District No. 2. CUSTOMS AGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS AND SUBOFFICES-Continued Headquarters Special Agent in Charge, New York, N.Y. Area of jurisdiction That part of the State of Connecticut west of a straight line (running north and south) midway between Bridgeport and New Haven; that part of the State of New York lying south of 42° north latitude; and that part of the State of New Jersey bounded by and including Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties on the south. That part of the State of New Jersey south of but including the counties of Mercer and Ocean; that part of the State of Pennsylvania lying east of 78° west longitude; the States of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia; that part of the State of North Carolina lying north of 36° north latitude; and the District of Columbia. That part of the State of North Carolina lying south of 36° north latitude; that part of the State of Tennessee lying east of the east bank of the Tennessee River; the States of South Carolina and Georgia; and that part of the State of Florida lying north of 29° north latitude and east of the east bank of the Ochlockonee River. That part of the State of Florida lying south of 29° north latitude; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands. That part of the State of Tennessee lying west of the east bank of the Tennessee River; the States of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama; that part of the State of Florida west of the east bank of the Ochlockonee River; and the State of Louisiana except Cameron and Calcasieu parishes. That part of the State of Oklahoma east of 99° west longitude; that part of the State of Texas east of 99° west longitude, then south to 30° north latitude, then east to 98° west longitude, thence south to Mexico, including all of Hidalgo County; and Cameron and Čalcasieu parishes in the State of Louisiana. That part of the State of Oklahoma west of 99° west longitude; that part of the State of Texas east of the Pecos River and west of 99° west longitude, south to 30° north latitude, then east to 98° west longitude, then south to Mexico by the northern and western borders of Hidalgo County. That part of the State of Texas west of the Pecos River; the States of New Mexico and Colorado; and that part of the State of Wyoming south of 42° north latitude. The State of Arizona except for that part west of 114° west longitude and south of an imaginary line intersecting the northern boundary of Imperial County, Calif., and 114° west longitude. Resident Special Agent, San Juan, Resident Special Agent, Ponce, P.R (a) Except as specified in paragraphs (b)-(g) of this section, each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days of the year except Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.10 (b) Different but equivalent hours shall be observed if a difference is required for the maintenance of adequate service because of local conditions, is approved by the Commissioner of Customs, and a notice of the hours of business is prominently displayed at the principal entrance and in each public room of the customs office. 9 9 Region VI (Houston, Tex.) is also served by the Customs laboratory at New Orleans. 10 The national holidays are Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, the first Monday in September, Nov. 11, the fourth Thursday in November, and Dec. 25. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following day will be observed. (E.O. No. 10358, June 9, 1952.) If a holiday falls on Saturday, the day immediately preceding such Saturday will be observed (5 U.S.C. 87c). Other days may be designated as national holidays by Executive order of the President. (c) At each port or station where there is no full-time customs employee, the hours during which the customs office will be open for the transaction of general customs business shall be fixed by the district director of customs concerned with the approval of the regional commissioner of customs, and notice thereof shall be displayed prominently at the principal entrance of the office. (d) Each customs office shall be open for the transaction of business on all State and local holidays occurring on days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. If a State or local holiday interferes with the performance of work in a customs office by any customs employee or employees, the appropriate principal field officer may excuse such employee or employees from duty without charge to leave. (e) Customs services required to be performed outside a customs office shall be furnished between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or between the corresponding hours at ports where different but equivalent hours are required for the maintenance of adequate service and are approved by the Commissioner of Customs) on all days when the customs office is open for the transaction of general customs business. In accordance with such instructions as the regional commissioner of customs shall have issued from time to time and upon reasonable advance notice to the principal local officer concerned, such services may be furnished between the same hours on Saturdays. (f) Where there is a regularly recurring need for customs services outside the above-prescribed hours, and the volume and duration of the required services are uniformly such as to require, of themselves or in immediately consecutive combination with other essential customs activities of the port, the full time of one or more customs employees, the necessary number of regular tours of duty to furnish such services on all days of the year except Sundays and national holidays may be established with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs. (g) Customs services shall be furnished private interests otherwise than as specified in this section only in accordance with the provisions of § 24.16 of this chapter. [T.D. 66–161, 31 F.R. 10668, Aug. 11, 1966, as amended by T.D. 69-95, 34 F.R. 6375, Apr. 11, 1969] (a) The customs seal of the United States consisting of the seal of the Treasury Department surrounded by an outer circle in which appears the words "Treasury Department" at the top and "Bureau of Customs" at the bottom according to the design furnished by the Treasury Department, shall be impressed upon all official documents requiring the impress of a seal. (b) The impress of the seal is not necessary on documents passing within the Customs Service. The seal shall be impressed on marine documents, and on landing certificates, certificates of weight, gauge, or measure, and similar classse of documents for outside interests. (c) The offcial seal shall not be used in the manner of a notary seal to indicate authority to administer oaths. PART 4-VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES 4.64 4.65 4.66 4.68 Crew; passengers. Shipping articles and enforcement of Seamen's Act. Pratique. Inspection of vessels carrying livestock. Inspection of meat, meat-food products, and inedible fats. 4.73 Neutrality; exportation of arms and munitions. 4.74 Transportation orders. 4.75 Incomplete manifest; incomplete export declarations; bond. 4.80 COASTWISE PROCEDURE Vessels entitled to engage in coastwise trade. 4.80a Passengers on foreign vessels taken on board and landed in the United States. 4.81 Reports of arrivals and departures in coastwise trade. 4.11 Sealing of stores. 4.12 4.13 4.14 Equipment and repairs to American vessels. 4.82 4.15 Fishing vessels touching and trading at foreign places. Touching at foreign port while in coastwise trade. 4.83 4.16 Entry and clearance on board vessels. 4.17 Vessels from discriminating countries. Trade between United States ports on the Great Lakes and other ports of the United States. 4.84 Trade with noncontiguous territory. Vessels with residue cargo for domestic ports. 4.20 Tonnage taxes. 4.21 Exemptions from tonnage taxes. 4.22 Exemptions from special tonnage taxes. 4.23 Certificate of payment. 4.24 Application for refund of tonnage tax. LANDING AND DELIVERY OF CARGO 4.30 Permits and special licenses for unlading and lading. 4.86 Intercoastal residue-cargo procedure; optional ports. 4.87 Vessels proceeding foreign via domestic ports. 4.88 Vessels with residue cargo for foreign ports. 4.89 Vessels in foreign trade proceeding via domestic ports and touching at intermediate foreign ports. :Sec. 4.90 4.91 4.92 4.93 4.94 4.95 4.96 4.97 4.98 Simultaneous vessel transactions. Coastwise transportation by certain vessel; procedures. GENERAL Yacht privileges and obligations. Records of entry and clearance of vessels. Fisheries. Salvage vessels. Navigation fees. 4.99 Forms; substitution. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 4 issued under R.S. 251, secs. 2, 3, 23 Stat. 118, as amended, 119, as amended, sec. 624, 46 Stat. 759, sec. 101, 76 Stat. 72; 5 U.S.C. 301, 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624, 46 U.S.C. 2, 3 General Hdnote 11, Tariff Schedules of the United States, unless otherwise noted. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 4 appear at 28 F.R. 14596, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted. NOTE 1: By T.D. 528886, 16 F.R. 12763, Dec. 20, 1951, the Commissioner of Customs waived compliance with the provisions of the navigation laws administered by the Bureau of Customs to the extent necessary to permit the operation of vessels requisitioned by the United States for emergency evacuation. NOTE 2: By Treasury Decision 53449, 19 F.R. 1420, Mar. 13, 1954, the Commissioner of Customs waived compliance with the navigation laws relating to clearances of vessels to the extent necessary to permit: (1) The clearance for an unnamed destination of any vessel owned by, Governmentallocated to, or chartered by the Military Sea Transportation Service of the Department of Defense, other than those used on berthterm (shipping contract or Government billof-lading) arrangements, which is certified by the Commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service or his duly authorized representative as (a) in ballast or laden only with Department of Defense cargo, or (b) having on board passengers, each of whom is either a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian noncombatant employed by, serving with, or accompanying Armed Forces of the United States; the towing, the transportation of merchandise or passengers, or any combination of such activities, in spoil disposal operations or channel excavations for power purposes and in connection with the construction of the Iroquois Control Dam as a part of the St. Lawrence Power Project in territorial waters of the United States within the general areas (1) between points opposite Prescott, Ontario, and Doran Island and (2) between points opposite the powerhouse structure and the eastern end of Cornwall Island. NOTE 4: By Treasury Decision 54230, 21 F.R. 8355, Nov. 1, 1956, the Commissioner of Customs waived compliance with sections 289, 292, 316, and 883, title 46, United States Code, to the extent necessary to permit any dredge, tug, scow, barge, or other vessel of Canadian registry or flag, whether or not Canadian-built, to be employed in dredging, towing, the transportation of merchandise or passengers, or any combintion of such activities, in connection with the construction of the proposed high level Cornwall South Channel Bridge of the St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation Project in the general area of Massena and Rooseveltown, New York. § 4.0 ARRIVAL AND ENTRY OF VESSELS General definitions. For the purposes of this part: (a) The word "vessel" includes every description of water craft or other contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include aircraft. (19 U.S.C. 1401.) (b) The term "vessel of the United States" means any vessel documented under the laws of the United States. (c) The term "documented" means registered, enrolled and licensed, or licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (d) The term "noncontiguous territory of the United States" includes all the island territories and possessions of the United States, but does not include the Canal Zone. (e) The word "citizen" is as defined by the U.S. Coast Guard for purposes of vessel documentation (see Subpart 67.03 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations.) [T.D. 69-266, 34 F.R. 20422, Dec. 31, 1969] § 4.1 Boarding of vessels; cutter and dock passes. (a) When any vessel which might have on board any article subject to customs treatment comes within the limits of any port of entry or within customs waters, customs officers may board the vessel to inspect its manifest and other documents and papers and to |