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VOLUME 2

1934
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NUMBER 10

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W ashington, F riday January 15, 1937
6166, dated June 10, 1933. Proponents should be advised to submit their offers to the appropriate United States attorney in such cases. Offers received by the collector of customs under such circumstances will be transmitted forthwith to such United States attorney and the proponents notified of such action U. S. C. title 5, sec. 132.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Customs.
T. D. 48757
C ustoms R egulations A mended E xecutive O rder 6166
J une 10, 1933

of
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS O F 1 9 3 1 , CONCERNING REPORTS OF DISPO
SITIONS OF LAW VIOLATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS TO UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS, COMPROMISE OF CLAIMS, REMISSION AND MITIGATION
OF FINES, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES, AND CANCELLATION OF
BONDS, AMENDED SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF
EXECUTIVE ORDER 6 1 6 6 OF JUNE 1 0 , 1 9 3 3

To Collectors o f Customs and Others Concerned:
Pursuant to the authority contained in section 624, Tariff Act of 1930 U. S. C., title 19, sec. 1624 and section 161 of the Revised Statutes of the United States U. S. C., title 5, sec.
22, the Customs Regulations of 1931 are hereby amended as follows:
The last two sentences of article 1092 f are deleted and the following substituted therefor:
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He shall also report, in respect of civil cases referred to the United States attorney for legal proceedings, including those in which claim and bond are filed under section 608 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and article 1107, decisions of the Department of Justice not to institute such proceedings or decisions to abandon their prosecution. These reports shall be forwarded as soon as possible after receipt of advice of the decisions of the court or of the Department of Justice, as the case may be.

Article 1117 is amended by the deletion of paragraph b and by the insertion of the following paragraph in lieu thereof :
b The function respecting the direction o f prosecutions, and so forth, formerly vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by section 604 above, was transferred to the Department of Justice by section 5, Executive Order of June 10, 1933 U. S. C. title 5, sec 132.

Article 1119 b is amended by the addition of the follow ing new sentence:
No action looking to the remission or mitigation of a fine, pen alty, or forfeiture shall be taken on any petition, irrespective of the amount involved, if the case has been referred to the Depart ment of Justice for the institution of legal proceedings Exec.
Order 6166, June 10, 1933, U. S. C. title 5, sec. 132.

Article 1120 is amended by the deletion of paragraph c and by the insertion of the following paragraph in lieu thereof:
If the petition involves a matter which has been referred to the Department of Justice for the institution of court pro ceedings, the coUector will transmit the petition, immediately upon receipt, to the appropriate United States attorney and notify the petitioner of such action.

Article 1121 is amended by adding a new paragraph thereto, designated f, and reading as follows:
f The authority to compromise any customs case which has Deen referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution is vested in that Department by virtue of section 5, Executive Order
The following marginal reference is added opposite article 1258 c :
Exec. Order 6166, June 10, 1933, U. S. C. title 5, sec. 132.

J. H. M oyle , Commissioner of Customs.

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Approved, January 9, 1937.
W ayne C. T aylor ,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
F. R. Doc. 37-144; Filed, January 13,1937; 3:39 p. m.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
P repayment of C ustoms D u t y on M erchandise U nion of S oviet S ocialist R epublics
for
the
J anuary 9, 1937.
It has come to the attention of the Department that there is available to persons wishing to aid relatives and friends in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics a service which will assure delivery of American goods in the country named free of duty and transportation charges to the recipients.
Under the arrangement referred to the Amtorg Trading Corporation, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., has author ity from the Soviet Government to issue licenses prepaying import duties on merchandise to be sent to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It is understood that, for the convenience of senders in this country, the duty prepaid li censes may be obtained through the following named firms and banks, who will attend to the matter of collecting the fee for the prepaid invoice license and the customs charges, as well as a fee for their own services:
Amalgamated Bank of New York, 11 Union Square, New York, N. Y.
Union Tours, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Pennsylvania Co., Girard at Seventh St., Philadel phia, Pa.
Maurice Rifkin, Inc., 716 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank, 111 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, HI.
Bank of America, 1 Powell St., San Francisco, Calif.
Bank of America, Seventh & Olive Sts., Los Angeles, Calif.
The application for a prepaid invoice license from the Amtorg Trading Corporation must be accompanied by a detailed list of the merchandise to be sent, and by the original, receipted bill of sale for the merchandise involved.
Upon receipt of the prepaid invoice license by the prospec tive sender it must be enclosed in the parcel before the latter is presented for mailing, and the wrapper of the parcel 97