[CHAPTER 111-1ST SESSION] [S. 26] AN ACT To make criminally liable persons who negligently allow prisoners in their custody to escape. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 138 of the Criminal Code (35 Stat. 1113; 18 U. S. C. 244) be, and it hereby is, amended to read as follows: "Whenever any marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person has in his custody any prisoner by virtue of process issued under the laws of the United States by any court, judge, or commissioner, and such marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person voluntarily suffers such prisoner to escape, he shall be fined not more than $2,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Whenever any marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person has in his custody any prisoner by virtue of process issued under the laws of the United States by any court, judge, or commissioner, and such marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person negligently suffers such prisoner to escape, he shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." Approved June 21, 1947. [PUBLIC LAW 37-80TH CONGRESS] [S. 363] AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (Public Law 534, Seventy-ninth Congress). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (Public Law 534, Seventy-ninth Congress, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "To establish the interstate or foreign commerce character of any shipment in any prosecution under this Act the waybill, or other shipping document, of such shipment shall be prima facie evidence of the place from which and to which such shipment was made." Approved April 16, 1947. [CHAPTER 276-2D SESSION] [S. 1648] AN ACT To authorize the expenditure of income from Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, for training of Federal prisoners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391; 18 U. S. C. 744 a-h), relating to the training and schooling of prisoners in trades and occupations shall be construed as applying to all inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions qualified for such training and schooling without regard to their industrial or other assignments. The prison industries fund established by section 4 of the Act of June 23, 1934 (48 Stat. 1211; 18 U. S. C. 744-L), may be employed in paying the expense of such training and schooling within the limits of amounts specifically authorized annually in the Government Corporations Appropriations Act. Approved May 11, 1948. [CHAPTER 217-1ST SESSION] [S. 463] AN ACT To amend section 927 of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia, relating to insane criminals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 927 of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, relating to insane criminals, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 927. INSANE CRIMINALS.-When any person tried upon an indictment or information for an offense or tried in the juvenile court of the District of Columbia for an offense, is acquitted on the sole ground that he was insane at the time of its commission, that fact shall be set forth by the jury in their verdict; and whenever a person is indicted or is charged by an information for an offense, or is charged in the juvenile court of the District of Columbia with an offense, and before trial or after a verdict of guilty, it shall appear to the court, from prima facie evidence submitted to the court or from the evidence adduced at the trial, that the accused is then of unsound mind, the court may order the accused committed to the Gallinger Municipal Hospital for a period not exceeding thirty days, which period may be extended by the court for good cause shown, for examination and observation by the psychiatric staff of said hospital. If, after examination and observation, the said psychiatric staff shall report that in their opinion the accused is insane, the court may cause a jury to be impaneled from the jurors then in attendance on the court or, if the regular jurors have been discharged, may cause a sufficient number of jurors to be drawn to inquire into the sanity of the accused, and said inquiry shall be conducted in the presence and under the direction of the court. If the jury shall find the accused to be then insane, or if an accused person shall be acquitted by the jury solely on the ground of insanity, the court may certify the fact to the Federal Security Administrator, who may order such person to be confined in the hospital for the insane, and said person and his estate shall be charged with the expense of his support in the said hospital. The person whose sanity is in question shall be entitled to his bill of exceptions and an appeal as in other cases." Approved July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 364-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 122] AN ACT To amend sections 2720 (a) and 3260 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the transfer tax, and the tax on manufacturers and dealers, in the case of certain small-game guns. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2720 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended to read as follows: "(a) RATE.-There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon firearms transferred in the continental United States a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm: Provided, That the transfer tax on any gun with two attached barrels, twelve inches or more in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, or any gun designed to be held in one hand when fired and having a barrel twelve inches or more in length from which only a single discharge can be made without manual reloading, shall be at the rate of $1. The tax imposed by this section shall be in addition to any import duty imposed on such firearm." SEC. 2. Section 3260 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended by striking out "Provided, That manufacturers and dealers in guns with two attached barrels from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading shall pay the following taxes: Manufacturers, $25 per year; dealers, $1 per year." and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Provided, That manufacturers and dealers in guns with two attached barrels, twelve inches or more in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, guns designed to be held in one hand when fired and having a barrel twelve inches or more in length from which only a single discharge can be made without manual reloading, or guns of both types, shall pay the following taxes: Manufacturers, $25 per year; dealers, $1 per year." SEC. 3. (a) The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall apply with respect to any transfer within the scope thereof made on or after July 1, 1945. (b) The amendment made by section 2 of this Act shall apply with respect to any tax within the scope thereof payable under section 3260 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code for any taxable period commencing on or after July 1, 1945. Approved August 11, 1945. (223) [CHAPTER 383-1ST SESSION] [S. 374] AN ACT To amend the Act of October 29, 1919, entitled "An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce.' " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2, subsection (a), of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (41 Stat. 324; 18 U. S. C. 408), is amended by adding the following new language at the end thereof: "and the term 'aircraft' means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air". SEC. 2. Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act are amended by adding after the words "motor vehicle" wherever they appear therein, the words "or aircraft". SEC. 3. The title of the Act of October 29, 1919, is amended to read "An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles or aircraft in interstate or foreign commerce". Approved September 24, 1945. |