Public — No. 68 — 65th Congress. 
IT. K. 3932. 
An act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, pro- 
viding regulations for the safe manufacture, distribulion, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other 
purposes. 
Approved October 6, 1917. 
RIGHTS CONFERRED ON LICENSEE OF VARIOUS LICENSES. 
Sec. 9. That from and after forty days after the passage and approval of this act every 
person authorized to sell, issue, or dispose of explosives shall keep a complete itemized and 
accurate record, showing each person to whom explosives are sold, given, bartered, or to 
whom or how othenvise disposed of, and the quantity and kind of explosives, and the date of 
each such sale, gift, barter, or other disposition, and this record shall be sworn to and furnished 
to the Director of the Bureau of Mine^, or his authorized representatives, whenever requested. 
Sec. 10. That the Director of the Bureau of Mines is hereby authorized to issue licensas 
as follows : 
(a) Manufacturer's license, authorizing the manufacture, possession, and sale of explo- 
sives and ingredients. 
(b) Vendor’s license, authorizing the purchase, possession, and sale of explosives or in- 
gredients. 
— 4<^)-JEtirchaser’s license,. aiitJbx>rizing tlieL purchase and possession of explosives and 
ingivdients. 
(d) Foreman's license, authorizing the purchase and possession of explosives and ingre- 
dients, and the sale and issuance of explosives and ingredients to worlonen under the proviso 
to section five above. 
(e) Exporter’s license, authorizing the licensee to export explosives, but no such license 
shall authorize exportation in violation of any proclamation of the President issued under 
any act of Congress. 
(f) Importer’s license, authorizing the licensee to import explosives. 
(g) Analyst’s, educator’s, inventor’s, and investigator’s licenses authorizing the purchase, 
manufacture, possession, testing, and disposal of eScplosives and ingredients. 
Section 14 of the act provides: 
^^That it shall be imlawful for any person to represent himself as having a license issued 
under this act, when he has not such a license, or as having a license different in form or in 
conditions from the one wliichTie in fact has, or without proper authority make, cause to bo 
made, issue or exliibit anytiiing purporting or pretending to bo such license, or intended to 
mislead any person into believing it is such a license, or to refuse to exhibit his license to 
any peace officer. Federal or State, or representative of the Bureau of Mines.” 
Note. — Any License made hi error shall be marked ‘‘Void” and retunied to the office of the Director of the 
Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. G. The stub appertaining thereto shall likewise be marked “Void." o— «a«8 
