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Volume 52 · 756

Public Law 75–471

To amend the National Firearms Act.

Approved June 16, 1938

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend the National Firearms Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the first sentence of section 2 (a) of the National Firearms Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and

Taxes on certain types of firearms.

the following: “ Provided, That manufacturers and dealers in guns with two attached barrels from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading shall pay the following taxes: Manufacturers, $25 per year; dealers, $1 per year. ”

Sec. 2.

The first sentence of section 3 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: “ Provided, That the transfer tax on any gun with two attached barrels, twelve inches or more in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, shall be at the rate of $1. ”

Approved, June 16, 1938.

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