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EDERAL%, REGISTER
VOLUME

934

I

NUMBER 183

United

W ashington, Thursday, N o ve m b e r 26, 1936
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau o f Customs.
T . D. 48646

C onvict -M ade G oods I mportation P rohibited PUBLICATION OF FINDING THAT RAILROAD TIES, W OODEN FENCE
POSTS, AND CHARCOAL ARE PRODUCED ON LA SAONA ISLAND, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, B T CONVICT LABOR

To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:
Upon evidence presented to me, I find that railroad ties, wooden fence posts, and charcoal are produced on La Saona Island, Dominican Republic, by convict labor. This finding is published for your information and guidance pursuant to the authority contained in article 665 of the Customs Regu lations of 1931 and section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930
U. S. C., title 19, sec. 1307.
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F rank D o w ,
Acting Commissioner of Customs.
Approved, November 17, 1936.

any fractional part of a barrel containing less than one-eighth will be accounted one-eighth; more than one-eighth, and not more than one-sixth, will be accounted one-sixth; more than onesixth, and not more than one-fourth, will be accounted onefourth; more than one-fourth, and riot mare than one-third, will be accounted one-third; more than one-third, and not more than one-half, w ill be accounted one-half; more than one-half, and not more than one barrel, will be accounted one barrel;
and more than one barrel, and not more than sixty-three gallons, will be accounted two barrels, or a hogshead: Provided, That if the quantity of fermented liquor exceeds the quantity covered by the tax stamp placed on the barrel, such excess will be dis regarded and no tax collected thereon if not more than the fo l lowing amounts: one-half gallon as to wooden barrels of thirtyone gallons, and a proportionate quantity as to fractional wooden containers; and one-quarter gallon as to metal barrels of thirtyone gallons, and a proportionate quantity as to fractional metal containers, except that in the case of metal h alf barrels placed in use by brewers prior to November 1, 1936, an excess of not more than one-quarter gallon w ill be disregarded and no tax coUected thereon.

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G u y T. H elvering ,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Approved, November 20, 1936.
W ayne C. T aylor ,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

W ayne C. T aylor ,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

F . R. Doc. 3547 Filed,November 24,1936; 3 :50 p. m .

F. R. Doc. 3546 Filed, November 24,1936; 3 :49 p. m .

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration.

T . D. 4715

T olerances P ermitted
in
S izes
PRSO No. 5
of
B eer B arrels .

T . D . 4659 Amended
To District Supervisors and Others Concerned:
Section 313 a of the Liquor Tax Administration Act provides as follows:
313 a . Section 3339 of the Revised Statutes, as amended U . S. C. 1934 ed., title 26, sec. 1330 a and b , is further amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof reading as follows:
The provisions of this section requiring the accounting of hogsheads, barrels, and fractional parts of barrels at the next higher quantity shall not apply where the contents of such hogs heads, barrels, or fractional parts of barrels are w ithin the limits of tolerance established by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by regulations which he is hereby authorized to prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and no assessment shall be made and no tax shall be collected for any excess in any case where the contents of the hogsheads, barrels, or fractional parts of barrels heretofore or hereafter used are w ithin the limits of the tolerance so prescribed.
S e c t io n
In accordance with the provisions of Section 313 a of the Liquor Tax Administration Act, Section 17 b of Regu lations 18, as amended by Treasury Decision 4659, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
P ab . 17 b . In computing such tax a barrel is reckoned as con taining not more than thirty-one gallons, and the fractional parts of a barrel are halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and eighths; and
Issued November 24, 1936
Puerto Rico Sugar Order No. 5

B asis
for
A llotment
of the
1937 P uerto R ico S ugar Q uota
ORDER MADE B Y THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE UNDER PUBLIC
RESOLUTION NO. 109 AND THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Agri culture by Public Resolution No. 109, 74th Congress, approved June 19, 1936, and by Section 8a of the Agricultural Adjust ment Act, approved May 12,1933, as amended, I, W. R. Gregg, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby make, issue, pub lish, and give public notice of this order constituting the basis fo r the allotment of the 1937 Puerto Rico sugar quota, which shall have the force and effect of law and shall continue in force and effect until amended or superseded by orders or regulations hereafter made by the Secretary of Agriculture.
S ection 1. A portion of the sugar quota to be established fo r Puerto Rico for 1937, equal to 25,000 short tons of sugar, raw value, shall be filled from surplus stocks of sugar car ried over from the 1935-36 crop, or from substitutions there of. The remaining portion of such quota shall be filled from sugar produced from the 1936-37 crop, or from surplus stocks of sugar carried over from the 1935-36 crop in substitution therefor.
S ection 2. The allotment to each processor out of the 25,000 short tons of sugar, raw value, to be filled from 2347