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36 (Duluth and Superior).

37 (Wisconsin).

38 (Michigan).

39 (Chicago).

40 (Indiana).

41 (Ohio).

42 (Kentucky).

45 (St. Louis, except the

State of Oklahoma).
47 (Colorado, that part
comprising the state
of Wyoming) that
part of the Dominion
of Canada lying be-
tween 81° W and 117°
W, longitude.

25 (San Diego).

26 (Arizona).

27 (Los Angeles).

28 (San Francisco).

29 (Oregon).

30 (Washington).

31 (Alaska).

32 (Hawaii).

and that part of the
Dominion of Canada
lying west of 117° west
longitude.

Europe, Africa, and the
Near East.

Customs Agent in
Charge,
Chicago.

Customs Agent
in Charge,
Cleveland.

Customs Agent in
Charge, Detroit.
Customs Agent in
Charge, Duluth.

Customs Agent in
Charge, Havre.
Customs Agent in
Charge, Pem-
bina.

Customs Agent in
Charge, St.
Louis.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Calexico.

Customs Agent
in Charge, San
Diego.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Nogales.
Customs Agent
in Charge, Los
Angeles.
Customs Agent
in Charge, San
Francisco.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Portland, Oreg.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Seattle.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Anchorage.
Customs Agent
in Charge,
Honolulu.
Regional Cus-
toms Repre-
sentative,
Rome, Italy.
Senior Customs
Representative,
London, Eng-
land.
Senior Customs
Representative,
Paris, France.
Senior Customs
Representative,
Frankfurt,
Germany.

Collection Districts 40, 42, 39 except
for the State of Nebraska, and that
part of Collection District 37 lying
south of Route U.S. 10 from Mani-
towoc west to the Wisconsin-Minne-
sota boundary; and that part of
Collection District 35 lying south of
a line drawn west from the junction
of Route U.S. 10 Minnesota-Wis-
consin to Olivia, Minnesota, and
east of Route 71 from Olivia, Minne-
sota, south to the Minnesota-Iowa
boundary.

Collection District 41.

State of Michigan except that part
lying west of Route 41 extending
from Escanaba to Marquette.
Route U.S. 71 from International Falls,
Minnesota; south to the junction of
U.S. 71 and U.S. 212 (near Olivia,
Minn.); east on U.S. 212 to U.S. 10,
including Minneapolis-St. Paul, and
continuing east on U.S. 10 to Mani-
towoc, Wis.

Collection District 31 (Idaho and Mon-
tana) and Wyoming.

Collection District 34 (North and
South Dakota) and that part of Min-
nesota lying west of Route U.S. 71
from International Falls, Minn., to
the Minnesota-Iowa boundary.
State of Nebraska and Collection Dis-
trict 45 except for the State of Okla-
homa.

That part of District No. 25 and Dis-
trict No. 26, composed of Imperial
County, Calif., and Yuma County,
Ariz.

All of Collection District No. 25, with
the exception of Imperial County.

All of Collection District No. 26 with
the exception of Yuma County.

All of Collection District No. 27.

All of Collection District No. 28.

All of Collection District No. 29.

All of Collection District No. 30.

All of Collectlon District No. 31.

All of Collection District No. 32.

Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland,
all the Middle East and Iron Curtain
countries, Africa.

British Isles and Ireland.

France, Luxemburg, Monaco, Belgium
(technical investigations).

The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria,
Liechtenstein, Belgium (nontech-
nical investigations).

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[T.D. 56105, 29 F.R. 2333, Feb. 11, 1964]

§ 1.6 Headquarters of appraisers of merchandise.

The locations of the headquarters of the appraisers of merchandise for the
customs collection districts are as follows:

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Location of Headquarters

Juneau, Alaska, 13467.

Nogales, Ariz., 85621-

Buffalo, N.Y., 14203..
Chicago, Ill., 60607-
Denver, Colo., 80202.
Bridgeport, Conn., 06609-
Pembina, N. Dak., 58271-
Detroit, Mich., 48226.
Duluth, Minn., 55802.
El Paso, Tex., 79901...
Miami, Fla., 33136..
Houston, Tex., 77011..
Savannah, Ga., 31401.
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817.
Indianapolis, Ind., 46204.
Louisville, Ky., 40202..
Laredo, Tex., 78041.

Los Angeles, Calif., 90013.
Portland, Maine, 04112..
Baltimore, Md., 21202.
Boston, Mass., 02210..
Minneapolis, Minn., 55401.
Mobile, Ala., 36602.

Great Falls, Mont., 4453.
Columbus, N. Mex., 4135..
New Orleans, La., 70130..
New York, N. Y., 10014.
Wilmington, N.C., 28402..
Cleveland, Ohio, 44114..
Portland, Oreg., 97209..
Philadelphia, Pa., 19106.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219..
San Juan, P.R., 00902..

Providence, R.I., 02903-
Rochester, N.Y., 14614..
Port Arthur, Tex., 2739..
San Diego, Calif., 92101..
San Francisco, Calif., 94111.
Charleston, S.C., 29401..

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The appraiser of merchandise is under the jurisdiction of the collector of customs and is located at the same ad-
dress as collector. Correspondence for the appraiser shall be sent to the collector-"Attention: Appraiser of
Merchandise."

U.S. Appraiser of Merchandise, New York, N.Y.

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(a) Except as specified in paragraphs (b)-(g) of this section, each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days of the year except Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays."

(b) Different but equivalent hours shall be observed if a difference is required for the maintenance of adequate service because of local conditions, is approved by the Commissioner of Customs, and a notice of the hours of business is prominently displayed at the principal entrance and in each public room of the customs office.

(c) At each port or station where there is no full-time customs employee, the hours during which the customs office will be open for the transaction of general customs business shall be fixed by the collector of customs concerned with

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the approval of the Commissioner of Customs, and notice thereof shall be displayed prominently at the principal entrance of the office.

(d) Each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business on all state and local holidays occurring on days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. If a state or local holiday interferes with the performance of work in a customs office by any customs employee or employees, the principal field officer may request approval of the Commissioner of Customs to excuse such employees from duty without charge to leave.

(e) Customs services required to be performed outside a customs office shall be furnished between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. (or between the corresponding hours at ports where different but equivalent hours are required for the maintenance of adequate service and are approved by the Commissioner of Customs) on all days when the customs office is open for the transaction of general customs business. In accordance with such instructions as the Commissioner of Customs shall have issued from time to time and upon reasonable advance notice to the principal local officer concerned, such services may be furnished between the same hours on Saturdays.

(f) Where there is a regularly recurring need for customs services outside the above prescribed hours, and the volume and duration of the required services are uniformly such as to require, of themselves or in immediately consecutive combination with other essential customs activities of the port, the full time of one or more customs employees, the necessary number of regular tours of duty to furnish such services on all days of the year except Sundays and national holidays may be established with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs.

(g) Customs services shall be furnished private interests otherwise than as specified in this section only in accordance with the provisions of § 24.16 of this chapter.

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Gross register tonnage.

2.6

Net register tonnage.

2.66

2.67

2.7

The marine document.

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2.70

2.10 Measurements to be taken at an early

2.11 Uniform system required. 2.13 Measuring instruments.

2.14 Stem.

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Verification of calculations, diagram of

areas, and certification of results. 2.60a Marking net tonnage and official number on vessel.

2.61 Appendix to certificate of registry. Measurement of Government vessels. Foreign vessels.

2.62

2.64 Adjustment and correction of tonnage.

2.65

Figures.

Conversion tables.

Table A of common intervals when tonnage depth is 16 feet or less.

2.68 Table B of common intervals when tonnage depth exceeds 16 feet.

2.69 Definitions of enclosures on or above the upper deck.

Definitions of items of deduction. 2.71 Definitions of structural terms, etc. 2.72 Suez and Panama Canal certificates.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 2 issued under R.S. 161, 4153, as amended, secs. 2, 3, 23 Stat. 118, as amended, 119, as amended, sec. 4, 28 Stat. 743, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 22, 46 U.S.C. 2, 3, 77, 79.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 2 appear at 28 F.R. 14553, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

§ 2.0 Effective date.

The regulations in this part are not retroactive, i.e., they do not apply to vessels the keels of which were laid prior to the date the rules in this part become effective. The regulations in this part become effective March 1, 1940.

§ 2.1

Authority of Commissioner.

(a) The Commissioner of Customs is charged with the supervision of the laws relating to the admeasurement of vessels, and on all questions of interpretation growing out of the execution of the laws relating to this subject his decision is final.

(b) The Commissioner of Customs shall, in the following sections, be referred to as the Commissioner.

(c) Doubts arising in the minds of the admeasurers concerning decks to the hull, enclosures on or above the upper deck, shelter decks, method of procedure,

etc., shall be submitted to the Commissioner for his decision, and shall be accompanied by blueprints or sketches of the spaces in question giving all the facts bearing on same. § 2.2

Officials authorized to admeasure vessels.

(a) Before any vessel shall be registered, enrolled, or licensed she shall be measured by an officer of the customs at the port or place where she may be.

(b) A vessel is not to be measured unless she is required by law to be registered, enrolled or licensed, or otherwise specially provided for.

§ 2.3 Purpose for which measurements are taken.

(a) Tonnage measurements are taken for the purpose of ascertaining the internal capacity of measurable spaces.

(b) All measurements are to be taken in feet and fractions of feet, and all fractions of feet shall be expressed in decimals. § 2.4

Register ton.

A register ton is a volume of 100 cubic feet.

§ 2.5 Gross register tonnage.

(a) The gross tonnage referred to in the following sections is the gross register tonnage; that is, the gross tonnage exclusive of all permissible exempted

spaces.

(b) The gross register tonnage of a vessel shall consist of the sum of the following items:

(c) The cubical capacity below the tonnage deck, excluding exemptible water ballast spaces within the measureable portion of the vessel;

(d) The cubical capacity of each between deck space above the tonnage deck;

(e) The cubical capacity of the permanent closed-in spaces on the upper deck available for cargo or stores, or for the accommodation of passengers and/ or crew;

(f) All permanent closed-in spaces situated elsewhere available for cargo or stores, or for the accommodation of the crew, or for the charts, except cabins or staterooms for passengers constructed entirely above the first deck which is not a deck to the hull;

(g) The excess of hatchways. § 2.6 Net register tonnage.

(a) The tonnage of a vessel remaining after the authorized deductions have

been made from the gross register tonnage shall be deemed the net register tonnage.

(b) In ascertaining the net tonnage no space may be deducted unless it has previously been included in the gross tonnage and certified, showing the purpose for which used.

§ 2.7 The marine document.

The marine document of every vessel shall show the date and place of build; the register length, breadth, depth, and, in vessels of more than two decks, the height of the upper deck to the hull above the tonnage deck; the number of decks and masts; build as to her stem and stern; capacity under the tonnage deck, that of the between decks, and also separately, permanently enclosed spaces on or above the upper deck to the hull available for cargo or stores or for the accommodation of passengers (provisionally) or crew, and the omitted spaces, whether open or closed in, on, above, or below the upper deck; the gross tonnage; items of deduction; and net tonnage.

§ 2.8 Application for measurement.

The builder of a new vessel required to be admeasured, or the person having supervision of changes and/or alterations affecting a vessel's register tonnage, is obliged to make application for admeasurement or tonnage adjustment as the case may be, in writing, to the collector of customs of the district in which the vessel is located. Such application shall be made before cargo or ballast is taken on, and in case of a new vessel, before boilers or engine is installed or compartments partitioned off.

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(a) Plans to be filed. In order to facilitate admeasurement, there shall be furnished by the vessel's builder or owner to the collector of customs for the district in which the vessel will be admeasured, either with the application for admeasurement or a reasonable period before admeasurement is scheduled to commence, blueprints or drawings of the following:

(1) A drawing of the cross section in which is shown the construction of the double bottom, if there be one;

(2) An inboard view of the longitudinal section, showing the double bottom, its use or uses, if existing, otherwise the floors, the compartments for water ballast, other than the double bottom,

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