11 Sampling, weighing, and testing of 17 Customs warehouses and control of sugars, sirups, and molasses; ascer- merchandise therein

taining clean content of wool and 18 Disposition of merchandise unhair; entering, sampling, weighing, gauging, and storing petroleum products

12 Appraisement

13 Relief from duties on merchandise lost, stolen, destroyed, injured, abandoned, or short-shipped

14 Liquidation of duties

15 Protests and reappraisements

claimed or in warehouse beyond
the time fixed by law
19 Cartage and lighterage
20 Drawback

21 Enforcement of Customs laws
22 Customs financial and accounting
procedure

23 Customs bonds

24 Duties of inspectors

16 Transportation in bond and mer- 25 Disclosure of information

chandise in transit

SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLICATIONS

Changes in import duties since the passage of the Tariff Act of 1930 (3rd ed.),
United States Tariff Commission. Jan. 21, 1937 and supp., June 1938.
Digest of customs and related laws and of decisions thereunder (v. I-III), Treas-
ury Department. 1935.

Synopses of Treasury decisions 1 to 18749. Annual, 1868-1897.

Treasury decisions 18750. Semiannual, v. 1—, 1898-. (These volumes also include reappraisement decisions and abstracts of other decisions).

For list of abbreviations used in this chapter, see note to § 1.1.

PART 1-DISTRICTS AND PORTS; DELEGATION OF POWERS TO COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

Sec.

1.1 Customs territory.

1.2 List of customs districts and ports. 1.3 Assignment of districts to comptrollers of customs.

Sec.

1.4 Hours of business.
1.5 Hours of service.

1.6 Delegation of powers to Commis-
sioner of Customs.

Section 1.1 Customs territory. Unless otherwise indicated, the term "United States" in the regulations in this chapter includes all Territories and possessions of the United States, except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam. (Sec. 401, 46 Stat. 708; 19 U.S.C. 1401 (k)) [Art. 1(b)]

†The source of §§ 1.1 to 1.5, inclusive, (except for Treasury Decisions noted in the text,) is Customs Regulations of 1937, 2 F.R. 1446ff.

ABBREVIATIONS: The following abbreviations are used in this chapter:

A. S. P.

•B.

b. h. p.

C.

C. P.

Cust. Regs., 1937

cwt.

Dept. circ. letter

E.O. Ex. V. F.

F.M. V.
I. T.

American selling price.

Degrees Baume.

brake horsepower.

Centigrade.

Cost of production.

Customs regulations of 1937, Secretary of the Treasury.
hundredweight.

Bureau of Customs circular letter 825, Commissioner of

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1.2 List of customs districts and ports. The following is an alphabetical list of customs collection districts with their numbers and with a list of the ports in each district. The first-named port in each district in capital letters is the headquarters port. The districts and ports were created by the President's message of March 3, 1913, by which he communicated to Congress his reorganization of the customs service pursuant to the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 434; 19 U.S.C. 1), except that certain changes in such organization have been made by subsequent executive orders and the port of Fort Worth, Texas, was created by an act of Congress (42 Stat. 64). In the following list the executive orders made since March 3, 1913, that affect districts or ports are cited in parentheses following the name of the district or the port affected.