and effect in respect of sugar imported from Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon which draw back was paid at any of the rates specified therein.

Consular invoices covering refined sugar produced in the United Kingdom and imported into the United States shall show the rate or rates of the drawback claimed or allowed, or to be claimed or allowed, thereon. (Sec. 303, 46 stat. 687; 19 U. S. C., 1303.)

(644.)

Approved October 10, 1939:

HERBERT E. GASTON,

BASIL HARRIS,

Commissioner of Customs.

Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register, October 12, 1939, 3:58 p. m.]

(T. D. 49982)

Foreign currencies-Rates of exchange

Rates of exchange certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,

Washington, D. C., October 14, 1939

To Collectors of Customs and others concerned:

The appended table of the values of certain foreign currencies as certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under the provisions of section 522 (c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, during the period from October 6 to 11, 1939, inclusive, is published for the information of collectors of customs and others concerned.

By direction of the Commissioner:

(342.211)

G. H. GRIFFITH,

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Customs.

Values of foreign currencies certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under provisions of section 522 (c), Tariff Act of 1930

PERIOD OCTOBER 6 TO 11, 1939, INCLUSIVE

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(Official.) Inclusion in this list of a rate for milreis is only for information in connection with T. D. 49893, particularly the following statement therefrom: collectors of customs are hereby directed, in connection with entries of merchandise exported on or after June 9, 1939, and pending receipt of further instructions from the Department, to require the deposit of estimated duties in an amount determined by the use of the value appearing opposite the word 'official'

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(Official.) Inclusion in this list of a rate for Chilean pesos is only for information in connection with T. D. 49278, particularly the following statement therefrom: collectors of customs are hereby directed, in connection with entries of merchandise exported on or after Nov. 30, 1937, and pending the receipt of further instructions from the Department, to require the deposit of estimated duties in an amount determined by the use of the value appearing opposite the word 'official'

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(Controlled) Inclusion in this list of a rate for Uruguayan pesos is only for information in connection with T. D. 49899, particularly the following statement therefrom: " collectors of customs are hereby directed, in connection with entries of merchandise exported on or after June 22, 1939, and pending the receipt of further instructions from the Department, to require the deposit of estimated duties in an amount determined by the use of the value appearing opposite the word 'controlled'

(T. D. 49983)

Regulations relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to transport counterfeit coins, obligations, securities, and paraphernalia, and provisions for the adoption of such seizures by collectors of customs for institution of forfeiture proceedings and disposition in accordance with the customs laws and regulations

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,
Washington, D. C., October 10, 1939.

To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:

On September 12, 1939, the regulations quoted below were published by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury. It will be noted that collectors of customs are authorized to adopt seizures made by officers of the Secret Service of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to transport counterfeit coins, obligations, securities, and paraphernalia in violation of the act of August 9, 1939, Public No. 357, 76th Congress, and to institute forfeiture proceedings, as provided under the customs laws and regulations.

By direction of the Commissioner: (832.)

G. H. GRIFFITH,

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Customs.

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

Part 401-Regulations relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to transport counterfeit coins, obligations, securities, and paraphernalia.

SECTION 401.1. Authority for regulations.-These regulations are issued under the Act of August 9, 1939, Public No. 357, 76th Congress. (Act of August 9, 1939, Public No. 357, 76th Congress.)

SEC. 401.2. Secret Service Agents authorized to make seizures. All officers of the United States Secret Service engaged in the enforcement of counterfeiting laws are hereby authorized and designated to seize such vessels, vehicles, and aircraft as may be subject to seizure because of violations of the said Act of August 9, 1939, pertaining to contraband articles referred to in section 1 (b) (3) of said Act (Act of August 9, 1939, Public No. 357, 76th Congress.)

SEC. 401.3. Custody.-Each vessel, vehicle, or aircraft seized pursuant to the said Act of August 9, 1939 and these regulations shall forthwith be placed by the seizing officer in the custody of the collector of customs for the customs district in which such seizure is made. Such placing in custody shall be effected by immediate notification of the appropriate collector of customs of the seizure, together with a statement of the facts including a description of the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, and the holding by the seizing officer of such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft subject to the instructions of the said collector of customs. (Act of August 9, 1939, Public No. 357, 76th Congress.)

SEC. 401.4. Authority of collectors of customs to hold in custody.—Collectors of customs are hereby authorized and designated to hold in custody awaiting appro

priate disposition vessels, vehicles, and aircraft seized pursuant to the said Act of August 9, 1939, and these regulations. (Act of August 9, 1939, Public, No. 357, 76th Congress.)

SEC. 401.5. Duties of Bureau of Customs.-With respect to every vessel, vehicle, and aircraft seized and placed in the custody of a collector of customs pursuant to the said Act of August 9, 1939, and these regulations, the appropriate officials of the Bureau of Customs are hereby authorized and designated as the officers who shall perform such administrative duties in connection with:

(a) the summary and judicial forfeiture and condemnation of such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft;

(b) the disposition of such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft or the proceeds from the sale thereof;

(c) the remission or mitigation of the forfeiture of such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft; and

(d) the compromise of claims and the award of compensation to informers in respect to such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft;

as may be necessary and proper by virtue of the provisions of said Act of August 9, 1939, and by virtue of the provisions of the customs laws which the said Act makes applicable in connection with seizures and forfeitures incurred or alleged to have been incurred under the said Act and these regulations. In the performance of said administrative duties the said appropriate officials of the Bureau of Customs shall be governed by the procedures established by the customs regulations, insofar as such procedures are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of the said Act of August 9, 1939, and these regulations. Powers of the character of those exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs in connection with the remission or mitigation of forfeitures under the customs laws and in connection with the compromise of claims and the award of compensation to informers under the customs laws shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury in connection with the remission or mitigation of forfeitures under the said Act of August 9, 1939, and in connection with the compromise of claims and the award of compensation to informers under the said Act. (Act of August 9, 1939, Public, No. 357, 76th Congress.)

SEC. 401.6. Disposition.—With respect to each vessel, vehicle, and aircraft seized pursuant to the said Act of August 9, 1939, and these regulations, the Chief of the Secret Service shall promptly notify the Director of the Procurement Division and the Commissioner of Customs whether the Secret Service Division desires to have such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft for its official use. When forfeiture of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft has been perfected otherwise than by court decree, the collector of customs holding in custody such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft shall: (1) either return the same to the Secret Service Division, if the Chief of the Secret Service has requested it for the official use of the Secret Service Division, (2) or, if the Secret Service Division does not desire such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft for its official use, hold such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft subject to the instructions of the Director of the Procurement Division. (See Title III of the Act of August 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 879 (40 U. S. C., Supp. IV, secs. 304f-304m).) (Act of August 9, 1939, Public, No. 357, 76th Congress.)

JOHN W. HANES,

Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1939.

(T. D. 49984)

Abstracts of unpublished decisions

Summary of unpublished customs decisions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,
Washington, D. C., October 14, 1939.

To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:

The following abstracts of customs decisions are published for the information of collectors of customs and others concerned.

By direction of the Commissioner:

(133.121)

G. H. GRIFFITH,

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Customs.

CLASSIFICATION

(1) Andiroba nuts are entitled to free entry under paragraph 1727, Tariff Act of 1930 and andiroba oil is entitled to free entry under paragraph 1732, Tariff Act of 1930. Bureau letter to collector of customs, San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 25, 1939 (466.12).

(2) Tobacco-Syrian tobacco, including "Latakia" tobacco, is classifiable as cigarette leaf tobacco, not specially provided for, unstemmed, under paragraph 601, Tariff Act of 1930, as modified pursuant to the Turkish Trade Agreement, at the rate of 30 cents per pound. Bureau letter to collector of customs, New York, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1939 (467.411).

(3) Wallboard or pulpboard in sheets or cut to size and having the edges beveled or ship-lapped, are not decorated or ornamented or cut into shapes for boxes or other articles and are dutiable at the rate of 10 percent ad valorem under paragraph 1402, Tariff Act of 1930. Department letter to Secretary of State, Washington, D. C., dated Oct. 7, 1939 (483.52).

(4) Fish salted and dried.-Fish described as Iriko, and similar fish, which have been salted for preservation by being dipped in boiling water to which salt has been added, and then dried, and which are packed in immediate containers, not airtight, weighing with their contents not more than 15 pounds each, are dutiable under paragraph 719(5), Tariff Act of 1930 at the rate of 25 percent ad valorem in accordance with T. D. 49229(2), rather than under paragraph 717(c), Tariff Act of 1930 at the rate of 14 cents per pound. Note Abstract 39806. As this ruling will result in the assessment of duty at a rate higher than that heretofore assessed under a uniform practice, it