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PUBLIC—NO. 68—65TH CONGRESS.

H. R. 3932.

    An act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes.

    Approved October 6, 1917.

RIGHTS CONFERRED ON LICENSEE OF VARIOUS LICENSES.

    SEC. 9. That from and after forty days after the passage and approval of this act every person authorized to sell, issue, or dispose of explosives shall keep a complete itemized and accurate record, showing each person to whom explosives are sold, given, bartered, or to whom or how otherwise disposed of, and the quantity and kind of explosives, and the date of each such sale, gift, barter, or other disposition, and this record shall be sworn to and furnished to the Director of the Bureau of Mines, or his authorized representatives, whenever requested.

    SEC. 10. That the Director of the Bureau of Mines is hereby authorized to issue licenses as follows:
    (a) Manufacturer's license, authorizing the manufacture, possession, and sale of explosives and ingredients.
    (b) Vendor's license, authorizing the purchase, possession, and sale of explosives or ingredients.
    (c) Purchaser's license, authorizing the purchase and possession of explosives and ingredients.
    (d) Foreman's license, authorizing the purchase and possession of explosives and ingredients, and the sale and issuance of explosives and ingredients to workmen under the proviso to section five above.
    (e) Exporter's license, authorizing the licensee to export explosives, but no such license shall authorize exportation in violation of any proclamation of the President issued under any act of Congress.
    (f) Importer's license, authorizing the licensee to import explosives.
    (g) Analyst's, educator's, inventor's, and investigator's licenses authorizing the purchase, manufacture, possession, testing, and disposal of explosives and ingredients.

    Section 14 of the act provides:
    "That it shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself as having a license issued under this act, when he has not such a license, or as having a license different in form or in conditions from the one which he in fact has, or without proper authority make, cause to be made, issue or exhibit anything purporting or pretending to be such license, or intended to mislead any person into believing it is such a license, or to refuse to exhibit his license to any peace officer, Federal or State, or representative of the Bureau of Mines."

    NOTE.—Any license made in error shall be marked "Void" and returned to the office of the Director of the Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. The stub appertaining thereto shall likewise be marked "Void." 6—5668