The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-06

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tanned abroad by purchase or other
wise. Such deduction viii be made by
customs officers on the pier.
Nonresidents of the United States
are entitled to bring IN free of duty
only such articles as are in the nature
Of wearing apparel, articles Of personal
adornment, toilet articles, and similar
personal effects actually accompanying
the passenger and necessary and appro-
pirate for his or her wear and use for
the purposes of the journey and present
comfort and convenience, and are not
intended for other persons nor for sale.
Household effects of persons or fami-
lies from foreign countries viii be ad-
mitted free of duty if actually used
abroad by them not less than one year,
and not intended for any other person
nor for sale.
Articles intended for other persons,
for use in business, and household eff
fects, must be so declared.
All cigars and cigarettes must be de-
clared, and are not to be included with
in the one hundred dollars exemption
Each passenger is entitled to bring in,
free of duty and internal-revenue tax,
either 80 cigars or 800 cigarettes.
The senior member of family, if
passenger. may make declaration for
the entire family.
Ladies travelling alone should state
the fact in the declarations and entries
in order that an expeditions examine
ton of their baggage may be made.
The exact number of pieces of bag
gage, including all trunks, valises,
boxes, packages, and handbags of all
description accompanying the passen-
ger, must be stated in the declaration.
Whenever practicable, passengers
should present the original receipted
bills of foreign purchases.
Passengers dissatisfied with values
placed upon dutiable articles by the
customs officers on the piers may de-
mand reorganization, but application
therefor should be Immediately maze
TO the officers there in charge. IF for
| any reason this course is impractieable,
the packages containing the articles
should be left in customs custody and
application for reappraisement made to
| the collector of customs, in writing,
! within two days after the original APP
praisement. No request for reappraise-
ment can be entertained after the ar
ticles have been removed from customs
custody.
| Upon application to the customs Of
feer in charge on the pier, baggage in
tended for delivery at ports in the
United States other than the port of
arrival, or in transit through the
United States to a foreign country,
may be forwarded thereto without the
assessment of duty at the port of ar
rival, by the various railroads and ex-
press companies, whose representatives
will be found one the pier. Passengers
desiring to have their baggage for
warded in bond should indicate such
intention and state the value thereof
in their declarations, before any exam
ination of the baggage has been made.
Government officers are forbidden by
law to accept anything but currency
ed, will retain baggage on the piers for
twenty-four hours to enable the owner
to secure the currency.
Passengers are advised that to offer
or give gratuities or brides to customs
officers is violation of law, and Gus
toms officers who accept gratuitles OF
brides will be dismissed from the ser
vice.
any ulSCouIlcSy VI 1UClFilty oH the
part of customs omcers should be re-
ported to the collector at the custom
house, the deputy collector or the dep
uty surveyor at the pier, or to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
1 An act of Congress OF 1897 expressly
!, forbids the importation into the Uniled
States OF garments made in whole OIL
in part of the skins of seals taken in
the waters of the North Pacific Ocean
and unless the owner is able to estab-
hsh by competenl evidence and to the
Satisfaction of the collector that the
garments are not prohibited they can
not be entered.
J In order to secure prompt identif-
cation and thereby facilitate the pas
sage through the customs upon return
of valuable personal and household eff
fects, taken abroad by persons leaving
1 the United States, the articles may be
registered with the collector at the port
of departure or the port at which the
| journey commences.
/ JAMES B. REYNOLDS,
! Assistant Secretary
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