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Source

(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 1, 45 Stat. 1079; July 14, 1932, ch. 480, § 1, 47 Stat. 662; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 1, 49 Stat. 893.)

Amendments

1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted “and Puerto Rico” after “United States”, substituted “seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes” for “one million cigarettes” before second proviso and inserted second proviso.
1932—Act July 14, 1932, substituted “thirty-five” for “fifty” and “one hundred and eighty-five thousand cigars” and “one million” for “seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes”.

Change of Name

“Porto Rico” changed to “Puerto Rico” by act May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.

Separability

Section 4 of act Aug. 27, 1935, which amended this section and sections 502 and 505 of this title, provided as follows: “If any provision of this act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.”


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