district from which entered and for which cleared, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the Department of Commerce.

Art. 1055. Quarterly statement of the product of the whale fisheries taken by American vessels and fishermen.— The fishery products returned on the form provided are not to be included in any of the returns of imported merchandise. This report is not required from ports on the northern or Mexican border.

MISCELLANEOUS STATEMENTS.

Art. 1056. Internal commerce in the lake trade-Supplementary manifests.-The collectors of districts bordering on the Great Lakes shall procure from the master of each incoming vessel in the domestic trade a supplementary manifest, which shall show the name of the vessel and of the master thereof; the registered tonnage of the vessel; whether sailing, steam, or in tow; the name of the port of departure and arrival and the date of such departure and arrival; also itemized statements of the cargo, as prescribed by the form of supplementary manifest, laden on the vessel at the original port of departure and at intermediate ports of call, and of the cargo discharged at intermediate ports of call as well as at the point of final destination. Collectors shall also prepare and forward supplementary manifests of all shipments and receipts at ports within their districts in transit through Canada between points in the United States, and the supplementary manifests shall contain a statement to that effect.

The supplementary manifests shall also contain a statement of the quantities of bunker or fuel coal or oil taken on board vessels in the domestic trade at domestic points for their own use at the commencement of or during the trip.

Collectors will forward said supplementary manifests at the end of each week and on the last day of each month to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Art. 1057. Special monthly advance statements.-The following statements will be prepared by the bureau of statistics, New York, for such customs districts only as may be specified from time to time by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce:

Advance statement of exports of domestic breadstuffs, food animals, and meat and dairy products.

Advance statement of exports of domestic cotton.

Special statement of imports and exports of unmanufactured cotton.

oil.

Advance statement of exports of domestic mineral oil. Advance statement of exports of domestic cottonseed

Advance statement of total values of foreign commerce. These statements must be prepared and mailed so as to reach the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce not later than the 8th day of the month following that to which the transactions relate.

Art. 1058. Limitation of time for rendering returns.Reports upon all the required forms must be forwarded by collectors of customs to the bureau of statistics, New York, and the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, within such time after the close of the period to I which they pertain as may be prescribed. All returns should be forwarded as much earlier than the maximum time allowed as practicable. A separate report must be rendered relative to each prescribed form, whether there be actual transactions or not; but when no transactions are to be returned on any of the general statements a separate report of no transactions will not be required relative to the unenumerated form.

Art. 1059. Report of violations of law.-Collectors of customs shall report without delay to the nearest United States district attorney and to the Secretary of Commerce all violations of the provisions of the statistical laws.

R. S., 2652.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Art. 1060. General duties and powers.-The general duties and powers of customs officers consist of the documenting of vessels of the United States; the exclusion of foreign vessels and vessels registered under the Panama Canal act from the coastwise trade; the collection of duties on tonnage; the entry, appraisement, and warehousing of imported merchandise, and the collection of duties thereon; the payment of drawback of duties; the compilation of statistics of commerce and navigation; the disbursement and deposit of public moneys; and the custody of public property used for customs purposes.

. They are charged with the enforcement of the laws for the detection and prevention of smuggling and other frauds on the customs revenue. It is made their duty by law to carry into effect all instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the execution of the customs revenue laws; the laws governing the importation of foods and drugs, and other laws under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, so far as they relate to imported merchandise.

It is their duty to aid in the enforcement of the steamboat-inspection laws and laws relating to the carriage of immigrant passengers, and to comply with the instructions of the Secretary of Commerce relating thereto.

It is also their duty to collect and account for the head tax on immigrants and to collect and account for fines imposed under the immigration laws, and to comply with the instructions of the Secretary of Labor in relation thereto.

Customs officers will be held responsible for the efficient discharge of the duties of their subordinates, and will report to their superior officer any misconduct or neglect of duty on the part of such subordinates.

Art. 1061. Uniformed force. The following classes of T. D. 25922. officers and employees in all customs districts are required to be uniformed when on duty and to wear customs badges conspicuously displayed:

Inspectors, boarding officers, customs guards, examiners of passengers' baggage, weighers, assistant weighers, gaugers, assistant gaugers, messengers, attendants, and samplers.

The uniform shall consist of coat, vest, trousers, and cap of dark-blue cloth. The overcoat, when worn, shall be of dark-blue cloth, but it is not a required part of the uniform. The uniformed officers and employees in the customs dis- T. D. 32952. tricts of Arizona (26), Eagle Pass (25), El Paso (24), Florida (18), Galveston (22), Hawaii (32), Laredo (23), Mobile (19), New Orleans (20), Porto Rico (49), Sabine (21), and Southern California (27) may, if the collector deems it advisable, wear uniforms made of olivedrab cloth for the whole or a part of the year, provided that the uniforms of all officers and employees at a port are the same.

The uniform for winter wear shall be made as follows: The coat. The coat shall be a double-breasted sack, ends cut square, four buttons on each side and two on each sleeve, with outside pockets-lower, one on each side; upper, one on left side; one small ticket pocket on right side; and an inside pocket on upper right side. All pockets to be of liberal size, and all those on the outside, except the upper left outside one, to have flaps.

Vest. The vest shall be single breasted, without collar, with six buttons, four outside pockets, without flaps, and one inside pocket.

Trousers.-The trousers shall be plain, with two side and two hip pockets and one watch pocket, with bands front and back on inside at bottom.