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VOLUME 4

W ashington Rules , Regulations , Orders TITLE 15COMMERCE
FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD
Order No. 4,1 Amended
A n O rder R elative to the H andling G old in F oreign-T rade Z ones
of
Pursuant to the action of the ForeignTrade Zones Board, the following Amended Order has been adopted and is promulgated for the information and guidance o f all concerned:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Boards Order No. 4, dated October 21, 1937 15 C. F. R., sec. 400.803-A, im posed restrictions relative to the han dling of gold and silver in foreign-trade zones;
And whereas, the Secretary of the Treasury, on April 28, 1938,2 eliminated the restrictions imposed on the importa tion and exportation of silver under Treasury Department Orders of June 28, 1934 and May 20, 1935 relating to silver, and the Silver Regulations of August 17, 1934, as amended;
And whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Board has authorized that its Order No.
4 be amended to conform with the Order of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated April 28, 1938, relieving the restrictions on silver;
Now, Therefore, Be It Ordered, That the said Order No. 4 of the ForeignTrade Zones Board is hereby amended to read as follows:

REGISTER
1934

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ment is detrimental to the public inter est, health, or safety.
And whereas, paragraph 803 15 C. F.
R., sec. 400.803 of the Regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board provides as follows:
When it shall be reported to the Board that any goods or process of treatment is detrimental to the public interest, health, or safety, the Board shall cause such investigation to be made as it may deem necessary. The Board may order the exclusion from the zone of any goods or process o f treatment that in its judg ment is detrimental to the public inter est, health, or safety.
And whereas, the Board finds that in its judgment the melting, smelting, or refining or other treatment by heating or by a chemical or electrical process of gold in any form within any foreigntrade zone within the continental United States, and the admission into any such zone of gold, with the exceptions herein after enumerated, are detrimental to the public interest;
Now, therefore, Be I t Ordered, That gold in any form may not be melted, smelted, or refined or otherwise treated by heating or by a chemical or electrical process within any foreign-trade zone within the continental United States;
and further that gold is hereby excluded from admission into any such zone, ex cept that fabricated gold , as defined in section 4 of the Provisional Regulations issued under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934,2 may be admitted into and held in such form within any such zone.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 15 C ommerce :

Foreign-Trade Zones Board:

under, been processed or manufactured for some one or more specific and customary industrial, professional, or artistic uses, but does not include gold coin or scrap gold.

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Federal Trade Commission:
Cease and desist orders:
Ace Premium Co__________
. Id e a l G ift Co______________
L l o y d s Distributing Co____
- Veltrola Co________________

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T itle 30 M ineral R esources :

National Bituminous Coal Com mission :
District Boards for Districts 9, 11, and 12, proposals of:
Minimum prices____________
Rules and regulations inci dental to sale and dis tribution of coal______
T itle 49 T ransportation R ailroads :

The Board may at any time order ing, or enabling others to evade, the provi
the exclusion from the zone of any goods sions of the G o ld Reserve A ct or process of treatment that in its judgo f 1934, or of the regulations issued there 12 F. R. 2400 2784 D I .
3 F. R. 1000 DI.

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T itle 16 C ommercial P ractices:

Whereas, section 15 c of the Act of June 18, 1934 U. S. C., title 19, sec. 81o 8Section 4 o f the Provisional Gold Regu c , relating to foreign-trade zones pro lations reads in part as follows:
vides as follows:
Fabricated gold means gold which has, in good faith and not for the purpose of evad
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Handling of gold in foreigntrade zones_______________
Uniform system of accounts, etc., for use by foreigntrade zone grantees______

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Interstate Commerce Commis sion:
Accidents, recording and reporting o f_______________
Expenditures by Class I steam railroads_________________
Explosives, etc., order relative to regulations for trans portation o f_____________
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