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1934

VOLUME 2

REGISTER

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NUMBER 141

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Washington, Friday, July 23, 1937
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau o f Customs.
T . D. 49095

C ustoms R egulations of 1931, R elative to M erchandise i n T ransit B etw een P orts i n the U nited S tates T hrough C ontiguous F oreign T erritory , A mended
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:
Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 554 and 624 of the T a riff Act of 1930 U. S. C., title 19, secs. 1554 and 1624, the Customs Regulations o f 1931 are amended as follow s:
Article 233 a , as amended by T . D. 45764, is further amended by elim inating from the manifest form set forth therein the line Customs seals Nos----- -------------------

and by amending the certification of the inspector at the bottom of the form to read as follow s:
I certify that the above car num ber is correct and that customs seals are intact and locked.

Article 233 g is amended to read as follows:
g Train consist shall be furnished the customs inspector at the port of exit by the railroad company, showing all cars on the train and specifically indicating the in-transit cars leaving the United States. The inspector shall check each in-transit seal used to see that it is properly attached and locked, which shall be ascertained by an actual test of the seals placed on each car.
W hile the outside inspector is checking the car numbers and Initials and testing the in-transit seals appUed, the inside inspec tor will have the manifests otherwise prepared so that, on return of the outside inspector, the certificate on the manifest may be executed and the initials of the outside inspector added to com plete the manifest without delay.

Article 233 h is amended to read as follows:
h As an alternative to the above regulation the railroads may use the following plan if it is found to be more expeditious: Train consist shall be furnished the customs inspectors at the port of exit by the railroad company showing all cars on the train and specifically indicating the in-transit cars leaving the United States.
The customs inspector w ill retain custody of the in-transit seals;
he will accompany the railroad sealer, furnishing him with in transit seals at the time of application; test each seal used to see that it is properly applied and upon completion of the sealing of the cars wiU immediately report to the inside inspector. W hile the outside inspector is checking the car numbers and initials and testing the in-transit seals applied, the inside inspector will have the manifests otherwise prepared so that on return of Jbhe outside inspector, the certificate on the manifest may be executed and the initials of the outside officer added to complete the mani fest without delay.

Article 234 a is amended to read as follows:
a On portation present a of exit of
arrival at the first port in the United States after trans through foreign territory the railroad conductor shall consist sheet showing the initials, car numbers, and port each car in the train and a manifest for each loaded car,
to the customs. The inspector shall with the consist sheet to determine dered for every loaded car and then consist. He shall also examine the
check the manifest so received that a manifest has been ten shall check the train from the fastenings of the car.

Article 234. b is amended by deleting the words or with seals bearing numbers other than those shown on the manifest,
appearing in lines two and three thereof.
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James H. M o yle ,
Commissioner o f Customs.
Approved: July 19, 1937.
S tephen B. G ibbons ,
A cting Secretary of the Treasury.
F. B. Doc. 37-2291; Filed, July 22,1937; 9 :49 a. m.

D EPARTM ENT OF THE INTERIOR.
National Bituminons Coal Commission.
Order No. 25

A n O rder D irecting A ll D istrict B oards to S ubm it P ro posed R ules and R egulations I ncidental to the S ale and D istribution of C oal P roduced b y C ode M embers W it h in the R espective D istricts ; P roviding for the C oordination of S uch R ules and R egulations ; and N otice of a P ublic H earing b y the C om m ission For the P urpose of R eceiving E vidence to E nable the C ommission to E stablish R ules and R egulations I ncidental to the S ale and D istribution of C oal b y C ode M embers, i n C onformity W it h the P ro visions of the B itu m ino u s C oal A ct of 1937

Pursuant to act of Congress entitled An A ct to regulate in terstate commerce in bituminous coal, and fo r other pur poses Public, No. 48, 75th Cong., 1st sess., known as the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, the National Bituminous Coal Commission hereby orders:
1. Each district board shall propose reasonable rules and regulations incidental to the sale and distribution of coal produced by code members within their respective districts, which said rules and regulations a shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of Section 4 of the Act, b shall con form with the standards of fa ir competition therein estab lished, c shall include the proposed definition and estab lishment of such consuming market areas as the respective district boards may deem necessary and proper, and d
shall propose specific rules and regulations to effectuate sub section g of Part I I o f said Section 4 o f the Act.
2. Such proposed rules and regulations, together with a statement o f the reasons therefor, shall be submitted by each district board to the Commission at or before ten 10
oclock A. M., August 2, 1937, and upon receipt thereof, the 1521