CHAPTER 101

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to importation of alcoholic beverages under customs bonds,
holding the same in warehouses, and release of such peerage 56]

Approved February 25, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 4-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows: oo,

§ 4-85. (a) Alcoholic beverages may be imported into Virginia
under United States customs bonds, and be held in Virginia in United
States customs bonded warehouses; and alcoholic beverages may be re-
moved from any such warehouse, wherever situated, to such a warehouse
located in Virginia and be held in Virginia.

‘(b) Such alcoholic beverages so imported or removed to such ware-
houses in Virginia, shall be released from customs bonds in Virginia only
on permits issued by the Board for delivery to the Board, or to other
persons entitled to receive the same in Virginia, or to ships actually
engaged in foreign trade or trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports
of the United States or trade between the United States and any of its
possessions outside of the several states and the District of Columbia, or
for shipment outside of the State, or for the official use of persons who
are on duty in the United States as members of the armed forces of any
foreign country, or for the personal use of any such person or of any
member of his immediate family, authorized by federal laws and regula-
tions to receive the same free of customs duties and internal revenue taxes.

(c) Persons * operating United States customs * bonded warehouses
and holding * wholesale or retail licenses issued by the Board, are author-
ized to make sales and deliveries, in such reasonable quantities as the
Board may determine, of alcoholic beverages held in customs bond to
foreign armed forces personnel as provided in paragraph (b) of this
section. Permits issued by the Board for release of and delivery of such
alcoholic beverages to such persons shall also cover the transportation of
such imported alcoholic beverages, either by such operator of a customs *
bonded warehouse, or by the purchaser from such * operator, from such
customs bonded warehouse to the place of duty or residence of such
authorized persons.

(d) The Board shall have the power to make such regulations as it
deems expedient or necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provi-
sions of this section, and to insure that such alcoholic beverages shall be
handled only in the manner provided by law.