The Cordova daily times., 1916-01-17
NEW LAW GOES IN EFFECT LIN
 FEB. 1

Much interest has been manifested by shippers in Alaska over the new shippers manifest, which was to have taken effect on the first of January, but which has been extended to take effect February l. The full text of the order has been given out by the collector of customs and is printed below Special attention is called to paragraphs in the order.
 Under the new order the shippers export declaration does not need be executed before a notary unless the value of the goods is in excess of $1O0 For shipments valued at more than that sum an oath is necessary to be taken before a notary, or before any collector or deputy collector of customs.
 Under the new order it is necessary for the shipper to prepare a declara- tion of the shipment in duplicate, which is delivered to the customs of ficial at the clearing point. This makes it unnecessary for shippers in Cordova to have their manifests or de clarations made out by the local of flee.
 Shipments from all points in Alaska may be delivered to the steamship companies and all declared in a body at the clearing point, may it be Ket- chikan, Juneau, Cordova or any other port in Alaska. The declaration must be in duplicate, but the extract, or second sheet is all that need be de- livered to the agent, open. The ori- ginal may be detached and placed in a sealed envelope, if the shipper de sires, it will be delivered to the GUS toms official in that condition. This is done in cases where the shipper does not desire the value of the ship ment known. The original states the value of the shipment, but the extract does not.
 The instructions in fun follow.
 Treasury Department,
 December 14, 1915. To Collectors of Customs and others
 concerned
 T. D. 357OS is hereby amended to read
 as follows:
 1. The following procedure is pre- scribed for the exportation of mer- chandise to foreign countries or ship ped to or from non-contiguous terri tory of the United States on or after February 1, 1916. These regulations will not supersede any regulations promulgated for the enforcement of the neutrality laws.
 2. Shippers Export Declarations To avoid confusion in terms, the manifest required by section 4200 Re vised Statutes, to be filed by export, CTS of merchandise will hereafter be known as "The Shippers Export De- claration." The shippers export de claration and attached extract in the following form must be filed with the collector of customs at the port of exit for all merchandise, except ship ments in bond, cleared for foreign countries or shipped to non-contigu. ous territory of the United States. or from Alaska, Hawaii, or Porto Rico to the United States on or before Feb ruary l, 1916. Such form is prepared in duplicate, perforated at the top, and is printed on yellow paper, eight inches wide by ten and one-half or more inches in length.
 | This export declaration and extract must be executed by the shipper, owner or consignor of the merchan- disc, or by his agent. If executed by an agent, his authority must be in writing. signed by the shipper. Such authority may be indorsed on the de- claration or may be separately filed with the collector of customs. The shippers export declaration for all shipments by vessel valued at more than $100 must be made under oath taken before a notary public or other person authorized to adminis- ter oaths, or before any collector of customs or deputy collector. No oath