piration of the period for keeping them required by the regulations of the country of destination, and at latest at the T.D. 19316. expiration of six months, the period of six months to be counted from the end of the month in which the articles reach the office of destination. Undeliverable mail packages, at the expiration of the time limit above mentioned, should be forwarded to the respective postmasters from whom they were received, unless the packages contain prohibited articles. (See section 16, act of July 24, 1897.) Officers of customs will bear in mind that these provi- T. D. 12083. sions are not applicable to importations from countries having special parcel-post treaties with the United States. Dutiable importations by mail from such countries are not subject to seizure, but will be delivered on payment of the duties due thereon. D. 18689, 18845. All lottery tickets and printed matter relating to lotter-T ies is excluded from the benefits of the foregoing provisions, and shall be returned to the postmaster for transmission to the Dead-Letter Office and subsequent destruction under the postal laws and regulations. ART. 470. Whenever a society or institution shall file with the collector a copy of the certificate of incorporation and other satisfactory proof that the institution is of the character which entitles it to the free importation of books, etc., under the provisions of paragraph 503 of the act of July 24, 1897, such articles, when brought by mail, may be forwarded to their destination, and the words "free of duty" will be inserted in the blank in lieu of a duty statement. DISPOSITION OF MUSIC IMPORTED BY MAIL IN VIOLATION 20427, 20490. 11789, ART. 471. The following joint regulations of the Treas- T. D. 19514, ury and Post-Office departments, dated June 21, 1898, are published for the information and guidance of customs officers: For the purpose of carrying into effect the provision in section 4965, Revised Statutes, as amended by the copyright acts of March 3, 1891, and March 2, 1895, which prohibits the importation of musical compositions duly copyrighted thereunder, and under the authority conferred by section 4958, Revised Statutes, as amended, which provides that "the Secretary [of the Treasury] and Postmaster-General are hereby empowered and required to make and enforce such rules and regulations as shall prevent the importation into the United States, except upon the conditions above specified, of all articles prohibited by this act," the following regulations are promulgated for the government of the officers of the customs and of the postal service. viz: Supplement to R. S., pp. 100, 101. Ibid. 1. Inasmuch as under paragraph 403, act of July 24, 1897, music in books or sheets, except in certain specified cases, is liable to customs duty, postmasters are instructed to carefully examine the mails from foreign countries and to forward all musical publications found therein to the nearest customs officer. Customs officers are instructed to keep a close watch for matter imported through the usual channels in violation of the copyright act. 2. Upon the receipt of such matter from postmasters or in the usual channels, customs officers will proceed to collect, in the regular manner, the duty on all such matter as is properly admissible, and shall hold all music in books or sheets imported in violation of any copyright of the United States, and notify by mail the owner of the copyright and the owner, importer, or consignee of the prohibited articles, or the person to whom addressed. 3. If within three months from the mailing of the notice the owner of the copyright shall not institute proceedings for forfeiture of such articles under the provisions of section 4965, Revised Statutes. as amended by the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 965), or the owner or importer of the prohibited articles, or the person to whom addressed, shall not appear and show cause to the contrary, the customs officer is directed to burn or otherwise destroy the prohibited articles. $6. PACKED PACKAGES. ART. 472. Separate entry may be made of one or more packages contained in an importation of packed packages consigned to one importer or consignee, and concerning which packed packages no invoice or statement of contents of values has been received. Every such entry shall contain a declaration of the whole number of parcels contained in such original packed package; and shall embrace all the goods, wares, and merchandise imported in one vessel at one time for one and the same actual owner or ultimate consignee. The importer, consignee, or agent's declaration is hereby modified, for the purpose of this article, so as to require the importer, consignee, or agent to declare therein that the entry contains an account of all the goods ported in the whereof im is master, from which declaration, so for account of modified, shall in each case be taken on the entry of one or more packages contained in an original package. But the importer, consignee, or agent must produce the declaration of the owner or ultimate consignee in every case now required by law. ART. 473. These regulations are designed to enable the owner of one or more parcels making part of one or more "packed packages" to make an entry of his own property without entering more. Such entry shall contain a decla ration of the whole number of parcels contained in all "packed packages" in which the person making the entry has a parcel. It need not state the value of any parcel not the property of the importer, consignee, or owner making such entry, nor of the whole of such "packed packages," but shall state the value of the whole number of parcels in all "packed packages" consigned in one vessel at one time to one ultimate owner, and if such value be over $100, an invoice shall be filed as required in ordinary importations. The first section of the act of May 1, 1876, expressly relates to "packed packages" concerning which no invoice or statement of contents or values has been received. ART. 474. Entire packed packages containing inclosures, no one of which exceeds $100 in value, may be entered for immediate transportation without appraisement when the manifest, bill of lading, or invoice shows that it is intended for the interior port to which it is to be transported. The consignee at the port of first arrival must file with his entry a statement in the form of an invoice showing the respective owners, quantities, and values of the several inclosures, which statement shall be a copy of the bills or memoranda in his possession covering such inclosures, and he shall verify such statement by a declaration before the collector that the values so stated are, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the true values of all the articles contained in the specified package. The statement so made will be treated as a pro forma invoice and no bond shall be required for the production of a certified invoice. § 7. FREE ENTRY UNDER SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION. ART. 475. All applications for free entry of articles imported for the personal or family use of foreign ambassadors, ministers, and chargés d'affaires must be made through the Department of State, stating the number of packages and describing their contents and naming the vessel or vehicle in which they were imported and the person to whom delivery is to be made, whereupon the Secretary of the Treasury will instruct the collector to deliver, free of duty and charges and without examination, such packages as correspond with the statement. Their baggage and effects will also be delivered without examination. T. D. 10850. The privilege of free entry and exemption from exami- T. D. 19633. nation is also extended to the baggage of secretaries of Act July 24, 1897, par. 628. T. 10606, 10650, 10828, legation, and of attachés of any foreign military, naval, or diplomatic service traveling on the official business of their governments, on declaration that such baggage contains only personal property and effects. Packages bearing the official seal of a foreign government will also be delivered without examination. The exemption from examination of baggage and effects is not accorded to consular officers. On the arrival of packages addressed to diplomatic agents of foreign nations, collectors will take charge thereof, and notify the Secretary of the Treasury. ART. 476. Free entry of articles sent by a foreign government, for its use, to an agent in this country, will be granted on like application made through the Department of State. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the collector and the naval officer that the packages contain only official forms sent by a foreign government, they may be admitted to entry free of duty and charges. ART. 477. Like formalities will be observed in respect to the household and personal effects of ambassadors, ministers, or chargé d'affaires of the United States returning from abroad. The exemption extends to the effects of ambassadors, ministers, or chargés returning from their missions, but not to shipments made by them while residing abroad. ART. 478. Articles imported for the use of the United States are not exempt from duty on that account, but will be treated as ordinary importations, except as regards articles imported under paragraphs 500 and 640 of the act of July 24, 1897. PRODUCTS OF AMERICAN FISHERIES. ART. 479. Fish, oil, bone, pearl shells, and other products D. 10438, 10588, of American fisheries brought into the United States from 11300, 11680, 11846, foreign places, in a vessel other than the one by which the 17682, 18445,18606, same were taken, will be admitted to free entry as if brought 18608, 18768. 16697, 16721,17414, in the original fishing vessel, on the production to the collector at the port of importation, by the master of the importing vessel, of a manifest of said articles, duly subscribed and sworn to by the master of the fishing vessel by which such articles were taken, and certified by the United States consular officer at the foreign port where they were transshipped, or, if there be no such officer at the place, certified by two respectable resident merchants that the facts set forth in the manifest are just and true, and that there is no United States consular officer at the place. FORM NO. 17 (old No. 12). Manifest of cargo of fishing vessel. Manifest of fish [or oil. or other product of the fishery] taken by the [naming the fishing vessel], of the port of -, in the United States, duly documented under the laws of the United States, landed at the port of —————————, and destined for transshipment by the [naming vessel to which transferred, and the route, if destined to cross either isthmus route] to the port of in the United States; said fish [or oil, taken by the crew or company of said day of or other product] having been vessel, while at sea, since the Marks. Packages. Port of entry in the United States. Consignees. Value. do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear (or affirm) that to the best of my knowledge and belief the said (2) is owned by (3) -, citizens and that the cargo of fish by said (4) was actually at (5) -, by means of (6) of the United States. residing at now brought to the port of taken by the crew of said , and that no portion of said cargo was purchased nor obtained otherwise than by the above means. (5) Exact locality of catch; state distance from shore. (6) Full description of process, stating whether fish were taken solely by crew, or natives of Canada were employed. I, the port of FORM NO. 18 (old No. 13). Certificate of United States consul. CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES, United States consul [or commercial agent] for I do hereby certify that the above certificate was subscribed and sworn [or affirmed] to before me by master of the —, of —, and that I fully believe the statements therein to be true in every particular. I also certify that I have examined the papers of said vessel, and find her to be an American vessel, owned by com manded by master, as shown by her register [or enrollment, or license], numbered issued at the port of [SEAL.] United States Consul. ART. 480. Articles which are the product of American fisheries in the Pacific may be landed from the fishing vessel at Panama and transported across the Isthmus of |