T. D. 18215. FREE ENTRY OF ANIMALS WHICH HAVE STRAYED ACROSS ART. 504. Paragraph 473 of the act of July 24, 1897, contains the following provision: Cattle, horses, sheep, or other domestic animals straying across the boundary line into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purposes only, together with their offspring, may be brought back to the United States within six months free of duty under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Under this provision of law the following instructions are issued: 1. The words "domestic animals," as used in said paragraph, are held to mean domesticated animals, like the horse, sheep, cow, ox, etc., as distinguished from wild animals; consequently in passing upon applications for the free entry of animals claimed to have strayed or to have been driven across the boundary line for pasturage purposes, the question of the place of origin of the animals need not be taken into consideration. 2. The above provision is held to apply only to animals owned in the United States which have been driven by their owners across the boundary line for temporary pasturage purposes or which have strayed across from ranches, farms, or premises in the United States. 3. The animals on return must either be owned by the parties owning them at the time of their departure or a bill of sale to a resident of the United States from the owner at such time must be produced. 4. The animals and offspring must be returned together within six months from date of departure from the United States, otherwise duty will be assessed thereon. 5. An export entry must be made of all animals driven across the boundary line for pasturage purposes, and facsimile marks and brands must be filed with the collector at the time of exportation. 6. The identity of such animals and their offspring must, on their importation, be established to the satisfaction of the collector of customs by the best evidence obtainable, such as brands, distinguishing marks, oath of importer, extract from the export entry, etc., and the following oath or affirmation will be exacted in all cases from the owner, viz: I. FORM NO. 26. do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident or citizen of the United States; that the (number) animals mentioned in the entry here o annexed are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, truly and bona fide "domestic" animals, owned at the time of their departure from the United States by -, and now owned by , and that said animals strayed across the boundary line or were driven to solely for temp rary pasturage purposes on the except certain of the animals described in said entry, which are. to the best of my knowledge and belief, the offspring of a portion of the said animals. Sworn (or affirmed) before me this day of Collector or Deputy Collector. of If dissatisfied with the action of collectors of customs, importers have their remedy by protest under section 14 of the act of June 10, 1890. PRODUCTS OF THE FORESTS OF MAINE. ART. 505. The produce of the forests of Maine upon the St. John River and its tributaries, and on the St. Croix River and its tributaries, owned by American citizens and sawed or hewn in the Province of New Brunswick by American citizens, may be admitted free of duties, if otherwise unmanufactured, in whole or in part. Such lumber Act July 24, cut by an alien, sawn by him, and sold to an American 1897, secs. 20, 21. citizen, and shingles, with the flat sides sawn and the edges planed with knives, are dutiable, but lumber cut by an T. D. 2217, 3071, 7942, 8652, 19502. alien and sold to an American citizen, who sends it to New 3790, 4300, 7459, Brunswick, has it sawn there, and returned to the United States, is free. ART. 506, Collectors of customs are instructed that citizens of the United States owning timber grown upon either of the rivers St. Croix or St. John, or their tributaries, in the State of Maine, and desiring to import the product thereof into ports of the United States free of duty, having been exported through the channel of either of those rivers and sawed or hewn in the Province of New Brunswick, must, as herein prescribed, present to the proper customs. officers a manifest in triplicate, if filed in the collection district of Aroostook, and in duplicate if filed in the district of Passamaquoddy, in form as follows: Manifest of logs. the product of the forests of that part of the State of Maine watered by the river and its tributaries, about to be floated down said river, and to be sawed or hewn in the Prov- ́ ince of New Brunswick, and thereafter shipped to the United States free of duty, under sections 20 and 21, act July 24, 1897. Owner. Number and kind Marks. Range and township Number of feet, as I, owner of the above-described merchandise (or agent of the owner, etc.), do hereby solemnly swear that the foregoing statement subscribed to by me is in all respects correct and true: So help me God. DISTRICT OF Port of, Me., who sub This day personally appeared before me scribed and made oath to the truth of the above statement, and I am fully satisfied that the declarations in said manifest are true. [SEAL.] Deputy Collector. ART. 507. A statement under oath by an authorized surveyor (who shall be a citizen of the United States, specially appointed for the purpose by the collector of customs for the district wherein the service is performed), who surveyed the logs for the owners, must also be presented and filed with the manifest, as herein provided, and shall be substantially in the following form: I, FORM NO. 28. Affidavit of surveyor of logs. do hereby certify that I have surveyed the logs described in the following schedule, owned by logs were cut in the State of Maine during the winter of that the statements set forth in said schedule are true: which and ART. 508. The manifest must also be accompanied by a statement under oath, from the customs officer designated by the Department as inspector of logs, to the effect that he has verified the statements contained in the manifest and the surveyor's return and schedule, which shall be in substantially the following form: I, FORM NO. 29. - do hereby certify that I have visited the camp where the logs described in the foregoing schedule were cut, and have verified the statements made in the manifest and surveyor's return as above, and find the same to be true. Inspector of Logs. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of ART. 509. In cases where shippers of logs, as above, are also shippers or owners of logs cut in New Brunswick, the logs covered by these manifests must bear separate and distinct marks from those cut in New Brunswick, which marks must be specified in the manifest, so as to enable customs or consular officers to readily distinguish same. The oaths of the surveyor and inspector of the logs may be taken before a collector of customs, deputy collector, or a local officer of the State of Maine qualified to administer oaths. ART. 510. A declaration under oath shall also be filed by parties proposing to engage in the shipment of lumber under these regulations, with the collector of customs at Calais if the lumber is to be manufactured on the St. Croix River, or with the consular officer nearest the place of shipment if on the St. John River or its tributaries, which certificate shall set forth that the party making the same is a citizen of the United States, and his place of residence; and if a firm is to be engaged in such business, the firm name and the name of each partner will also be given, and the places where such business is conducted, with the respective places of residence of the partners. ART. 511. Manifests and invoices of lumber shipped upon railway cars shall designate by number the cars thus laden and the quantity and kinds upon each car. If such lumber be destined to the port of Calais, it shall be transferred at St. Stephen from the cars to rafts and scows, for shipment across the St. Croix River, under the supervision of an inspector of customs, detailed from the Calais custom-house for the purpose, who shall certify to the discharging inspector at Calais the quantity contained in each shipment. LOGS SHIPPED DOWN THE ST. CROIX RIVER. ART. 512. Immediately upon the arrival of the logs at or near the port of Calais, Me., the owner, or his duly authorized agent, shall report to the collector thereat such arrival by the delivery of a manifest of the logs in duplicate, Form No. 27, together with the verified statements of the surveyor and inspector, Forms Nos. 28 and 29. The collector, if he shall be satisfied from the return of the inspecting officer that the statements in the manifest are correct, shall certify on each copy accordingly, and shall deliver one copy to the owner of the merchandise, or his agent, and retain the other on the files of his office, recording the details thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose. ART. 513. After manufacture the lumber may be shipped from the place where so manufactured to any port of the United States, and be entitled on arrival to free entry, under the conditions herein prescribed. ART. 514. The customs officer stationed at the place of manufacture, who shall be detailed by the collector at Calais for that purpose, shall exercise such supervision over the same as shall enable him to identify the products thereof, and shall see that the invoices of the lumber forwarded to Calais or elsewhere contain a statement of the quantity and character of the lumber produced from such logs, together with such marks, if any, as shall have been affixed thereto, under his direction, for the purpose of identifying the same on arrival in the United States. ART. 515. On arrival of the lumber at Calais, the owner or his agent shall present to the discharging officer at this port an invoice of each shipment, which shall be in the following form, and certified by the customs officer at the place of manufacture: FORM NO. 30. Invoice of lunber. Invoice of lumber sawed or hewn from logs, the product of the forests of the State of Maine, upon the St. Croix River or its tributaries, imported at the port of Calais, Me., under section 21, act of July 24, 1897. Owner of Owner No. Number of Where of feetand kind sawed or of logs. lumber. car. of lumber. hewn. Marks on logs from which sawed. Where Value Total grown. per M. value. |