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Art. 1308. Government supplies shipped abroad.(a) No export declarations are required for shipments of furniture, stationery, and other office supplies to United States Government offices or employees in foreign countries or noncontiguous territories for their exclusive use, or for shipments of military and naval supplies and equipment from quartermaster stores or supply depots for use of United States military or naval forces abroad, or for equipment shipped to United States lighthouses.

(b) Export declarations are required for construction material, machinery, supplies, or other merchandise shipped on commercial vessels to the Panama Canal, Panama Railroad, the Government of Porto Rico or of the Philippine Islands, or the Manila Railroad Co., which are not regarded as branch offices of United States Government departments or bureaus.

Art. 1309. Personal effects.-No export declarations are required for personal effects or baggage of travelers carried on passenger trains to Canada or Mexico.

REPORTS TO BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

Art. 1310. Monthly report of marine transactions.— (a) In addition to the monthly reports required by articles 1279, 1280, and 1283, a report on customs Form 3065 shall be prepared by collectors at headquarters ports covering the marine transactions at each marine port or station in the district, and forwarded to the Commissioner of Customs, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., as early as possible, and in no case later than 15 days after the close of the month.

(b) No duplication of vessels should appear. If a vessel is engaged in simultaneous movements or transactions (see art. 148) it should be listed but once on Form 3065. Each simultaneous vessel movement must be separately recorded on foreign and coastwise records (art. 124), and the predominating transaction (greatest fee) shall be reported. In relative importance they are:

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Art. 1311. General duties and powers. (a) The general duties and powers of customs officers consist of the execution of the laws and regulations pertaining to the entry, appraisement, and warehousing of imported merchandise and the collection of duties thereon, the payment of drawback, and the disbursement and deposit of public moneys; the custody of seized merchandise and the custody of public property used for customs purposes.

(b) They are charged with the enforcement of laws for the detection and prevention of smuggling and other frauds against the customs revenue.

(c) Tariff act of 1930, section 502 (c):

It shall be the duty of all officers of the customs to execute and carry into effect all instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the execution of the revenue laws; and in case any difficulty arises as to the true construction or meaning of any part of the revenue laws, the decision of the Secretary shall be binding upon all officers of the customs.

(d) Their duties also consist of admeasuring and documenting of vessels of the United States, the collection of navigation fines and fees, and tonnage taxes; the compilation of statistics of commerce and navigation; the exclusion from the coastwise trade of foreign vessels and vessels registered under the Panama Canal act; aiding in the enforcement of the steamboat inspection and navigation laws, and the laws relating to the carriage of immigrant passengers; issuing to seamen, who apply for the same and produce the legal proof of citizenship, certificates of citizenship for their identification and protection at sea and in foreign ports; and complying with the instructions of the Secretary of Commerce relating thereto.

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(e) They are also required by law to carry into effect all instructions relative to the execution of all laws coming under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture so far as they relate to imported merchandise.

It is also their duty to collect and account for the head tax on immigrants and to collect and account for fines imposed under the immigration laws, and to comply with the instructions of the Secretary of Labor in relation thereto.

(g) It is also their duty to account for moneys received and disbursed covering transactions handled for any other Government department, under instructions promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(h) Customs officers will be held responsible for the efficient discharge of the duties of their subordinates, and will report to their superior officer any misconduct or neglect of duty on the part of such subordinates.

Art. 1312. Administration of oaths.-(a) Tariff act of 1930, sec. 486:

(a) Customs officers.-The following officers and employees may administer any oaths required or authorized by law or regulations promulgated thereunder in respect of any matter coming before such officers or employees in the performance of their official duties: (1) Any customs officer appointed by the President; (2) the chief assistant of any such officer, or any officer or employee of the customs field service designated for the purpose by such officer or by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (3) any officer or employee of the Bureau of Customs designated for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(b) Postmasters.-The postmaster or assistant postmaster of the United States at any post office where customs officers are not stationed is hereby authorized to administer any oaths required to be made to statements in customs documents by importers of merchandise, not exceeding $100 in value, through the mails.

(c) No compensation.-No compensation or fee shall be demanded or accepted for administering any oath under the provisions of this section.

39, sec. 33.

(b) Postmasters may also administer oaths required U. s. Code, title by law or otherwise to accounts for travel or other ex-T.D. 32817. penses against the United States and oaths so administered have the same force and effect as those administered by an officer having a seal.

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Art. 1313. Uniformed force.-(a) The following classes T. Ds. 25922, of officers and employees in all customs districts who have 42146, 42275, contact with the public, outside of customhouses and appraisers stores, are required to be uniformed when on duty and to wear customs badges conspicuously displayed: staff officers, inspectors (including station inspectors), boarding officers, customs guards, examiners of passengers' baggage, and customs patrol inspectors.

(b) The following employees are required to wear a regulation cap and badge only: samplers, storekeepers, and messengers.

(c) The uniform, except that provided for customs patrol inspectors, shall consist of coat, vest, trousers, and cap, of dark blue cloth (not serge). An overcoat shall be part of the uniform in those districts where such a garment is necessary. In addition to the above there shall be worn a white shirt and white collar of a turndown pattern, semisoft or stiff, a four-in-hand necktie of plain black material and black laced high or low shoes.

Overcoat. The overcoat shall be double-breasted and easy-fitting, with full skirt, shaped at the waist, and held by means of a belt at the back; shall be of dark blue cloth (not serge), weighing 20 to 30 ounces, according to climate; shall have a large convertible collar with tabs and buttonholes on each end for use in closing collar when turned up; and four black bone buttons (45-ligne) shall appear on each side of the front of the coat. The coat shall extend approximately five inches below the knee of the wearer. It shall have two lower flap pockets with horizontal openings, a cash pocket inside of the right pocket, and one inside breast pocket on the right side of the coat. The back of the coat shall have a 20 to 25 inch

center vent.

Coat. The coat shall be single-breasted, three-button sack, with ends slightly rounded, two buttons on each sleeve, two lower outside pockets with flaps and one upper outside pocket on left side, one small pocket within the lower right-hand pocket, and one inside pocket on upper right-hand side, to be 5%1⁄2 inches wide. and 9 inches deep. The coat may be worn with or without a vest, depending upon the weather. The coat must at all times be buttoned at all three buttonholes when the officer is on duty.

Vest. The vest shall be single breasted, without collar, with five buttons, and four outside pockets, without flaps. Trousers. The trousers shall be plain, with cuffs, two side pockets, two hip pockets, and one watch pocket.

Cap. The cap shall be of dark blue cloth (not serge), with moderate bell crown, deep-droop black visor, black mohair braid band, and a black patent leather strap fastened at sides of the cap by brass United States customs buttons. The cap of examiners of passengers' baggage shall have a white crown. In warm weather

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