Title 25—Indians--Volume 1
PART 310—USE OF GOVERNMENT MARKS OF GENUINENESS FOR ALASKAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN ESKIMO HAND-MADE PRODUCTS
§ 310.1   Penalties.
The use of Government trade-marks in an unauthorized manner, or the colorable imitation of such marks, is subject to the criminal penalties imposed by section 5 of the said act (49 Stat. 892; 25 U.S.C., 305d), which provides:
Any person who shall counterfeit or colorably imitate any Government trade-mark used or devised by the Board as provided in section 305a of this chapter, or shall, except as authorized by the Board, affix any such Government trade-mark, or shall knowingly, willfully, and corruptly affix any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation thereof upon any products, Indian or otherwise, or to any labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, or receptacles intended to be used upon or in connection with the sale of such products, or any person who shall knowingly make any false statement for the purpose of obtaining the use of any such Government trade-mark, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be enjoined from further carrying on the act or acts complained of and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment.
§ 310.2   Certificates of genuineness, authority to affix.
Government marks of genuineness for Alaskan Indian hand-made products may be affixed to articles meeting the conditions specified in § 310.3 by persons duly authorized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to affix such marks.
§ 310.3   Conditions.
No article may carry the Government mark of genuineness for Alaskan Indian hand-made products unless all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The article is hand-made by an Alaskan Indian.
(b) The article is hand-made under conditions not resembling a workshop or factory system.
(c) All raw materials used in carving, basketry and mat making, and all furs and hides used in the manufacture of hand-made artifacts, must be of native origin.
§ 310.4   Application of mark.
All marks shall be applied to the article with a rubber stamp to be furnished by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Each stamp shall bear a distinctive letter and may be used only by the person to whom it has been issued. With the addition of the distinctive letter, each stamp shall read:
On baskets and fabrics which offer no surface for the application of such a rubber stamp, the stamp shall be placed on a paper tag attached to the article by a wire caught in a lead seal disc that shall be impressed and made fast with a hand seal press furnished by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
§ 310.5   Certificates of genuineness, authority to affix.
Government marks of genuineness for Alaskan Eskimo hand-made products may be affixed to articles meeting the conditions specified in § 310.6 by persons duly authorized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to affix such marks.
§ 310.6   Conditions.
No article may carry the Government mark of genuineness for Alaskan Eskimo hand-made products unless all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The article is hand-made by an Alaskan Eskimo.
(b) The article is hand-made under conditions not resembling a workshop or factory system.
(c) All raw materials used in the making of the articles are of native origin except:
(1) Commercial fasteners.
(2) Calfskin trimmings for decorative borders on parkas and mukluks.
(3) Tops for mukluks made of commercial fabric.
(4) Commercially made draw-cords for mukluks.
(5) Commercial fabrics for parka linings.
(6) Sewing thread and glass beads.
§ 310.7   Application of mark.
All marks shall be applied to the article with a rubber stamp to be furnished by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Each stamp shall bear a distinctive letter and may be used only by the person to whom it has been issued. With the addition of the distinctive letter, each stamp shall read:
On baskets and fabrics which offer no surface for the application of such a rubber stamp, the stamp shall be placed on a paper tag attached to the article by a wire caught in a lead seal disc that shall be impressed and made fast with a hand seal press furnished by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board.