Form 4337, "Record of protests and appeals for reappraisement," is hereby abolished, new Forms 4339, "Record of appeals for reappraisement" (book 84 by 14 inches), and 4365, "Record of protests" (book 10 by 16 inches), to be used in lieu thereof. Form 4339, which was abolished in T. D. 38780, is accordingly restored for recording appeals for reappraisement, while new Form 4365 (same as New York Form 4366 and general Form 4329 also abolished in T. D 38780) is to be used for recording protests. Form 4337 in the second paragraph of article 588 of the Customs Regulations of 1915 should be changed to Form 4339, and Form 4337 in the last sentence of the first paragraph of article 645 of the regulations, as amended by T. D. 38869 and T. D. 39013, should be changed to Form 4365. (93120-4337.) MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 39725.) New certificates of delivery (Customs Forms 7543 and 7545). Delivery certificates covering imported merchandise and taxpaid alcohol, under articles 872 and 883, Customs Regulations of 1915, to be salable blanks. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 7, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The certificate of delivery of imported merchandise prescribed in article 872 of the Customs Regulations of 1915 is being printed by the department under Customs Form 7543, while the certificate of delivery of taxpaid alcohol prescribed in article 883 of the Customs Regulations is being printed under Customs Form 7545. These certificates will be salable at the price of 25 cents per hundred. Collectors of customs are instructed to make requisition for same, when required, upon the Division of Printing and Stationery. (93120-7543.) MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 39726.) Certification to copies of official documents. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 12, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: There is published below for your information department's letter of July 10, 1923, addressed to Mr. C. B. Webb, clerk, Customs Information Exchange, New York, N. Y., authorizing him to certify to copies of official documents under the provisions of section 501 of the tariff act of 1922. W. G. PLATT, Acting Assistant Secretary. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 10, 1923. SIR: In accordance with the last sentence of the first paragraph of section 501, Title IV, of the tariff act of 1922, quoted below, you are hereby authorized to certify to such copies of official documents as are outlined in the quotation: Copies of official documents, when certified by an official duly authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, may be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as original documents. Respectfully, Mr. C. B. WEBB, GARRARD B. WINSTON, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Clerk, Customs Information Exchange, New York, N. Y. (T. D. 39727.) Certification to copies of official documents. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 12, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: There is published below for your information department's letter of July 6, 1923, addressed to Mr. John J. Raczkiewicz, special agent in charge, Customs Information Exchange, New York, N. Y., authorizing him to certify to copies of official documents under the provisions of section 501 of the tariff act of 1922. W. G. PLATT, Acting Assistant Secretary. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 6, 1923. SIR; In accordance with the last sentence of the first paragraph of section 501, Title IV, of the tariff act of 1922, quoted below, you are hereby authorized to certify to such copies of official documents as are outlined in the quotation: Copies of official documents, when certified by an official duly authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, may be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as original documents. Respectfully, Mr. JOHN J. RACZKIEWICZ, S. P. GILBERT, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Special Agent in Charge Customs Information Exchange, New York, N. Y. (T. D. 39728.) No-consul list. Island of Grand Manan, placed on no-consul list (T. D. 39137) May 29, 1922, removed from said list. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The Secretary of State recommends to this department in view of a report from the American consul general at Halifax, Nova Scotia, that hereafter it be required that invoices covering shipments to the United States from the islands of Grand Manan and Campobello be certified in the American consulate at St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In view of the above recommendation, the island of Grand Manan, which was placed on the no-consul list, T. D. 39137, is hereby withdrawn from the said list. Invoices from the islands of Grand Manan and Campobello should hereafter be certified in the American consulate at St. Stephen, New Brunswick, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of State. (64064.) MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 39729.) Tools of trade. Tools of trade of arriving emigrants entitled to free entry under tariff act of 1922. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 13, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The attention of the department has been called to a lack of uniformity with respect to the interpretation of the provision in paragraph 1647 of the tarifi act of 1922, for the free entry of tools of trade, which is quoted below: Professional books, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment in the actual possession of persons emigrating to the United States owned and used by them abroad; * * * The department held under the provisions of paragraph 582 of the tariff act of 1913 that such effects did not have to accompany the emigrant, "actual possession" referring to possession of the articles in the foreign country prior to departure for the United States. This interpretation should be applied to importations under the present act, the language of paragraph 1647 of the tariff act of 1922 being identical with that of paragraph 582 of the act of 1913. MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 39730.) Foreign currencies-Rates of exchange. Rates of exchange certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under the provisions of section 522 (c), tariff act of 1922. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 14, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The appended table of the values of certain foreign currencies as certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under the provisions of section 522 (c) of the tariff act of 1922, during the period from July 5 to 11, 1923, both inclusive, is published for the information of collectors of customs and others concerned. MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. Values of foreign currencies as certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under the provisions of section 522 (c), tariff act of 1922. Reliquidations of entries at lower rates. Collectors should forward all applications for reliquidation of entries in the absence of protest to the department for instructions. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 10, 1923. To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: The department refers to the decision of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, May 31, 1923, in T. D. 39678, affirming the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers that under the provisions of section 21 of the act of June 22, 1874, collectors may reliquidate entries at lower rates than the rates at which the entries were liquidated, notwithstanding no protest had been filed under the provisions of paragraph N of Section III of the tariff act of 1913. In view of the decision cited, you are directed to forward all applications for the reliquidation of entries at lower rates, following the decision cited, to the department, together with the entries and papers pertaining thereto, and to withhold any action pending instructions from the department. (95938.) MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 39732.) Synopsis of drawback decisions issued between June 25 and July 14, 1923, inclusive. (A) Almonds, cleaned and blanched.--Produced by Wood & Selick (Inc.), of New York, N. Y., from imported shelled almonds. A sworn A record shall be kept in the manner described in the sworn statement of the producer dated May 21, 1923, showing, in the case of each lot of cleaned and blanched almonds produced for exportation with benefit of drawback, the lot number and date of production thereof, the identity of the imported shelled almonds used, and the quantity of cleaned and blanched almonds obtained. abstract from such record shall be filed with the drawback entry. The drawback allowance shall not exceed the duty paid, less 1 per cent thereof, on the imported shelled almonds actually exported, as shown by the abstract from the record provided for above. Rate effective on and after January 8, 1923. Sworn statement dated May 21, 1923, transmitted to the collector of customs at New York, N. Y., on July 11, 1923. (102632-1.) (Signed) MCKENZIE Moss, Assistant Secretary. (B) Automobiles and chassis.-Manufactured by the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co., of Detroit, Mich., with the use of imported magnetos. The drawback allowance for each automobile or chassis exported shall not exceed the duty paid, less 1 per cent thereof, on the imported magneto used in the manufacture thereof. Rate effective on and after April 19, 1923. Sworn statement dated May 9, 1923, transmitted to the collector of customs at New York, N. Y., on June 28, 1923. (101006–64.) (Signed) MCKENZIE MOSS, Assistant Secretary. (C) Chocolate, sweet, and chocolate coating.-T. D. 35355 of April 30, 1915, providing for the payment of drawback on sweet chocolate |