3428 December 21, 1934. . PROCLAMATIONS, 1934. on such bond to remain bound under the terms and provisions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension were granted, or furnish an additional bond with acceptable sureties to cover the period of extension. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the Oity of Washington this 2pt day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-ninth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2109] .M E RCHANDISE IN BONDED WAREHOUSE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS section 318 of the Tariff Aet of 1930 (46 Stat. 696) honded warehouse. provides: 'I'inwextensionsdur- "Whenever the President ,jIlall by proclamation declare an emer- in~emergency. gency to exist by reason of a state of war, or otherwise, he mny \'01. 46, 1>. 600. authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend during the con- tinuance of such emergency the time herein prescribed for the per- formanceofanyact * * *"; Vol. 46, p. 744. AND WHEREAS section 557 of the said act provides: Entry C<lr warelous- "Any merchandise subject to duty, with the exception of perishable ing. articles and explosive substances other than firecrackers, may be entered for warehousing and be deposited in a bonded warehouse at Withdrawals. the expense and risk of the owner, importer, or consignee. Such merchandise mny be withdrawn, at any time within three years (or ten months in the case of grain) from the date of importation, for con- sumption upon payment of the duties and charges accruing thereon at the rate of duty imposed by law upon such merchandise at the date ' rime limit. of withdrawal * * * Provided, That the total period of time for which such merchandise may remain in bonded warehouse shall not exceed three years (or ten months in the case of grain) from the date of imp.Qrtation * * *"; Emergency declared. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United St3tes of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930, do by this proclamation declare an emergency to exist. Warehousin~ period And I do hereby authorize the Sec:etary of the Treasury until for merchandise Im- • d .. , . ported during 1931 fur- further notICe, to exten ~he warehousmg penod for all merchandIse therextended. (except grain) in warehouse imported during the calendar year 1931 and entered for warehousing under section 557 of the Tariff Act of Vol. W , p. 744; Vol. 1930 for not more than 1 year from and after the expiration of the 3- 48, p. 1726. year period prescribed in sections 557 and 559 of the T8riif Act of 1930 as extended for 1 year under the authority of Proclamation TarmstroBot (talk)Oetc., required. No. 2069, dated December 30, 1933: Provided, however, ~hat in each and every case the Secretary of the Treasury shall re9Ulre that the principal on the warehouse-entry bond, in order to obtam the benefits
