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EGISTE

FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

934

F

NUMBER 253

N iT lO

Washington, Friday, December 31, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
M er c h a n d ise
in
B onded W a reh ou se
By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 46 Stat.
696; U. S. C. title 19, sec. 1318 provides:
Whenever the President shall by proclamation declare an emergency to exist by reason of a state of war, or other wise, he may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend during the continuance of such emergency the time herein prescribed for the performance of any act
AND WHEREAS section 557 of the said act 46 Stat. 744;
U. S. C. title 19, sec. 1557 provides:
Any merchandise subject to duty, with the exception of perishable articles and explosive substances other than fire crackers, may be entered for warehousing and be deposited in a bonded warehouse at. the expense and risk of the owner, importer, or consignee. Such merchandise may be with drawn, at any time within three years or ten months in the case of grain from the date of importation, for consump tion upon payment of the duties and charges accruing thereon at the rate of duty imposed by law upon such merchandise at the date of withdrawal Provided, That the total period of time for which such merchandise may remain in bonded warehouse shall not exceed three years or ten months in the case of grain from the date of importation
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930, do by this proclamation declare an emergency to exist.
And I do hereby authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, until further notice:
1 In the case of merchandise except grain imported during the calendar year 1934 and entered for warehousing under section 557 of the Tariff Act of 1930, to extend the warehousing period for not more than one year from and after the expiration of the three-year period prescribed in ins 557 and 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as extended ne year under the authority of Proclamation No. 2214,1
December 29, 1936.
In the case of merchandise except grain imported 1 I the calendar year 1935 and entered for warehousing section 557 of theTariff Act of 1930, to extend the ousing period for not more than one year from and the expiration of the three-year period prescribed in sections 557 and 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Provided, however, That in each and every case the Sec retary of the Treasury shall require th at the principal on the 12 F. R. 1 D I.

warehouse-entry bond, in order to obtain the benefits under the extension granted, shall either furnish to the collector of customs for the district in which the merchandise is warehoused the agreement of the sureties on such bond to remain bound under the terms and provisions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension were granted, or furnish an additional bond with acceptable sureties to cover the pe riod of extension: And provided further, That the exten sions of one year herein authorized shall not apply to any merchandise imported during the year 1934 as to which the period of extension authorized by Proclamation No. 2214, dated December 29, 1936, has expired, or to any merchandise imported during the calendar year 1935 as to which the three-year period prescribed in sections 557 and 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930 has expired.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 29 day of Decem ber in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and s e a l thirty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second.
F r a n k l in D R o osev elt By the President:
C o rdell H u l l
Secretary of State.
No. 2265
F. R. Doc. 37-3814; Filed, Decem ber 30,1937; 11:58 a. m .

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By the President of the United States of America a proclam a tio n
WHEREAS section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 46 Stat.
696; U. S. C. title 19, sec. 1318 provides:
Whenever the President shall by proclamation declare an emergency to exist by reason of a state of war, or other wise, he may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend during the continuance of such emergency the time herein prescribed for the performance of any act
AND WHEREAS section 313 h of the said act 46 Stat.
694; U. S. C. title 19, sec. 1313 h provides:
No drawback shall be allowed under the provisions of this section or of section 6 of the Act entitled An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes, approved March 8, 1902 relating to drawback on shipments to the Philippine Islands, unless the completed article is exported, or shipped to the Philippine Islands, within three years after importation of the imported merchandise.
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