SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. CHs. 274, 275 . 1930 .
327 otherwise or whether within or without the judicial district in which convicted . The Attorney General is also authorized to order the Transfers authorized from one institution to transfer of any person held under authority of any United States another . statute from one institution to another if in his judgment it, shall be for the well-being of the prisoner or relieve overcrowded or unhealth- ful conditions in the institution where such prisoner is confined or for other reasons . SEC . 8 . All tra nsportat ion of pr isoners shall be by such agent o r of Transportation, etc., agents of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General or etc ., payable from de- his authorize d repres entative shall f rom time to time nominate , the po ment appropria- reasonable expense of transportation, necessary subsistence, and hire and transportation of guards and agent or agents to be paid by the Attorney General from any appropriation to the Department of Jus- tice as he may direct : Provided, That when the conviction is by a .-o IIUlar court and consular court or court-martial the transportation from the court court-martial convicts to the place of confinement shall be by an agent or agents of the f rom , other appropna- Department of State or the Department of War, as the case may be, the expenses of such transportation to be paid out of the Treasury of the United States in the manner provided by law . Pun ishment for ap- SEC . 9 . Any person properly committed to the custody of the prehendedescapedcon. Attorney General or his authorized representative or who is con- vlots, etc- fined in any penal or correctional institution, pursuant to the direc- tion of the Attorney General, who escapes or attempts to escape therefrom shall be guilty of an offense and upon apprehension and conviction of any such offense in any United States court shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, such sen- se d dee onaltooriginal tence to begin upon the expiration of or upon legal release from the sentence for which said person was originally confined . SEC . 10 . It shall be unlawful for any person to procure the escape unlawful. et c., escape, of any prisoner properly committed to the custody of the Attorney General or to any penal or correctional institution, pursuant to the direction of the Attorney General, or to advise, connive at, aid, or assist in such escape, or to conceal any such prisoner after such es cape, and upon conv icti on in a Un ited Stat es co urt such perso n Punishment for . shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years . intro- SEc . 11 . Any person not authorized by law or by the Attorney during Unauthorized
- traba nd ar ar- General who introduces or attempts to introduce into or upon the ticles in institution grounds of any Federal penal or correctional institution any narcotic grounds, a felony . dru g, weapo n, or any other c ontraban d articl e or thin g, or an y con- traband letter or message intended to be received by an inmate Punishment for . thereof, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by impris- onment for a period of not more than ten years . SEC. 13. All Acts 'and parts of Acts in con$ict herewith are hereby conflictin g laws re- repealed .
Pealed . Approved, May 14, 1930 . May 14, 1930 . CHAP . 275 .-An Act Authorizing the establishment of a national hydraulic [H • R . 8299 .1 la bor ato ry in the Bur eau of Standards of the Department of Co mme rce and the [Public, No . 219 .] construction of a building therefor . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Bu reau of Sta nda rds . United States of Ameri ca in Congress assembled, That there is Hydr aulic lah ora - hereby authorized to be established in the Bureau of Standards of iv ory to he esta bli shed the Department of Commerce a national hydraulic laboratory for Pest, p .873. the determination of fundamental data useful in hydraulic research and engineering, including laboratory research relating to the behavior a nd control of river and harbor waters, the study of hydraulic structures and water flow, and the development and test-
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