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68TH CONGRESs HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REoir
2d Session No. 1257
AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL PROHIBITIQN ACT AS
AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED
JANUARY 19, 1925.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. MICHENER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the
following
REPORT
[To accompany H. R. 728]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(H. R. 728) amending the national prohibition act, as amended and
supplemented, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with certain amendments, and, as so amended, recommends that the
bill do pass.
The following changes were accepted by the committee as amend-
ments:
On page 1, line 13, after the word fined, insert for a first
offense.
On page 2, line 1, after the word year, strike out the period and
insert a colon and the following: For any subsequent offenge, he
shall be fined not less than $600 nor more than $2,000, and 1ie im-
prisoned not less than one year nor more than five years.
On page 3, line 7, after the word title, insert or forges any per-
mit, or physician's prescription, or knowingly possesses any such
forged permit, or physician s prescription, provided for in this act.
On page 3, line 12, after the word than, strike out the words six
months and insert in lieu thereof the words one year.
On page 3, line 12 after the word than and before the word
years, strike out tle word five and insert in lieu thereof the
word ten.
On page 4, line 22, after the word the, strike out the word com-
mission, and in lieu thereof insert the word commissioner.
H. R. 728, the bill under consideration, amends sections 21, 24,
and 29 of Title II and section 15 of Title III of the national pro-
hibition act.
It is the purpose of this act to increase penalties for violation of
certain sections of the national prohibition act. This proposed legis-r](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.beal/ntst0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)