atory institution to which he was sentenced or from which he was transferred.

Any court of the United States having the power to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence, and place defendants on probation under any of the existing laws, may impose as one of the conditions of such probation that the defendant, if an addict, as herein defined, shall be admitted and submit himself for treatment at a United States narcotic farm until discharged therefrom as cured. Upon the discharge of any such probationer from a United States narcotic farm, he shall be furnished with the gratuities and transportation authorized to be furnished by the Act of July 3, 1926, entitled "An Act to increase the clothing and cash gratuities furnished to persons discharged from prisons." The actual and necessary expense incident to transporting such probationer to such farm and to furnishing such transportation and gratuities, shall be paid from the appropriation for the maintenance of such farm: Provided, That where existing law vests a discretion in any officer as to the place to which transportation shall be furnished or as to the amount of clothing and gratuities to be furnished, such discretion shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to addicts discharged from United States narcotic farms.

SEC. 14. Any person not authorized by law or by the Secretary of the Treasury who introduces or attempts to introduce into a United States narcotic farm or within the grounds adjoining or adjacent thereto any habit-forming narcotic drugs as defined in this Act is guilty of a felony, and is punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of not more than ten years.

SEC. 15. It shall be unlawful for any person properly committed thereto to escape or attempt to escape from a narcotic farm, and any such person upon apprehension and conviction in a United States court shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, such sentence to begin upon the expiration of the sentence for which said person was originally confined.

SEC. 16. It shall be unlawful for any person to procure the escape of any inmate properly committed to a narcotic farm or to advise, connive at, aid, or assist in such escape, or conceal any such inmate after such escape, and upon conviction in a United States court shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than three years.

SEC. 17. Wherever an alien addict has been transferred to either of the United States narcotic farms provided for in this Act who is entitled to his discharge but is subject to deportation in lieu of being returned to the penal institution from which he came, he shall be deported by the authority vested by law with power over deportation.

Approved, January 19, 1929.

[H. R. 11143]

An Act To create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the Department of the Treasury a bureau to be known as the Bureau of Narcotics and a Commissioner of Narcotics who shall be at the head thereof. The Commissioner of Narcotics shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary at the rate of $9,000 per annum. The commissioner shall make an annual report to Congress.

SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, one deputy commissioner and, in accordance with the civil service laws, such other officers and employees as he deems necessary to execute the functions vested in such bureau. The salaries of the deputy commissioner and of such officers and employees shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, ch. 13; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, ch. 13). The deputy commissioner shall act as Commissioner of Narcotics during the absence or disability of such commissioner, or in the event that there is no commissioner. In case of the absence or disability of the commissioner and the deputy commissioner, or in the event that there is no commissioner and deputy commissioner, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to designate an officer or employee of the Treasury Department to act as Commissioner of Narcotics.

(b) In order to aid in the detection and prevention of the unlawful importation of narcotic drugs into the United States, and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, the Commissioner of Narcotics may confer or impose upon such officers and employees of the Bureau of Narcotics, as he may designate any of the rights, privileges, powers, or duties of customs officers and employees, and may assign any of such officers and employees of the Bureau of Narcotics to duty at ports of entry or other places specific by such commissioner.

SEC. 3. (a) The Federal Narcotics Control Board established by the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended (U. S. C., title 21, ch. 6), is hereby abolished, and all the authority, powers, and functions exercised by such board are hereby transferred to and shall be vested in and exercised and performed by the Commissioner of Narcotics.

(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to confer or impose any of the rights, privileges, powers, and duties in respect of narcotic drugs enumerated in subdivision (a) of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to create a Bureau of Customs and a Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of the Treasury," approved March 3, 1927 (U. S.

C., title 5, sec. 281c), upon the Commissioner of Narcotics, or any officer or employee of the Bureau of Narcotics.

(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the Bureau of Narcotics such attorneys and other officers and employees of the Bureau of Prohibition, except the deputy commissioner in charge of narcotics (whose office is hereby abolished), the deputy commissioner in charge of prohibition, the Commissioner of Prohibition, and the assistant commissioner, together with such records and property (including office equipment), as may be necessary for the exercise by the Bureau of Narcotics of the functions vested in it.

(d) All unexpended balances of appropriations under the control of the Bureau of Prohibition for the enforcement of any laws relating to narcotic drugs and available on the date this Act takes effect shall be available for expenditure by the Bureau of Narcotics in the same manner and to the same extent as if the Bureau of Narcotics has been directly named in the laws making such appropriations.

(e) All orders, rules, and regulations in respect of any laws relating to narcotic drugs which have been issued by the Commissioner of Prohibition or the Federal Narcotics Control Board and which are in effect on the date this Act takes effect shall, after such date, continue in effect as though this Act had not been enacted or until modified, superseded, or repealed by the Commissioner of Narcotics, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.

(f) All proceedings, investigations, and other matters pending in or before the Bureau of Prohibition or the Federal Narcotics Control Board in respect of the administration or enforcement of any laws relating to narcotic drugs shall be continued and brought to final determination before the Bureau of Narcotics.

SEC. 4. (a) The Narcotics Division in the office of the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service in the Treasury Department, as created by the Act entitled "An Act to establish 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, and for other purposes," approved January 19, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 21. ch. 8), shall be known as the Division of Mental Hygiene. The authority, powers, and functions exercised by such Narcotics Division are hereby transferred to the Division of Mental Hygiene. The medical officer of the Public Health Service in charge of said division shall hold the rank and receive the pay and allowances of Assistant Surgeon General while so serving.

(b) The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized and directed to make such studies and investigations, as may be necessary, of the abusive use of narcotic drugs; of the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, and their salts, derivatives, and preparations, together with such reserves thereof, as are necessary to supply the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of the United States; and of the causes, prevalence, and means for the prevention and treatment of mental and nervous diseases. The Surgeon General shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury not later than the 1st day of September each year the results of such studies and investigations. The results of such studies and investigations

of the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, or other narcotic drugs, together with such reserves thereof, as are necessary to supply the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of the United States, shall be made available to the Commissioner of Narcotics, to be used at his discretion in determining the amounts of crude opium and coca leaves to be imported under the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended.

(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint such professional, technical, and clerical assistants as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

SEC. 5. Any person, corporation, association, or partnership aggrieved by any order, rule, or decision of the Commissioner of Narcotics, or by his failure to rule upon or decide any matter presented to him by proper application, may appeal therefrom to the Secretary of the Treasury, under such regulations as he may prescribe, who may affirm, reverse, or modify such action or direct such action to be taken as he may deem equitable and just.

SEC. 6. In addition to the amount of coca leaves which may be imported under section 2 (b) of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, the Commissioner of Narcotics is authorized to permit, in accordance with regulations issued by him, the importation of additional amounts of coca leaves: Provided, That after the entry thereof into the United States all cocaine, ecgonine, and all salts, derivatives, and preparations from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made, contained in such additional amounts of coca leaves, shall be destroyed under the supervision of an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Narcotics. All coca leaves imported under this section shall be subject to the duties which are now or may hereafter be imposed upon such coca leaves when imported.

SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cooperate with the Secretary of State in the discharge of the international obligations of the United States concerning the traffic in narcotic drugs.

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SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cooperate with the several States in the suppression of the abuse of narcotic drugs in their respective jurisdictions, and to that end he is authorized (1) to cooperate in the drafting of such legislation as may be needed, any, to effect the end named, and (2) to arrange for the exchange of information concerning the use and abuse of narcotic drugs in said States and for cooperation in the institution and prosecution of cases in the courts of the United States and before the licensing boards and courts of the several States. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to carry this section into effect.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect upon the expiration of thirty days after the date of its enactment.

Approved, June 14, 1930.

[PUBLIC-No. 502-71ST CONGRESS]

[H. R. 3395]

An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Narcotics to pay for information concerning violations of the narcotic laws of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Narcotics is authorized and empowered to pay to any person, from funds now or hereafter appropriated for the enforcement of the narcotic laws of the United States, for information concerning a violation of any narcotic law of the United States, resulting in a seizure of contraband narcotics, such sum or sums of money as he may deem appropriate, without reference to any moieties or rewards to which such person may otherwise be entitled by law: Provided, That all payments under authority of this Act to any informer in any foreign country shall be made only through an accredited consul or vice consul of the United States stationed in such country, and every such payment must be supported by a voucher with an accompanying certificate of the said consul or vice consul that the payment of the amount stated on the voucher has been made to the informer named, and at the place and time specified on said voucher.

Approved, July 3, 1930.

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