approved March 8, 1946. To provide

for the coverage of certain drugs under the Federal narcotic laws___.

Public Law No. 365, 81st Congress, approved October 20, 1949.
thorize the reimbursement to the appropriations of the Bureau of Nar-
cotics of moneys expended for the purchase of narcotics_

Public Law No. 678, 81st Congress, approved August 9, 1950. To amend

the Act of August 9, 1939, to redefine the term "contraband article" with

respect to narcotic drugs.

Public Law No. 804, 81st Congress, approved September 21, 1950.

amend section 3224 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the

transportation of narcotic drugs--

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Public Law No. 255, 82d Congress, approved November 2, 1951. To amend

the penalty provisions applicable to persons convicted of violating cer-

tain narcotic laws____

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Public Law No. 76, 83d Congress, approved June 24, 1953. To provide for

the treatment of users of narcotics in the District of Columbia__.

Public Law No. 238, 83d Congress, approved August 8, 1953. To extend to

the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands certain provisions of the

Internal Revenue Code relating to narcotics__

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