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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 564-566 -AUG. 7, 1939 Proviso. Normal yield so added to acreage allot- ments deemed part of State marketing quota. Determination of farm marketing quota. Marketing tobacco produced on a differ- ent farm. Penalty for evasion. August 7, 1939 [H. R. 6541] [Public, No. 338] Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendment. 52 Stat. 48 . 7 U.S . C ., Supp.IV, 5 1314. Tobacco. Penalties on market- ing in excess of farm quotas. August 7, 1939 [I. R . 655]1 [Public, No. 339] Narcotic drug Acts. 45 Stat. 374. 31U.S.C. 529a. Advance of funds for enforcement of, authorized. is less than three thousand two hundred pounds, in the case of flue- cured tobacco, and two thousand four hundred pounds in the case of other kinds of tobacco: Provided, That the normal yield of the esti- mated number of acres so added to farm acreage allotments in any State shall be considered as a part of the State marketing quota in applying the proviso in subsection (a). The actual production of the acreage allotment established for a farm pursuant to this sub- section shall be the amount of the farm marketing quota. If any amount of tobacco shall be marketed as having been produced on the acreage allotment for any farm which in fact was produced on a different farm, the acreage allotments next established for both such farms shall be reduced by that percentage which such amount was of the respective farm marketing quota, except that such reduction for any such farm shall not be made if the Secretary through the local committees finds that no person connected with such farm caused, aided, or acquiesced in such marketing; and if proof of the disposition of any amount of tobacco is not furnished as required by the Secre- tary, the acreage allotment next established for the farm on which such tobacco is produced shall be reduced by a percentage similarly computed." Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 565] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 314 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by striking out the first sentence of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentence: "The marketing of any tobacco in excess of the marketing quota for the farm on which the tobacco is produced shall be subject to a penalty of 10 cents per pound in the case of flue-cured, Maryland, or Burley tobacco and 5 cents per pound in the case of all other kinds of tobacco." Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 566] AN ACT To amend the Act of March 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 374), as amended, relating to the advance of funds in connection with the enforcement of Acts relating to narcotic drugs, so as to permit such advances in connection with the enforcement of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, and to permit advances of funds in connection with the enforcement of the customs laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for advances of funds by special disbursing agents in connection with the enforcement of Acts relating to narcotic drugs", approved March 28, 1928, as amended (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529a), is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the Commissioner of Narcotics, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to direct the advance of funds by the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department, in con- nection with the enforcement of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon, all persons who produce, import, manu- facture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for 1262 [53 STAT.