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tation entry should be treated at the port of final destination exactly as if that port were the port of first arrival, and that the same evidence of right of entry and delivery should be required.

While the possession of the "ocean bill of lading" may ordinarily be accepted as satisfactory proof of ownership, and while the bill of lading attached to the entry may, as a rule, be sufficient, the above expressed view leaves the requirement of other bills of lading, whether "ocean" or "local," and of such indorsements thereon, or any other evidence as may appear necessary, wholly within the discretion of the collector or other chief officer of the customs at the port of final destination.

Decision Synopsis 10310, and the Department's instructions to you of the Sth ultimo, are hereby modified accordingly.

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Circular.-Marking, stamping, branding, etc., of imported goods and packages under section 6 of the act of October 1, 1890.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 28, 1891.

To Officers of the Customs and others concerned:

In view of the continued numerous inquiries received at this Department regarding the construction to be placed on section 6 of the act of October 1, 1890, as to the marking of imported goods and packages, which is required on and after March 1, 1891, it is deemed proper to publish some of the conclusions reached by the Department in the premises, in addition to those contained in its Circular No. 136 of December 20, 1890, as follows, viz:

1. Packages containing beer manufactured in Germany, of German malt and Austrian hops, should be marked "Germany," as indicating the country of origin of the article, it being the opinion of the Department that the provisions of section 6 of said act relate to the manufac tured article as a whole, and do not contemplate a consideration of the different ingredients of an article for the purpose of such marking, stamping, branding, etc.

2. The provisions of said section do not contemplate the marking of coverings of crude or other substances of a moist or deliquescent na

ture, like certain kinds of sugar in mats, etc., where the permanent marking of the packages by any means whatever would be totally impracticable.

3. All foreign manufactured articles, dutiable or free, which are "usually or ordinarily marked, stamped, branded, or labeled" are required to be marked, etc., with the name of the country of origin. 4. The marking of packages of goods in this country, as the same are being discharged from the importing vessel, is inadmissible and contrary to the spirit and intent of the said provision of law.

5. Bundles of jute secured by ropes may be marked by means of tags, and, to avoid any question at the custom-house on entry of such and similarly imported goods, such as hides, skins, etc., it might be well to have them so tagged; but, in the opinion of the Department, said section 6 does not regard such tying up of articles by ropes as constituting "packages containing *** imported articles." Loose hides, being unmanufactured articles and not contained in packages, do not require marking.

6. All packages of sugar should be marked with the name of the country of origin, unless, as in the case of certain sugars in mats, etc., such marking is totally impracticable. (See paragraph 2.)

7. Castile and other soaps, which are not usually or ordinarily marked, etc., may be admitted to entry, provided the packages containing the same are duly marked.

8. Books, newspapers, pamphlets, maps, charts, engravings, sheetmusic, and other printed matter, not being articles such as are "usually or ordinarily marked," etc., may be admitted to entry provided the cartons, boxes, wrappers, or coverings, etc., containing the same are duly marked.

9. Goods, which may bear foreign printed labels, may be relabeled, or the labels may be amended to meet the requirement of section 6, thus obviating the destruction of the original labels, or the substitution of new packages.

10. The provisions of section 6 will be complied with if the bales or crates containing imported baskets are duly marked, unless it is customary to mark the individual baskets.

11. Molasses imported in bulk in tanks, and pumped out into other receptacles on importation, is necessarily excluded from the provisions of section 6.

12. The provisions of section 6 as to the marking of packages of manufactured and other articles, with the name of the country of origin, applies to the country of origin of the contents, and not of the packages.

13. In case of importation of goods from Germany, Austria, etc., the law will be complied with if the goods are marked "German manufacture," "Austrian manufacture," etc.

14. Pumice-stone and marble in blocks, being unmanufactured articles and imported without coverings, do not require marking, etc.

15. Rags, although manufactured articles, can not of themselves be marked, but the packages containing the same should be duly marked with the name of country of origin of the goods, as rags per se, and not of the original cloths.

16. The stocks of guns may be marked by labels pasted thereon, giving the name of the country of origin.

17. Samples of manufactured articles, if ordinarily marked, must be marked the same as other imported articles.

18. The country of origin of imported manufactured articles, and of all packages containing any goods, is to be indicated by the name of the country only. The name "Paris," for instance, occurring on goods would not indicate that the goods were of French origin, there are several places in the world bearing the name of Paris. "France" would be the only proper marking for goods of French origin, etc.

19. The fact that raw sugars may be melted at the refinery a few hours after entry can not operate to do away with the marking of the packages containing the same.

20. Grindstones, which are not ordinarily marked, and are imported without coverings, do not require marking under section 6.

21. Blades of carving-knives, if ordinarily marked, etc., should be marked with the name of the country of origin, which marking may be done by means of stamping, branding, or labeling.

22. Cigar boxes, being boxes which are ordinarily marked, etc., should be marked, stamped, branded, or labeled in legible English words.

23. Sap-sago cheese, which it appears is marked by means of an impression on the cakes, should bear the additional marking of the name of the country of origin to insure entry at the custom-house.

24. Logs of wood, being unmanufactured articles, do not require marking, whether they are usually or ordinarily marked or branded or not. 25. The marking of packages of goods as the same are being placed on a steamer abroad for direct shipment to the United States is permissible in cases where the journey of the goods to the United States was commenced in the interior of a foreign country at the time of or before the passage of the act of October 1, 1890, or were started by the shippers on such journey in ignorance of section 6 of said act.

26. Liquids of themselves being of course incapable of being marked, stamped, etc., the same are not such articles of foreign manufacture as are contemplated by section 6, but, as prescribed by said section, the packages containing the same must be marked, and it is held that the marking of the outside packages will be sufficient. (See paragraph 2 of Circular No. 136 of December 20, 1890.)

27. Section 6 does not contemplate, in the case of pickles, and other like articles composed of various ingredients, that the name of the country of origin of such ingredients shall appear on the packages, but simply the name of the country of origin of the manufactured article as a whole.

28. The law does not require that invoices of goods imported on and after March 1, 1891, shall exhibit the name of the country of origin of the goods covered thereby.

29. Packages containing meats, seeds, raisins, olive-oil, etc., put up in England, but produced in other countries, must exhibit the name of the country of origin of such articles.

30. Pig-iron, being in the nature of a rough, unmanufactured article, and imported in bulk, is exempted from the provisions of section 6 as to marking, stamping, branding, etc.

31. Goods which arrive in the United States on and after March 1, 1891, and appear by the bills of lading and other documents to be merely intended for transit to Mexico or other foreign country, the same not being importations within the meaning of the statute, do not come within the scope of section 6 as to marking, stamping, branding, etc.

32. There is no authority under the provisions of section 6 for requiring the name of the maker or manufacturer of an article to appear thereon, in addition to the name of the country of origin.

33. Men's, women's, and children's garments are not considered such manufactured articles as "are usually or ordinarily marked, stamped, branded, or labeled," under the provisions of section 6, and it will suffice thereunder if the packages, wrappers, cartons, or coverings of any kind, outside and inside, containing such articles, are marked in any manner with the name of the country of origin.

WILLIAM WINDOM,

Secretary.

(10638.)

Circular.— Regulations for the refining of sugars in bond during the month of March, 1891, under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved October 1, 1890.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 29, 1891.

1. Persons desiring to avail themselves of the provisions of the act of October 1, 1890, for the refining of sugars in bond, must apply to the collector of the district where the refinery proposed to be bonded is located, under article 645 of the Treasury Regulations, for permission to bond such refinery for the purposes specified in said act. The entire building or buildings pertaining to such refinery must be named in the application. If the collector approve the application, he shall take a bond in duplicate, according to the form given below.

2. Collectors of customs are advised that during the month of March, 1891, sugars and sirups may be withdrawn from a bonded refinery, for consumption, upon the payment of the duties due on the raw sugars from which such refined sugars or sirups were produced, to be ascertained in the same manner as in the case of exportation for drawback, but without deduction of any percentage from the prescribed rates, or for transportation to any place which is now a port of delivery, under the regulations for the transportation of merchandise in bond, there to be held in the custody of the collector until the 1st day of April, 1891. on and after which date, and not before, such sugars and sirups may be delivered, on a rewarehouse withdrawal and permit, to the proper consignee, after due entry has been made thereof. Refined sugars and sirups may be transferred for storage until April 1, 1891, from the bonded refinery to any bonded warehouse, Class III, in the same dis

trict. Every such refinery shall be placed in charge of a proper officer, and an amount equal to his salary for the term so employed shall be paid by the proprietors of such refinery to the collector. As to the means to be used for securing the custody and safe-keeping of the goods therein, reference should be made to article 657 of the Treasury Regulations, governing the supervision of warehouses, Class VI. The storekeeper in charge shall keep an account of all sugars and sirups delivered by him on withdrawals for consumption, exportation, transportation, or transfer to another warehouse, and shall make a daily report of the same to the collector.

If, upon the 1st day of April, 1891, the collector of the port where such bonded refinery is situated is satisfied that none of the sugars refined therein during the preceding month from raw sugars which have paid no duty have gone into consumption into the United States otherwise than upon the payment of duties as provided above, he shall report the fact to the Secretary of the Treasury for the discontinuance of the bond.

3. Sugars refined in bond, under this act, may be withdrawn for export under the customary procedure, but shall not be entitled to the benefit of drawback. Every package of refined sugars or sirups withdrawn from a bonded refinery during the month of March, 1891, shall be distinctly branded on the side, as follows:

"M'f'd in bond March, 1891."

4. When sugars and sirups are transported in bond, the consignees must make entry of the same at the port of delivery, under the Regulations providing for rewarehouse entries. But if the shippers consign the goods to themselves, they may have the privilege of preparing the rewarehousing and withdrawal entries, and executing the necessary bonds at the port of shipment, to be forwarded by the collector at that port to the collector or surveyor at the port of destination. Any bonded warehouse of Class III, at the port of delivery, may be used for the reception and storage of such products, and the merchandise so stored shall not be withdrawn therefrom before April 1, 1891, except upon a withdrawal entry for consumption and payment of duty. Warehouses may be especially bonded for such storage upon application made by the owners, in the usual manner. Sugars may, with the consent of the transportation company, be held at the port of delivery, in bonded cars, at the discretion of the collector or surveyor. Sugars in bonded cars may be delivered under the supervision of an officer of the customs on or after April 1, 1891, at any railway station within the

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