Zoology, specimens and collections of, for public museums, schools, academies, and scientific and artistic corporations. 351 AMENDMENTS TO CUBAN TARIFF. [Amendments embraced in Tariff Circulars Nos. 1 to 31, inclusive, are incorporated in the second (this) edition.] For 1st amendment see Tariff Circular No. 32. S. Doc. 254 -8 113 For 43d amendment see Tariff Circular No. 103. TARIFF CIRCULAR No. 32. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 25, 1899. By direction of the President, the following Executive order is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 25, 1899. By virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, I do hereby order and direct that subdivision (e) of section (6), title "Tonnage dues," of the Amended Customs Tariff and Regulations for Ports in Cuba and all islands in the West Indies west of the seventy-fourth degree west longitude, in possession of the United States, established by Executive order of December 13, 1898, and the provisions in said subdivision made and contained as heretofore existing; be, and the same are hereby, revoked and annulled. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. The above order will be duly proclaimed and enforced. R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. TARIFF CIRCULAR WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 11, 1899. The following amendments to paragraph 3, "Entrance and clearance of vessels," page 7, and paragraph 17, "Entry of merchandise," page 12, of the Amended Customs Tariff and Regulations for Ports in Cuba in Possession of the United States, are hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Paragraph 3, on page 12, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3. Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any vessel the master must, under a penalty for failure of $1 per ton registry measurement, produce to the proper officer a manifest of her cargo, with the marks, numbers, and description of the packages and the names of the respective consignees, which manifests, if the vessel be from a port in the United States, shall be certified by the collector of the port of sailing. If the vessel be from any other than a United States port, her manifest must be certified by the United States consul or commercial agent at such port; if there be no United States consul or commercial agent at such port, then said manifest must be certified by the consul of any nation at peace with the United States, and if there be no such consul, then by two resident merchants of good reputation; and the register of the vessel shall, upon her arrival in Cuba, be deposited with the consul of the nation to which she may belong, if any there be; otherwise with the commandant at the port, until the master shall have paid such tonnage taxes and other port charges as may be due under these regulations. Paragraph 17, on page 16, is hereby amended to read as follows: 17. The consignee named in the bill of lading, or the person to whom such consignee shall, by indorsement, have assigned the bill of lading, shall present to the officer duly designated for that purpose by the military authority his bill of lading, an invoice describing the goods, showing their character, quantity and cost, together with an entry in duplicate showing the name of the importer and of the vessel of importation, the place whence the goods were imported, the date of their arrival at the port of destination, the marks and numbers of the packages, the nature and quantity of their contents, their value, including costs incurred in packing them for shipment, and the currency in which the invoices were made out. The invoice must be made out in the currency of the country of exportation, and must be verified by the oath of the shipper, and where no consul, commercial agent, or notary is resident at the port of exportation the verification of the invoice herein required must be made by two resident merchants of good reputation. The entry shall be signed by the importer, who must make affidavit to the truth of all the statements contained therein, and shall agree in value and description with the facts shown by the invoice. TARIFF CIRCULAR G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Assistant Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 17, 1899. By direction of the President, the following special harbor improvement taxes prescribed for the port of Santiago, on page 14 of the Amended Customs Tariff and Regulations for Ports in Cuba in Possession of the United States, are hereby extended to all other ports of entry in the island of Cuba: This order will be duly proclaimed and enforced in the island of Cuba. TARIFF CIRCULAR G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Acting Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 2, 1899. The amended Customs Tariff and Regulations for Ports in Cuba in Possession of the United States, promulgated December 17, 1898, is hereby amended as follows: 1. Omit the word "acting" on lines 8 and 42 of page 12. 2. Omit the words "acting collector" and "or acting collector" on pages 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24. 3. Substitute the words "collector of customs" for the word "commandant" on page 8, lines 9 and 10. 4. Substitute the word "Cuba" for the words "the United States " on page 11, line 6. 5. Omit the words "and naval officer" on page 11, line 10. 6. Add the words "collector or other officer of the customs" after the word "the," on line 3 of paragraph 17, page 12, and omit the word "officer" on such line. |