This certificate meets with the approval of the department and should therefore be adopted in connection with sugar and sirup which is transferred from the refiner to the party exporting the same. If there are any intermediate transfers, the same should be noted by indorsement in the form provided in article 17 of the general drawback regulations (T. D. 31695) of June 16, 1911. CERTIFICATE OF DELIVERY-SUGAR AND SIRUP. of -, located at, do solemnly and truly described in the within certificate of delivery was manu declare that the 1 and is covered by abstract from filed at the port of New York, and was 191-, and that no other certificate of delivery Disinfection of hides, glue stock, etc. T. D. 30583 (Circular 23) of May 2, 1910, amended. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 4, 1913. To officers of the customs and others concerned: Your attention is invited to that section of the regulations governing the disinfection of hides contained in T. D. 30583 (Circular 23) of May 2, 1910, which sets forth the three methods of disinfection that will be permitted, except in the case of hides shipped from a district where anthrax is prevalent, under the supervision of a representative of the consul. In accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, the second of those methods of disinfection is hereby ́amended so as to read as follows: 2. By immersion in a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid, or in lieu of the immersion of the hides and skins in the disinfecting solution green or wet salted hides and skins 1 Hard refined sugar, soft refined sugar, or sirup. may be packed in water-tight casks, and the bundles or bales of hard, dried hides and skins may be wrapped in suitably strong and tightly woven bagging, which bagging must immediately prior to such use be thoroughly soaked in a one to one thousand bichloride of mercury solution, or in a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid. The Secretary of Agriculture also informs the department that shipments of clean hollow horns, dried and seasoned, from which have been removed the horn piths, pieces of hides and tendons, and all such portions as could be considered as glue stock, do not require disinfection, but that if shipments contain horn piths and pieces of hides and tendons they should be classed as glue stock and be subject to the disinfection required in the regulations for glue stock. The Secretary of Agriculture expresses the further opinion that bones would likewise have to be clean and free from such other animal by-products in order to be free from the requirement for disinfection. The Secretary of State has been requested to instruct consular officers accordingly. (74465.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 33502.) Drawback on tops and noils. Drawback on tops and noils manufactured by the Barre Wool Combing Co., of Barre, Mass., from imported wool in combination with domestic wool for the account of Francis Willey & Co., of Boston, Mass. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 6, 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 tops and noils manufactured by the Barre Wool Combing Co., of Barre, Mass., from imported wool in combination with domestic wool for the account of Francis Willey & Co., of Boston, Mass. A special record shall be kept by Francis Willey & Co., which will show the lot number of each scouring lot of wool prepared, the quantity of each grade of imported wool and the quantity of domestic wool appearing therein, the lot number of each combing lot of wool prepared, and the quantity of wool from each sorting lot appearing therein. A special record shall also be kept by the manufacturing company which will show the weight of each combing lot of wool treated for the account of Francis Willey & Co., the amount of waste incurred in scouring, and the quantities of tops, noils, and by-products produced therefrom. Sworn abstracts from such records shall be filed with each drawback entry. The duties paid on the imported wool appearing in the combing lot from which the exported tops and noils were manufactured, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent, shall be distributed between the tops and noils and other products resulting from the treatment of such combing lot according to their relative values, and the drawback accruing to the tops and noils produced as thus ascertained shall be apportioned according to the number of pounds produced and the number of pounds exported. The sworn statement of Francis Willey & Co., dated April 11, 1913, is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Boston, Mass. (T. D. 33503.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Drawback on mohair plush, noils, sweeping and soft waste. Drawback on mohair plush manufactured by Sanford Mills B, of Sanford, Me., from imported mohair wholly or from imported mohair in combination with domestic mohair, and on noils, sweeping waste, and soft waste manufactured by the said company from imported mohair.-T. D. 32712, of July 15, 1912, revoked. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 6, 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 mohair plush manufactured by Sanford Mills B, of Sanford, Me., either with the use of imported mohair wholly or from imported mohair in conjunction with domestic mohair, and on noils, sweeping waste, and soft waste manufactured from imported mohair. A scouring and combing record shall be kept, which will show the lot number of each lot of imported mohair scoured, the number of pounds and value of the mohair as imported contained therein, the quantity of worthless waste and the quantity of scoured mohair obtained, the lot number of each lot of scoured mohair combed, and the quantities and values of the tops, noils, sweeping waste, and soft waste obtained. A spinning record shall also be kept which will show the lot number of each lot of tops manufactured into yarn, the quantity of tops contained therein, and the quantities and values of the yarn, drawing, spinning, brush, hard, and sweeping wastes resulting therefrom. In addition to the two records described above, a weaving record shall be kept, which will show the lot number of each lot of mohair plush manufactured, the quantity of yarn, both of domestic and foreign origin, used, stated separately, the number of yards, width and grade of the mohair plush produced therefrom, the quantity of yarn of foreign origin appearing therein, the quantity of such yarn represented in the waste, and the value of such waste. Where drawback is claimed on noils, sweeping waste, or soft waste, an abstract from the scouring and combing record shall be filed with each drawback entry, and where drawback is claimed on mohair plush, abstracts from all three of the records provided for shall be filed with each drawback entry. In estimating the allowance of drawback, the duties paid on the imported mohair scoured and combed shall be distributed between the tops, noils, sweeping waste, and soft waste produced, as shown by the abstract from the scouring and combing record, according to their relative values. Where drawback is claimed on mohair plush the drawback accruing to the tops shall be apportioned between the yarn and the various wastes, as shown by the abstract from the spinning record, according to their relative values, and the allowance of drawback on the mohair plush shall not exceed the drawback accruing to the yarn used in the manufacture thereof as shown by the abstracts from the scouring and combing, spinning and weaving records, the allowance to be reduced according to the value of the waste in weaving, if any. The sworn statement of the manufacturers, dated May 5, 1913, is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. Entries covering mohair plush manufactured by Sanford Mills B, under the provisions of T. D. 32712 of July 15, 1912, may be liquidated on the basis provided herein. T. D. 32712 of July 15, 1912, is hereby revoked. Respectfully, (89526.) COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Boston, Mass. (T. D. 33504.) JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary. Creolin properly dutiable at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 15, tariff act of 1909. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 5, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 16 last, relative to the classification of creolin. It appears that prior to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of August 7, 1911, G. A. 7256 (T. D. 31799), wherein it was held that certain merchandise was entitled to admission free of duty as "sheep dip," creolin was assessed with duty as a coal-tar preparation at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 15 of the tariff act, but that since the board's decision creolin has been advisorily returned by the appraiser free of duty as sheep dip under paragraph 669 of the tariff act. The department is advised by the Assistant Attorney General that through inadvertence a protest involving the classification of creolin was incorporated in the schedule of protests covered by the board's decision in G. A. 7256, and that the testimony on which the board's decision was based related to an entirely different commodity from creolin. The board, in G. A. 7256, appears to have based its decision upon evidence submitted that the merchandise was sheep dip, and so commercially known. As it appears that at the hearing of later protests on creolin evidence has been submitted to show that the chief use of creolin is as a disinfectant, the department is of the opinion that the board's decision above referred to has no application in the classification of creolin, for the reason that it is not in fact sheep dip, and is not commercially known as such. In view of the foregoing, and pending a judicial determination of this question, you are directed to assess duty upon creolin at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 15 of the tariff act 30 days from date. Appeal directed from decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of May 16, 1913, Abstract 32435 (T. D. 33433), involving the classification of rubber mouthpieces for pipes. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 4, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo in which you invite attention to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of May 16, 1913, Abstract 32435 (T. D. 33433), involving the classification of rubber mouthpieces for pipes. In view of the importance of the issue and 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. |