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FEDERAL EXPLOSIVE LICENSES 



The following letters need no further explanation : 



January 15, 1918. 

 C. U. C. P. Alumni Journal, 



115 West 68th St., New York City. 

 Gentlemen : — 



An Act of Congress (Public Document No. 68, Sixty-fifth Congress) to 

 prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use and possession in time of war 

 of explosives, and the ingredients thereof, provides that a license from the Bu- 

 reau of Mines is necessary for every person, firm or corporation, to purchase, 

 possess, sell or use, any explosive or the ingredients thereof. 



Any violation of this Act is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000. or 

 by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment. 



The Bureau of Mines has published the attached list of articles requiring 

 licenses under this Act. 



As the readers of your journal are, undoubtedly, interested in this subject, I 

 am taking the liberty of calling it to your attention for such publicity as you are 

 able to give it. 



Federal Licenses may be obtained from John R. Healy, Room iioo, Munici- 

 pal Building, Manhattan, or John F. Dixon, No. 365 Jay Street, Brooklyn. Ap- 

 plication must be made in |)erson. Duly authorized officers of cor])orations or com- 

 panies must make application for the company or corporation. 



Respectfully, 



(Signed) J. R. IIealv, 

 Federal Licensing Agent. 



INGREDIENTS 



(List approved January 5, 1918) 



The purchase, possession, sale or use of anyone of the ingredients herewith 

 listed below in amounts of one ounce or over requires a Federal Explosive Li- 

 cense. 



Bichromates : — ammonium, potassium, sodium ; Chlorates : — barium, potas- 

 sium, sodium, strontium ; Chromates : — ammonium, barium, calcium, chrome 

 green, chrome yellow, lead, potassium, sodium; Nitrates: — -ammonium, barium, 

 copper, ferric, lead, magnesium, nickel, potassium, silver, strontium ; Nitric Acid : 

 — aqua fortis, fuming, nitric acids of all grades and strengths, mixed acids ; Per- 

 chlorates: — perchloric acid, potassium; Perborates: — magnesium, sodium, zinc; 

 Permanganates: — calcium, potassium, sodium; Peroxides: — barium, calcium, 

 magnesium, oxon (cubes and cartridges), sodium, strontium, zinc; Phosphorus. 



