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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

1934 tfF

NUMBER 143

W ashington, Tuesday, J u ly 27, 1937
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau o f Customs.
T . D. 49096
A ir p o r t s
of
Entry
CERTAIN AIRPORTS REDESIGNATED AS AIRPORTS OF ENTRY FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE YEAR

To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:
Under the authority of section 7 b of the A ir Commerce Act o f 1926 U. S. C., title 49, sec. 177 b , the follow ingnamed airports are hereby redesignated as airports o f entry for the landing of aircraft from foreign countries fo r a period of one year from the dates shown opposite their names:
Buffalo Marine Airport, Buffalo, New York. July 29, 1937;
Sault Ste. M arie Airport, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
August 4, 1937.
se a l

J. H. M o y l e , Commissioner o f Customs.

Approved: July 20, 1937.
S t e p h e n B. G ib b o n s , A cting Secretary of the Treasury.
F. R. Doc. 37-2332; Filed, July 24,1937; 11:32 a. m.

T . D. 49098
C ustom s R e g u la t io n s A mended T e s t im o n y o f C usto m s O f fic e r s and P r o d u c tio n o f C o p ie s o f O f f ic ia l R ecords i n L egal P roceedings
To Collectors o f Customs and Others Concerned:
Pirsuant to the authority contained in section 16l of the ReJsed Statutes U . S. C., title 5, sec. 22 and section 624
of the T a riff Act of 1930 U . S. C title 19, sec. 1624, para graph e of article 1449 of the Customs Regulations of 1931, as amended by T. D. 48047, is further amended to read as follows:
e 1 The information contained in invoices, entries, mani fests, export declarations, official reports of investigating officers and other papers or documents, filed with customs officers for any official purpose, must be treated as confidential, except for the purpose for which such documents are required to be filed. All officers and employees of the customs service are prohibited, unless specially authorized to do so by the Bureau or by these regula tions, from giving out inform ation contained in such papers and documents except to the importer or exporter in the case of export documents or other party directly in interest or to his authorized agent.

2 In answer to a legal process or demand from a court issued in behalf of the United States or an officer thereof, customs officers or employees shall produce in court in customs custody, and may testify with respect to, any official customs papers or documents demanded. When any such process or demand is issued in be half of a party other than the United States it shall be complied with only to the extent that the party in whose behalf the papers or documents are demanded is permitted under these regulations to inspect such papers or documents at the customhouse.
3 Except as provided in subdivision 5 hereof, nothing herein shall preclude customs officers or employees from producing-in the United States Customs Court in customs custody any customs papers or documents requested by the court or from testifying or otherwise rendering a ll proper assistance to the court in proceed ings before it; nor from furnishing to counsel for the United States information contained in, and perm itting him to inspect, customs papers or documents requested by him, nor from testi fyin g on behalf o f the United States or otherwise assisting hini in the performance of his official duties.
4 In all cases where copies of customs documents or records are desired by, or on behalf of, parties to a suit whether in a court o f the United States or any other, such copies shall be furnished to the court only and on a rule of the court upon the Secretary of the Treasury requesting same, provided, however, that copies of such documents or records may be furnished to importers or exporters or other parties directly in interest or to their authorized agents without obtaining prior departmental approval. Exceptions to this rule will be made only on - the written order of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary. When requested, such copies may be authenticated pursuant to the pro visions o f section 882 of the Revised Statutes, as amended U. S. C., title 28, sec. 661.
5 The authority granted in subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, of this paragraph is subject to the restriction that no matters, the dis closure of which would be prejudicial to the public interest, shall be disclosed to any person without prior authority from the Department.
6 Upon being served with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum from a court or officer thereof calling for testimony or the production o f papers or documents in cases not covered by 2
or 3 above, or in cases where the testimony or documents de sired would disclose matters of a confidential nature or the dis closure of which would be prejudicial to the public interest, the matter shall be referred to the Bureau fo r instructions. In the event instructions are not received prior to the date set for ap pearance or production of documents, or if the Bureau declines to permit their production or the disclosure of the information comUiTiBd therein or otherwise within the knowledge of the cus toms officer or employee whose testimony is requested the customs officer or employee should appear in court, or before the officer concerned, in answer to the subpoena and respectfully decline to produce the documents called for, or to testify, except to the extent specifically authorized elsewhere in this article, citing this regulation as authority for his refusal. I f the matter has not already been referred to the Bureau for instructions, the customs officer or employee will advise the court or officer that it w ill be so referred.
se al J am es H . M o y l e ,
Commissioner of Customs.
Approved: July 22, 1937.
S t e p h e n B. G ib b o n s , A cting Secretary of the Treasury.
F . R. Doc. 37-2333; Filed, July 24,1937; 11:32 a. m.

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