Such Commissioners have been stationed at London, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, St. Gall and Yokohama.

Special Agents Authorized to Administer Oaths

SEC. 6. It is provided by Section 183 of the Revised Statutes that:

"Any officer or any clerk of any of the departments lawfully detailed to investigate frauds or attempts to defraud on the Government, or any irregularity or misconduct of any officer or agent of the United States, shall have authority to administer an oath to any witness attending to testify or depose in the course of such investigation."

Authority to Search Vessels

SEC. 7. Special Agents may make searches under Section 3059 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that:

"It shall be lawful for any officer of the customs, including inspectors and occasional inspectors, or of a revenue cutter, or authorized agent of the Treasury Department, or other persons specially appointed for the purpose in writing by a collector, naval officer, or surveyor, to go on board of any vessel, as well without as within his district, and to inspect, search, and examine the same, and any person, trunk, or envelope on board, and to this end to hail and stop such vessel if under way, and to use all necessary force to compel compliance; and if it shall appear that any breach or violations of the laws of the United States has been committed, whereby or in consequence of which such vessel, or the merchandise, or any part thereof, on board or imported by such vessel, is liable to forfeiture, to make seizure of the same, or either or any part thereof, and to arrest, or in case of escape, or an attempt to escape, to pursue and arrest any person engaged in such breach or violation."

Authority to Enter Buildings Except DwellingHouses in Night or Day Time

SEC. 8. It is provided by Section 3065 of the Revised Statutes that:

"Any person authorized by this Title (XXXIV) to make searches and seizures, or any person assisting him or acting

under his directions, may, if deemed necessary by him or them, enter into or upon or pass through the lands, inclosures, and buildings, other than the dwelling-house of any person whomsoever, in the night or in the day time, in order to the more effectual discharge of his official duties."

Warrant to Search Dwelling-House in Daytime

SEC. 9. In regard to the search of dwellinghouses in daytime it is provided by Section 3066 of the Revised Statutes that:

"If any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other person specially appointed by either of them, or inspector, shall have cause to suspect a concealment of any merchandise in any particular dwelling-house, store-building, or other place, they, or either of them, upon proper application on oath to any justice of the peace, or district judge of cities, police justice, or any judge of the circuit or district court of the United States, or any Commissioner of the United States circuit court, shall be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, store, or other place, in the day time only, and there to search for such merchandise; and if any shall be found, to seize and secure the same for trial; and all such merchandise, upon which the duties shall not have been paid, or secured to be paid, shall be forfeited."

Searching Officer to Make Character Known

SEC. 10. It is provided by Section 3071 of the Revised Statutes that:

"Every officer or other person authorized to make searches and seizures by this Title (XXXIV) shall, at the time of executing any of the powers conferred upon him, make known, upon being questioned, his character as an officer or agent of the customs of Government, and shall have authority to demand of any person within the distance of three miles to assist him in making any arrest, search, or seizure authorized by this Title (XXXIV), where such assistance may be necessary; and if such person shall, without reasonable excuse, neglect or refuse so to assist, upon proper demand, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, nor less than five hundred dollars."

CHAPTER XXIX

BAGGAGE

Wearing Apparel

SEC. 1. It is provided by Paragraph 642 of the Free List of the Act of October 3, 1913, that:

"Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal effects of persons arriving in the United States; but this exemption shall include only such articles as were actually owned by them and in their possession abroad at the time of or prior to their departure from a foreign country, and as are necessary and appropriate for the wear and use of such persons and are intended for such wear and use, and shall not be held to apply to merchandise or articles for other persons or for sale: Provided, That in case of residents of the United States returning from abroad all wearing apparel, personal and household effects taken by them out of the United States to foreign countries shall be admitted free of duty, without regard to their value, upon their identity being established under appropriate rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That up to but not exceeding $100 in value of articles acquired abroad by such residents of the United States for personal or household use or as souvenirs or curios, but not bought on commission or intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty."

Entry of Baggage

SEC. 2. On the arrival of baggage in the United States, whether accompanied by the passenger or not, an entry thereof will be required in accordance with Sections 2799, 2800 and 2801 of the Revised Statutes, which provide that:

R. S. 2799. "In order to ascertain what articles ought to be exempted as the wearing apparel, and other personal baggage, and the tools or implements of a mechanical trade only, of persons who arrive in the United States, due entry thereof, as of other merchandise, but separate and distinct from that of any

other merchandise, imported from a foreign port, shall be made with the collector of the district in which the articles are intended to be landed by the owner thereof, or his agent, expressing the persons by whom or for whom such entry is made, and particularizing the several packages, and their contents, with their marks and numbers; and the person who shall make the entry shall take and subscribe an oath before the collector, declaring that the entry subscribed by him and to which the oath is annexed contains, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a just and true account of the contents of the several packages mentioned in the entry, specifying the name of the vessel, of her master, and of the port from which she arrived; and that such packages contain no merchandise whatever other than wearing apparel, personal baggage, or, as the case may be, tools of trade, specifying it; that they are all the property of a person named who has arrived, or is shortly expected to arrive in the United States, and are not directly or indirectly imported for any other or intended for sale."

R. S. 2800. "Whenever the person making entry of any articles as wearing apparel, personal baggage, tools, or implements, is not the owner of them, he shall give bond with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in a sum equal to the duties on like articles imported subject to duty, upon the condition that the owner of the articles shall, within one year, personally make an oath such as is prescribed in the preceding section."

R. S. 2801. "On compliance with the two preceding sections and not otherwise, a permit shall be granted for landing such articles. But whenever the collector and the naval officer, if any, think proper, they may direct the baggage of any person arriving in the United States to be examined by the surveyor of the port, or by an inspector of the customs, who shall make a return of the same; and if any articles are contained therein which in their opinion ought not to be exempted from duty, due entry of them shall be made and the duties thereon paid."

Forms of Baggage Declaration

SEC. 3. Where the baggage accompanies the passenger a declaration will be required in accordance with Article 357 of the Customs Regulations of 1915, which provides that:

"Forms of baggage declaration and entry (Customs Form 6063) will be furnished by collectors to steamship companies for use on steamships carrying first and second class passengers. Copies of notice to passengers, Customs Form 6061, will also be furnished for distribution on outgoing and incoming steamers.

"Passengers should prepare and sign their declarations on board steamships at least one day before arrival, and should hand them to the purser for delivery to the proper customs officer on arrival in port.

"Failure to declare dutiable articles contained in baggage subjects such articles to seizure and forfeiture. When the collector is satisfied that the failure to declare any article was not with intent to evade the payment of duty he may permit the declaration to be amended."

Search of Baggage

SEC. 4. In regard to the search of baggage, it is provided by Sections 3064, 3100 and 3101 of the Revised Statutes that:

R. S. 3064. "The Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage, and for the employment of female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government, under such regulations.'

R. S. 3100. "All merchandise, and all baggage and effects of passengers, and all other articles imported into the United States from any contiguous foreign country except as hereinafter provided, as well as the vessels, cars, and other vehicles, and envelopes in which the same shall be imported, shall be unladen in the presence of, and be inspected by an inspector or other officer of the customs, at the first port of entry or custom house in the United States where the same shall arrive; and to enable the proper officer to thoroughly discharge this duty, he may require the owner or his agent, or other person, having charge or possession of any trunk, traveling bag, or sack, valise, or other envelope, or of any closed vessel, car, or other vehicle, to open the same, or deliver to him the proper key."

R. S. 3101. "If any owner, agent, or other person shall refuse or neglect to comply with his demands, allowed by the preceding section, the officer shall retain such trunk, traveling bag, or sack, valise, or whatsoever it may be, and open the same, and, as soon thereafter as may be practicable, examine the contents; and if any article subject to the payment of duty shall be found therein, the whole contents, together with the envelope, shall be forfeited to the United States, and disposed of as the law provides in similar cases. If any such dutiable merchandise or article shall be found in such vessel, car, or other vehicle, the owner, agent, or other person in charge which shall have been refused to open the same or deliver the key as herein provided,