18 U.S.C. § 3113 : US Code - Section 3113: Liquor violations in Indian country

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3113 : US Code - Section 3113: Liquor violations in Indian country

If any superintendent of Indian affairs, or commanding officer of
a military post, or special agent of the Office of Indian Affairs
for the suppression of liquor traffic among Indians and in the
Indian country and any authorized deputies under his supervision
has probable cause to believe that any person is about to introduce
or has introduced any spirituous liquor, beer, wine or other
intoxicating liquors named in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title
into the Indian country in violation of law, he may cause the
places, conveyances, and packages of such person to be searched. If
any such intoxicating liquor is found therein, the same, together
with such conveyances and packages of such person, shall be seized
and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against
by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one-half to the
informer and one-half to the use of the United States. If such
person be a trader, his license shall be revoked and his bond put
in suit.
Any person in the service of the United States authorized by this
section to make searches and seizures, or any Indian may take and
destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian country,
except such as are kept or used for scientific, sacramental,
medicinal, or mechanical purposes or such as may be introduced
therein by the Department of the Army.