Federal Alcohol Control Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8539. June 19 and 20, 1935 |
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... bootlegger does not sell in the dry States . The bill , as I think , very properly and appropriately left the dealings with the bootlegger to other authorities , but by the permit provisions of this bill it has enabled the proposed ...
... bootlegger does not sell in the dry States . The bill , as I think , very properly and appropriately left the dealings with the bootlegger to other authorities , but by the permit provisions of this bill it has enabled the proposed ...
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... bootlegger to continue his business of selling cheap bootleg liquor to the men who cannot afford to pay the ungodly price that the liquor is being sold for ? Mr. GRAVES . Well , I can answer your question only this way , with respect to ...
... bootlegger to continue his business of selling cheap bootleg liquor to the men who cannot afford to pay the ungodly price that the liquor is being sold for ? Mr. GRAVES . Well , I can answer your question only this way , with respect to ...
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... bootleggers , if you please , in the days of preprohibition , nor did we have a " rum row " off of our various seacoasts . You have seen fit , very recently , to recommend for passage a piece of legislation extending the activities over ...
... bootleggers , if you please , in the days of preprohibition , nor did we have a " rum row " off of our various seacoasts . You have seen fit , very recently , to recommend for passage a piece of legislation extending the activities over ...
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... bootleggers were educated during prohibition days in how to make liquor and how to circumvent the law in ... bootlegging was not any big problem . During prohibition , a vast group of racketeers and criminals were educated in how to make ...
... bootleggers were educated during prohibition days in how to make liquor and how to circumvent the law in ... bootlegging was not any big problem . During prohibition , a vast group of racketeers and criminals were educated in how to make ...
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... bootlegger to operate here . We have not solved the problem , but we are solving it ; it is being worked out . The CHAIRMAN . In response to the inquiry of Congressman McCormack , about the high Federal tax on liquor perhaps making it ...
... bootlegger to operate here . We have not solved the problem , but we are solving it ; it is being worked out . The CHAIRMAN . In response to the inquiry of Congressman McCormack , about the high Federal tax on liquor perhaps making it ...
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Page 14 - Act of 1923, as amended, and may, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923...
Page 4 - The judgment and decree of the court, affirming, modifying, and enforcing or setting aside, in whole or in part, any such order of the Commission shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in sections 239 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended (USC, title 28, sees. 346 and 347).
Page 119 - Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State .Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...
Page 128 - That the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of agriculture, and the secretary of commerce and labor shall make uniform rules 'and regulations for carrying out the provisions...
Page 128 - Provided, That the term blend as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only...
Page 4 - No objection to the order of the Administrator shall be considered by the court unless such objection shall have been urged before the Administrator or unless there were reasonable grounds for failure so to do.
Page 4 - If any party shall apply to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such...
Page 127 - Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, and the word "compound," "imitation
Page 4 - Commission and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The...
Page 4 - ... principal place of business, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, by filing in such court, within sixty days after the entry of such order, a written petition praying that the order of the Commission be modified or set aside in whole or in part.