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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS . 649, 650 . JU NE 19, 1934 .

1063 [CHAPTER 649.] AN ACT June 19, 1934 . To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make a long-term contract for the [S .504.] supply of water to the U nited Sta tes naval station at Guanta namo Bay, Cuba . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f A merica in Co ngress assemb led, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, at his discretion, to negotiate and enter into a long-term contract without regard to fiscal year, with the lowest responsible and capable bidder, to be determined by the Secretary of the Navy, for supplying the United States naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with an adequate and satisfactory supply of water, suitable for all purposes, delivered into the water-storage reservoirs within said naval station, in such an amount as he shall deem adequate for the present and future needs of the station, and at such annual cost or rental as in his judgment may be for the best interests of the Government . Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall contain a provision authorizing the Secretary of the Navy within a reasonable period of time prior to the expiration of such contract to extend the contract for such additional period and on such terms as in his judgment may be for the best interests of the Government but in no event at a higher cost to the Government than under the existing contract, and said Secretary is hereby authorized to enter into such extension . SEC . 2 . Th is Act shall becom e effe ctive immedia tely u pon it s pas- sage and approval . Approved, June 19, 1934 . CHAPTER 650 .] [Public, No. 413 .] U .S. naval station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Contracts for water supply authorized . Contract provision. Extension a uth or- ized. Effective date of Act . AN ACT June 19, 1934. To amend the Act entitled "An Act to amend section 217, as amended, of the [S. 822] Act entitled `An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United [Public, No . 414.] States', approved March 4, 1909" approved January 11, 1929, with respect to the use of the mails for the shipment of certain drugs a nd medicines to cosmetologists and barbers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the first pro- viso in the first sentence of the Act entitled "An Act to amend section 2 17, as am ended, of the Act entitled `An Act t o codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States', approved March 4, 1909 ", approved January 11, 1929, is amended to read as follows "Provided, That the transmission in the mails of poisonous drugs and medicines may be limited by the Postmaster General to ship- ments of such articles from the manufact urer thereof or dealer therein to licensed physicians, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, drug- gists, cosmetologists, barbers, and veterinarians, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe : " Approved, June 19, 1934 . Criminal Code . Vol. 35, p . 1131

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45, p . 1072. U.S C.,p. 487; Supp. VII,p.350. Restriction on trans- mission of poisonous drugs in mails .