(T. D. 33203.) Drawback on fish nets and seines. T. D. 31821 of August 17, 1911, extended to cover fish nets and seines manufactured by the Fish Net & Twine Co., of East Haddam, Conn., with the use of linen thread manufactured by J. E. Barbour, of Paterson, N. J., from imported flax yarns. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 18, 1913. SIR: The department's regulations of August 17, 1911 (T. D. 31821), providing for the payment of drawback on fish nets and seines manufactured by the Fish Net & Twine Co., of East Haddam, Conn., with the use of imported flax twine, are hereby extended to cover fish nets and seines manufactured by the same company with the use of linen thread manufactured by J. E. Barbour, of Paterson, N. J., from imported flax yarns. The allowance shall not exceed the net weight of the exported nets or seines with an addition of 4.8 per cent of such weight for waste. The sworn statement of J. E. Barbour, dated January 27, 1913, is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Boston, Mass. (T. D. 33204.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Drawback on Perfection pink rubber. Drawback on "Perfection pink rubber" manufactured by C. Ash & Sons Co., of Irvington, N. J., for and on account of the Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co., of New York, N. Y., with the use of imported rubber mixture and cinnabar. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under section 25 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on Perfection pink rubber manufactured by C. Ash & Sons Co., of Irvington, N. J., for and on account of the Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co., of New York, N. Y., with the use of imported rubber mixture and cinnabar in the manner set forth in the sworn statement of C. Ash & Sons Co., dated December 30, 1912, which, together with the sworn statement of the Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co., dated December 27, 1912, is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. The allowance shall not exceed, in the case of the imported rubber mixture, 56.51 per cent of the quantity of Perfection pink rubber exported, and in the case of the cinnabar 33.98 per cent of such exported product. Respectfully, (97178.) COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 33205.) Plant quarantine act. Duties to be refunded on nursery stock, etc., found to be in violation of the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912, and exported or destroyed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 19, 1913. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 7th instant, I have to state that the duties deposited on nursery stock, etc., found to be in violation of the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912, and the regulations thereunder in T. D. 33071 of January 8, 1913, and exported or destroyed, may be refunded from "Excess of deposits" upon proper evidence of exportation or destruction. Such exportation shall be under customs supervision. Evidence of destruction shall be in the form of a certificate of a customs officer or of a representative of the Department of Agriculture. The certificate should specify the kind and amount of stock so destroyed, the number of the permit of the Department of Agriculture, and the name of the importer. A certificate of a State department of agriculture to the fact of destruction may be accepted when verified by a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture. Respectfully, FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, (92655-19.) COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Boston, Mass. (T. D. 33206.) Revoking designation as customs notary. Secretary. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 19, 1913. To officers of the customs and others concerned: You are hereby notified that the designation of Frank B. Smith, of Chicago, Ill., as customs notary has been revoked. (84600.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 33207.) Round wooden sticks. Appeal directed from decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of December 31, 1912, Abstract 30952 (T. D. 33055), involving the classification of round wooden sticks 18 inches long, with small shavings attached to one end. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 20, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, inviting attention to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of December 31, 1912, Abstract 30952 (T. D. 33055), wherein it was held that certain round wooden sticks 18 inches long, with small shavings attached to one end, which had been assessed with duty as brushes at the rate of 40 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 423 of the tariff act, were properly dutiable at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 215 of the said act. In accordance with your recommendation, you are hereby authorized to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909. Appeal directed from decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of December 31, 1912, Abstract 30931 (T. D. 33055), involving the classification of blocks of wood made into the form of violin necks, round pieces of granadilla wood, and round pieces of ivory intended to be made into mouthpieces for flutes and piccolos. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 20, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, in which you invite attention to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of December 31, 1912, Abstract 30931 (T. D. 33055), involving the classification of blocks of wood made into the form of violin necks, round pieces of granadilla wood, and round pieces of ivory intended to be made into mouthpieces for flutes and piccolos. The merchandise in question was assessed with duty as parts of musical instruments under paragraph 467 of the tariff act, and was held to be properly dutiable at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem under paragraphs 215 and 464 of the said act. In accordance with your recommendation, you are hereby authorized to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909. Respectfully, JAMES F. CURTIS, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York. 75044-VOL 24-13-17 (T. D. 33209.) Wood pulp, paper, and paper board. Requirements in regulation 4 (T. D. 31772 of July 26, 1911), for free entry of Canadian wood pulp, paper, and paper board, under section 2, act of July 26, 1911, amended. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 24, 1913. To collectors and other officers of the customs: Regulation 4 (T. D. 31772 of July 26, 1911), relative to the requirements for the free entry of pulp, paper, and paper board under section 2 of the so-called Canadian reciprocity act of July 26, 1911, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: In order to be entitled to the benefits of said section 2, articles must be entered subject to the following provisions: (a) The exporter must include in his declaration indorsed on the invoice a statement of the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, the name of the province in which the wood was grown, with the respective percentages of Crown and private-land wood used in the manufacture of the articles, and whether or not the articles contain any wood or pulp foreign to Canada. (b) The importer must make affidavit at the time of entry that the articles were produced in and exported directly from Canada. (c) The appraiser must be satisfied and so report on examination that the articles are the product of Canada and are of the character and value specified in the law as requisite to free entry. (d) The collector must be satisfied that the articles are entitled to free entry under the said provision of law. Shippers' declarations on invoices of such articles certified on and after March 20, 1913, will be required to conform to the requirements in paragraph a of the said regulation as herein amended. (91280.) FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, Secretary. (T. D. 33210.) Green pod beans. Green pod beans, cut or sliced, packed in salt or brine, in casks or kegs, dutiable at the rate of 2 cents per pound under paragraph 251, tariff act of 1909. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 15, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, transmitting a communication from the appraiser relative to the classification of merchandise described as green pod beans, cut or sliced, packed in salt or brine, in casks or kegs. It appears that it has been the practice at your port to classify this merchandise at the rate of 40 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 252 of the tariff act, but the appraiser expresses the opinion, in which the department concurs, that beans imported in the condition above described are prepared within the meaning of paragraph 251 of the tariff act, which paragraph provides that beans, prepared or preserved, shall be subject to duty at the rate of 2 cents per pound. In view of the foregoing, you are hereby directed, 30 days from the date hereof, to assess duty upon future importations of green pod beans, cut or sliced, packed in salt or brine, in casks or kegs, under the said paragraph. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. (T. D. 33211.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Importation and inspection of tea under act approved March 2, 1897. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 24, 1913. To officers of the customs and others concerned: The appended copy of an act entitled "An act to prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea," approved March 2, 1897, and of the regulations hereby adopted thereunder, are published for your information and guidance. Particular attention is invited to regulation 18 and to changes in the "Read method," with additions and modifications, for the detection of artificial coloring and facing matter (regulation 22). Minor changes will be found in regulations 7, 21, 33, 34, and 42. These regulations will take effect on May 1, 1913, except as to teas shipped from abroad prior to that date, which will be governed by the regulations for the year 1912. (61680-21.) FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, Secretary. T. D. 17995, 19022, 19179, 25119. AN ACT To prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to import or bring into the United States any merchandise as tea which is inferior in purity, quality, and fitness for consumption to the standards provided in section three of this act, and the importation of all such merchandise is hereby prohibited.1 T. D. 29311. T. D. 23509. SEC. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act, and on or before February fifteenth of each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint a board to consist of seven members, each of whom shall be an expert in teas, and who shall prepare and submit to him standard samples of tea; that the persons so appointed shall be at all times subject to removal by the said Secretary, and shall serve for the term of one year; that vacancies in the said board occurring by removal, death, resignation, or any other cause shall be forthwith 1 Section I was amended, in an act approved May 16, 1908, by the addition of a proviso permitting the importation of low-grade tea, etc., "for the sole purpose of manufacturing theine, caffeine, or other chemical products whereby the identity and character of the original material is entirely destroyed or changed." This act and the regulations thereunder were published in T. D. 29311 of October 28, 1908. |