19. Organization Organization chart 42 shows the line of administrative authority in the Federal Power Commission, and enables one to see at a glance, after consulting the foregoing explanation of the Commission's activities, the most direct way of ascertaining information, or of initiating or pursuing negotiations, in water power and kindred matters. One can easily see whether to address one of the engineers indicated in column 1 or 2, or a district forester, or whether to address the Chief Counsel of the Legal Division, or the Chief Clerk of the Operations Division, etc. Tex. (5) Idaho Bldg., Boise, Idaho. (7) Temple Court Bldg., Chat- (8) Kimball Bldg., Chicago, Ill. (11) Montana Nat. Bank Bldg., (12) Capitol Bldg., Honolulu, (13) Federal Bldg., Idaho Falls, Idaho. (14) Commission of Wisconsin, (15) Post Office Bldg., Portland, (16) Federal Bldg., Salt Lake (17) Custom House, San Fran- (19) Dept. Conservation & De- (20) University of Arizona, Tuc- (21) Interior Bldg., Washington, Organization Chart 42 War Dep't (1) Albuquerque, N. M. (3) Boston, Mass. (4) Buffalo, N. Y. (5) Charleston, S. C. (6) Chattanooga, Tenn. (7) Chicago, Ill. (8) Cincinnati, Ohio, 1st Dist. (33) Philadelphia, Pa. (35) Portland, Or., 1st Dist. (40) St. Paul, Minn. (41) San Francisco, Dist. Cal., 1st (42) San Juan, Porto Rico. (43) Savannah, Ga. (44) Seattle, Wash. (45) Tucson, Ariz. (46) Vicksburg, Miss. (47) Washington, D. C. 20. Publications (a) Annual Report, Federal Power Commission, contains a list of applications received, permits and licenses issued, with names of permittees and licensees as well as the period of years and other terms thereof; minutes of the Commission's meetings; the Commissioner's orders and decisions relating to the Federal Water Power Act. Government Printing Office. (b) Rules and Regulations of the Commissioner. Government Printing Office. 21. Information Reports and records of investigations may be had upon request to the Executive Secretary, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. 676 CHAPTER 66 FEDERAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD 1. Origin and Mission The Federal Narcotics Control Board1 is an independent federal establishment, the purpose of which is to limit traffic in opium and other narcotic drugs to legitimate uses. The Federal Narcotics Control Board is charged with the following duties: (a) The determination of the quantities of crude opium and coca leaves which may be brought into the United States for medical and legitimate uses only. The importation of all other quantities of crude opium and coca leaves and the importation of all other narcotic drugs is absolutely prohibited. (b) The disposition of narcotic drugs and preparations seized or confiscated for violation of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act and forfeited to the United States. (c) The issuance of permits or licenses for the admittance of narcotic drugs for transportation through the United States, or for the transfer or transshipment of narcotic drugs from one vessel to another vessel within any waters of the United States. (d) The issuance of permits or licenses for the exportation of narcotic drugs from the United States. (e) The making and publishing of all proper regulations for carrying into effect the authority vested in the Board by the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act. 3. Organization The Board is composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Commerce. The Board has appointed an Advisory Committee, consisting of a representative from each of the three designated federal executive departments, a Secretary of the Board, who is also Head of the Narcotic Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and an Assistant Secretary of the Board, who is Chief of the Returns Section of said Narcotic Division. The Secretary of the Board is authorized by regulation to act upon applications and to conduct correspondence for and on behalf of the Board. 4. Penal Character of Act The statute is highly penal, providing fine not to exceed $5,000 and imprisonment not to exceed ten years upon conviction of any person for fraudulently or 1 Act May 26, 1922 (42 Stat. 596 [Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 8801]), amending Act Feb. 9, 1909 (35 Stat. 614), as amended by Act Jan. 17, 1914 (38 Stat. 275). Section 2, subd. b, was amended by Act June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 657). nowingly importing any narcotic drug into the United States, as for assisting therein, or receiving, concealing, buying, selling, or otherwise facilitating the transportation, concealment, or sale of any such narcotic drug after being imported, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law. An alien so convicted shall, upon the termination of such imprisonment and upon warrant issued by the Secretary of Labor, be taken in custody and deported under sections 19 and 20 of the Act of February 5, 1917.2 5. Regulations (1) Definitions Regulation 1.-(a) The term "crude opium" shall be understood to mean the spontaneously coagulated sap obtained from the soporific poppy (Papaver somniferum, and related species), and which may or may not have been subjected to further drying or other treatment, thus covering all forms of opium known to the trade, such as gum opium, granulated opium, powdered opium, and deodorized (denarcotized) opium, except "smoking opium" or "opium prepared for smoking.” (b) By coca leaves shall be understood the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, known commercially as "Huamuco coca," or the leaves of Erythroxylon truxillense, known commercially as "Truxillo coca," or the leaves of any other species of Erythroxylon yielding cocaine. (c) The term "cocaine” shall be understood to cover all forms of cocaine or its salts known to the trade. (d) The term "derivative" shall be understood to mean any alkaloid, or salt of an alkaloid, or combination thereof, or any chemical compound prepared either directly or indirectly from the alkaloids of opium or from cocaine. It shall include morphine, codeine, ethylmorphine hydrochloride (known as dionin) or diacetylmorphine hydrochloride (known as heroin), their salts or combinations and any new derivative of morphine or cocaine, or of any salts of morphine or cocaine, or any other alkaloid of opium. (e) The term "preparation" shall mean any product, mixture, or compound containing or representing any quantity of opium or coca leaves or any derivative thereof. (2) Imports Regulation 2. Ports Designated for Imports.-Crude opium and coca leaves (which are the only "narcotic drugs" as defined in the act that are admissible) may be imported only at the ports of Detroit, Mich., Indianapolis, Ind., New York, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., and San Francisco, Cal. Regulation 3. Who may Import.-Crude opium and coca leaves may be entered only by manufacturers actually engaged in manufacturing from such crude opium or coca leaves products for the wholesale trade for medical or other legiti mate uses. Regulation 4. Applications Required.-Applications in triplicate for permission to import crude opium or coca leaves shall be made under oath on an approved form, stating all material facts, and addressed to the Collector of Cus 2 39 Stat. 874, 889 (Comp. St. §§ 42894jj, 42891⁄4k). toms at the proposed port of importation, who, after careful consideration thereof and any investigation deemed necessary, shall forward the application with his recommendation to the Federal Narcotics Control Board, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Such application must state the amount of the stock on hand, the usual requirements for the ensuing six months, and the necessity for the proposed importation. Upon request, the Collector of Customs may furnish to the applicant a certified copy of the approved application for use under the laws or regulations of the exporting country. Regulation 5. Procedure on Arrival and Delivery from the Appraiser's Warehouse.-Immediately upon the unlading of crude opium from the importing vessel, the customs officer shall carefully examine the packages, note their condition, seal the packages, and cause them to be transported under customs guard and by bonded cartment to the appraiser's warehouse where they shall be placed in a separate and specially protected inclosure. The appraiser shall issue such special regulations to his employees as will insure the safe-keeping of the packages while in the warehouse. No delivery of crude opium to the importer from the appraiser's warehouse shall be permitted until the Deputy Collector of Customs in charge of the building and an assistant appraiser shall be satisfied and so note on the delivery permit after personal examination that the importer has taken all proper precautions for the safe transportation of the crude opium from the appraiser's warehouse to the importer's premises or to the premises of the common carrier if shipment is to be made. Until otherwise ordered, however, the procedure now followed in the case of shipments of crude opium in bond between the ports designated in regulation 2 for imports will not be disturbed. Except as specially provided in these regulations, the procedure in the case of coca leaves shall be the same as in the case of merchandise generally. Regulation 6. Entries.-Crude opium may be entered only for consumption or for transportation in bond between the ports designated in regulation 2 for imports. Entry of either crude opium or coca leaves shall not be permitted unless the application to import has been approved by the Federal Narcotics Control Board nor unless the merchandise has been properly described in the manifest of the importing vessel or carrier. Coca leaves, however, may be entered either for consumption or warehouse or for transportation in bond to any of the ports designated in regulation 2. Regulation 7. Importations of Unusual Amounts.-No amount of crude opium or coca leaves which may be imported within any certain period as necessary to provide for medical and legitimate uses only will be fixed by the Board at present, but special explanation of importations of unusual amounts of such articles either in single shipments or in the aggregate will be required and carefully investigated by the Board. Regulation 8. Reports of Stocks on Hand and Probable Future Requirements. Importers shall render to the Board, as soon as practicable after December 31 of each year, or oftener if specially required, a report of the stocks or narcotic drugs on hand and an estimate of the probable requirements for |