19, sec. 1201, par. 1798), which relate to the $100 exemption accorded residents of the United States returning from abroad and read as follows: Provided further, That up to but not exceeding $100 in value of articles (including distilled spirits, wines, and malt liquors aggregating not more than one wine gallon and including not more than one hundred cigars) acquired abroad by such residents of the United States as an incident of the foreign journey for personal or household use or as souvenirs or curios, but not bought on commission or intended for sale, shall be free of duty: Provided further, That (a) in the case of articles acquired in any country other than a contiguous country which maintains a free zone or free port, the exemption authorized by the preceding proviso shall apply only to articles so acquired by a returning resident who has remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for a period of not less than forty-eight hours and (b) in the case of articles acquired in a contiguous country which maintains a free zone or free port, the Secretary of the Treasury shall by special regulation or instruction, the application of which may be restricted to one or more individual ports of entry, provide that the exemption authorized by the preceding proviso shall be applied only to articles acquired abroad by a returning resident who has remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for not less than such period (which period shall not exceed twenty-four hours) as the Secretary may deem necessary in the public interest or to facilitate enforcement at the specified port or ports of the requirement that the exemption shall apply only to articles acquired as an incident of the foreign journey: Provided further, That the exemption authorized by the second preceding proviso shall apply only to articles declared in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury by a returning resident who has not taken advantage of the said exemption within the thirty-day period immediately preceding his return to the United States: Provided further, That no such special regulation or instruction shall take effect until the lapse of ninety days after the date of such special regulation or instruction: Pursuant to the requirement of the fourth proviso to paragraph 1798 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, I, by this special regulation, do hereby provide that the exemption authorized by the third proviso to such paragraph 1798, as amended, shall not be applied at any port in collection district 25 (San Diego) to articles acquired in the Republic of Mexico, a contiguous country which maintains a free zone or free port, by a returning resident of the United States unless such resident has remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for a period of not less than 24 hours. This special regulation shall be effective on the day following the expiration of ninety days after the date hereof, with respect to goods arriving at any port in the United States when free entry under the $100 exemption is claimed by reason of the arrival of a resident of the United States who has returned thereto at a port in collection district 25. (Sec. 201, 46 Stat. 672; Sec. 337, 49 Stat. 1959; Sec. 36, 52 Stat. 1093; 19 U. S. C. 1201, Par. 1798 and Sup. IV.) (521.232) STEPHEN B. GIBBONS, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. (T. D. 49926) Drawback Synopsis of drawback rates and amendments and extensions issued July 15 to 20, 1939, inclusive, pursuant to articles 1041, 1042, and 1043, Customs Regulations of 1937, and four cases of July 14, 1939, omitted from previous synopses (A) Castings, alloy steel.-Manufactured by Blaw-Knox Co. (National Alloy Steel Division), Blawnox, Pa., with the use of imported nickel. Rate effective on alloy steel castings manufactured and exported on and after May 8, 1939. Sworn statement of June 20, 1939, toms, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 14, 1939. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. forwarded to collector of cus(731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. (B) Fruit, canned.-T. D. 49917-B, covering canned fruit manufactured by Fruitvale Canning Co., Oakland, Calif., with the use of imported refined sugar or refined sugar produced under drawback regulations, extended to cover canned fruit manufactured by it under section 313 (b) with the use of refined sugar. Extension effective on canned fruit manufactured and exported on or after May 29, 1939. Supplemental sworn statement of June 24, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, San Francisco, Calif., July 15, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (C) Handkerchiefs, tablecloths, napkins, doilies, and towels.—Manufactured by Thompson Handkerchief Co., Passaic, N. J., with the use of imported piece goods or printed piece goods manufactured under drawback regulations. Rate effective on articles manufactured on and after August 8 1938, and exported on and after December 30, 1938. Sworn statement of June 19, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, New York, N. Y., July 14, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (D) Leather, sole and belting.-T. D. 44839-F, covering, inter alia, sole and belting leather in various forms manufactured by A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. at its Ashland, Ky., Hazelwood, N. C., and Newport, Tenn., plants with the use of imported hides and skins, raw or uncured, or dried, salted, or pickled, further extended to cover sole leather (crops, backs, bends, bellies, offal, and cut soles) and belting leather (butts, butt bends, back bends, and shoulders) manufactured thereat with the use of imported quebracho tanning extract. Extension effective on products manufactured and exported on and after December 3, 1938. Supplemental sworn statement of December 3, 1938, forwarded to collector of customs, Boston, Mass., July 14, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (E) Motion-picture prints, positive.-T. D. 45042-G, covering positive motion-picture prints produced by Film Service Laboratories, Inc., with the use of imported sensitized, but not exposed or developed motion-picture film, extended to cover said products produced by Film Service Laboratories, New York, N. Y., successor. Rate effective on and after January 1, 1939. Supplemental sworn statement of March 8, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, New York, N. Y., July 19, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (F) Oil, rapeseed, blown; and lubricating oil.—Blown rapeseed oil produced by Union Oil Co. of California, at its Oleum, Calif., factory, with the use of imported tax-paid rapeseed oil; and lubricating oil manufactured by it with the use of blown rapeseed oil produced hereunder. Rate effective on products manufactured on or after July 1, 1936, and exported on or after September 25, 1937. Sworn statement of June 5, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, San Francisco, Calif., July 14, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMes H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (G) Piece goods, dyed.—T. D. 49917-F, covering imported piece goods or piece goods manufactured under drawback regulations which are bleached or bleached and dyed by C. Fiory Piece Dye Works, Inc., Paterson, N. J., extended to cover dyed piece goods manufactured with the use of imported bleached piece goods or piece goods manufactured under drawback regulations. Extension effective on articles manufactured on and after May 16, 1939, and exported on and after June 9, 1939. Supplemental sworn statement of June 26, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, New York, N. Y., July 20, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (H) Steel, alloy.-Manufactured under section 313 (a) by Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa., with the use of imported nickel, and with the use of ferrotungsten manufactured under drawback regulations. Rate effective on alloy steel manufactured on or after January 14, 1939, and exported on or after January 30, 1939. Sworn statement of June 28, 1939, forwarded to collector of customs, Philadelphia, Pa., July 15, 1939. (731.1) (Signed) JAMES H. MOYLE, Commissioner of Customs. (T. D. 49927) 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., August 5, 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), Tariff Act of 1930, during the period from July 28 to August 3, 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 the provisions of section 522 (c), Tariff Act of 1930 PERIOD JULY 28 TO AUGUST 3, 1939, INCLUSIVE Value of foreign currencies, etc.—Continued PERIOD JULY 28TO AUGUST 3, 1939, INCLUSIVE-Continued * (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' * * * (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 November 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' * * * (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. 49928) Airports of entry Certain airports redesignated as airports of entry for a period of one year [This document affects the tabulation in 19 CFR 4.13] TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 2, 1939. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The following-named airports are hereby redesignated as airports of entry for civil aircraft and merchandise carried thereon arriving from places outside the United States, as defined in section 9 (b) of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (U. S. C. title 49, sec. 179 (b)), for a period of 1 year from the dates shown opposite their names: Buffalo Marine Airport, Buffalo, N. Y.........------- July 29, 1939. (Sec. 7 (b), 44 Stat. 572; 49 U. S. C., 177 (b).) Aug. 4, 1939. STEPHEN B. GIBBONS, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. [Filed with the Division of the Federal Register August 3, 1939, 12:44 p. m.] |