sec. 304. T. D. 44202.

stamp reproductions, etc., and sealed mail articles not labeled or indorsed as required by J. R. 8(a), may not be released under the foregoing provisions of this article. Art. 387. (J. R. 21.) Marking importations to show Tariff act of 1930, country of origin, etc.-The requirements of the customs laws and regulations relating to the marking, stamping, branding, or labeling of imported merchandise shall be strictly enforced. When a mail article not marked, stamped, branded, or labeled as required by such provisions is not to be delivered from the post office where it has been given customs examination, the examining customs officer shall place in the envelope containing the mail entry a copy of customs Form 3475, containing instructions to postmasters relative thereto. Postmasters shall be governed accordingly. When the mail article is to be delivered from the post office where it has been given customs examination, the customs officials shall require compliance with the provisions of the law and regulations. Mail shipments for formal entry shall be accorded treatment as prescribed for other formal entry shipments. Upon failure of an addressee to comply with the requirements, the article and the mail entry shall be treated as set forth in J. R. 15(e), for undelivered articles.

Art. 388. (J. R. 22). Examination of newspapers.—T. D. 39805. Postmasters and other postal employees shall permit customs officers to examine newspapers received in the mails from foreign countries as often as they may desire to do so, and shall assist in such examination when necessary.

Tariff act 1930, sec. 305, act June

36920.
U. S. Code Tit.

sec. 314; ch. 9.

Copyrights, act

T. D. 31754, P.

sec. 526, tariff act

1930.

amendment Constitution,

Art. 389. (a) (J. R. 23a). Prohibited and restricted im- 5, 1920, T. D. portations.-Postal and customs officers and employees xvIII, Ch. 8. shall keep themselves informed as to the law and regu-sec. 396. lations covering obscene, seditious, and lottery matter, Mar. 4, 1909, copyrighted, trade-marked, and other articles prohibited L. and R. 631. importation in the mails. The importation by mail Trade-marked, of intoxicating liquors, opium, morphine, cocaine and Intoxicating other narcotics, and firearms capable of being cancealed liquors, 18th on the person is prohibited. See J. R. 20(a) to 20(c). national prohibiPlants and plant products, including seeds and bulbs tion act, secs. 460 of all kinds for, or capable of, propagation may be imported into the United States only under the condi- May 26, 1922, T. tions set forth in the plant quarantine act, amendments Nursery stock, thereto and regulations thereunder. All such articles Firearms, T. D. shall be submitted to customs officials for fulfillment of the requirements of the law. Viruses, serums, toxins, Postage stamp and other biological products covered by the act of July 1, T. D. 42736, 44600.

and 506, P. L. and R.

Narcotics, act

D. 39154, 39308.

38023, 39412.

42011.

T. Ds. 29828, 36354, 38095.

reproductions,

1902, may be imported only in accordance with the provisions of the act and the regulations thereunder and shall, therefore, in all cases be submitted to customs representatives, who shall, before returning the merchandise to the country of origin, communicate with the addressee to determine whether such importations are in compliance with the law and regulations. (See secs. 460, 467 to 478, 506, 626, 627, and 631, Postal Laws and Regulations of 1924.)

(b) (J. R. 23b).-Instructions applicable to the foregoing and to other articles prohibited importation, or requiring special treatment, based on postal and customs laws and regulations, and also list of post offices where customs officers are located, will be found in the current annual official Postal Guide.

Art. 390. (J. R. 24). Distribution scheme.-The postal and customs officers at the ports of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle will be furnished with copies of the special scheme of mail distribution referred to in these regulations.

CHAPTER VIII

ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE,

438. Books, maps, music, photographs, 466. Vehicles and boats brought in for etchings, etc.-Regalia and

Art.

PATNA RICE

489. Patna rice to be used in the manu

facture of canned soups.

MOVING-PICTURE

FILMS

EXPOSED

ABROAD BY AMERICAN PRODUCERS

Art.

493. Bond-Form-Penalty.
494. Refund of duty.

495. Sworn statements.

496. Records of manufacture.

497. Abstracts of records of manufacturer.

490. Reduced rate authorized-Pro- 498. Transfer certificates.

cedure.

WOOL AND HAIR OF THE CAMEL FOR
USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOOR
COVERINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES

491. Importation under bond.
492. Entry.

499. Charges against bonds and cancellation thereof.

500. Wool or hair not used-Duty on.

DOMESTIC PRODUCTS EXPORTED AND RETURNED

Art. 391. Free entry authorized.—(a) Tariff act of 1930, section 201, paragraph 1615:

T. Ds. 34553, of 39254, 39296, 43072.

SECTION 201. That on and after the day following the passage this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam), shall be exempt from duty:

PAR. 1615. Articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means if imported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States; steel boxes, casks, barrels, carboys, bags, and other containers or coverings of American manufacture exported filled with American products, or exported empty and returned filled with foreign products, including shooks and staves when returned as barrels or boxes; also quicksilver flasks or bottles, drums of iron, steel, or other metal of either domestic or foreign manufacture, used for the shipment of acids, or other chemicals, which shall have been actually exported from the United States; but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the exemption of bags from duty shall apply only to such domestic bags as may be imported by the exporter thereof, and if any such articles are subject to internal-revenue tax at the time of exportation, such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation and not refunded; photographic dry plates and films of American manufacture (except moving-picture films to be used for commercial purposes) exposed abroad, whether developed or not, and photographic films light struck or otherwise damaged, or worn out, so as to be unsuitable for any other purpose than the recovery of the constituent materials, provided the basic films are of American manu̟facture, but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; * * * The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to animals made dutiable under the provisions of paragraph 1606.

(b) The requirement that articles of American origin be imported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States in order to be free of duty under this paragraph, does not apply to the following articles: