Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-15
CUSTOM HOUSE
UNDER VIRGINIA
Representative Moore Sue
ceeds in Having
Transfer
WASUNDER MARYLAND
Executive Order For Transfer Signed
by President Wilson February q
Affords Better Facilities.

Through the efforts of Represen-
tative R. Walton Moore, Alexandria
has had its custom house transferred
from the Maryland district to the Vir-
gnia district The following letters
| explain the transfer.
March II, 1920.
! The Collector of Customs,
Baltimore, Md.
! Sir:
According to advice received from
the White House. the appended Exc
cutive Order was signed by the Pres;-
dent on February 27, 1920. It's publica-
ton in the Treasury Decisions viii
follow in due course, viz:
Executive Order
, Pursuant to the act approved Aug.
|, 1914, making provision for the sun
dry civil expenses Of the Government:
| for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1915, the boundaries of Customs Col
lection Districts No. Is District Of
Maryfand) and No. IA District CT
Virginia) are hereby changed 50 as
to detach the County of Alexandria
! from Customs Collection District 40,
IL District of Maryland and place
the same within the limits Of Custom:
Collection District No. ID District of
Virginia).
/ (Signed) Woodrow Wilson.
The White House
February 27, 1920.
I may state in the above connection
that the change in the boundaries Of
the Maryland and Virginia Districts
was deemed expedient in order to af-
ford better facilities for the licensing
of vessels haling from points in Vir-
gina adjacent to the County of Alex
andria. As under existing regulations
small vessels are required to be IL
ccnsed at the nearest customs port in
the Collection District from which
they hail., this requirement has proved
to be a hardship on owners of small!
vessels in the territory adjacent to
the County of Alexandria who are
compelled to go a considerable dis
tance to the nearest Customs port in
the Virginia Collection District for
their documents.
At recent conference held between
representative Of the Department
and members of the Alexandria Cham
Der of Commerce, the statement was
made by one of the Chambers repre-
sentatives that while the plan of
placing Alexandria in the Virginia
District would be advantageous to
the owners of small vessels hailing
from the vicinity of Alexandria, if the
assistance pow afforded the Alexan-
dria Customs officials tv the Customs
ports at the Georgetown Custom
hou,e was discontinued as the result
of The change in districts, such action
might be detrimental to the inte:es,s
OF the local shipbuilding plant. The
representatives of the Chamber Of
CommiTce were assured by the D.
rar;me3t's Representative that notwl;f-
standing the change in district limits
az matter of expediency arrange
n:en;s would be made whereby the
| Customs force at Georgetown would
continue to assist the Deputy Coi:e:-
ter in Charge at Alexandria in al!
matters pertaining to the document
ing Of vessels and the entry of meH-
chandise. have, therefore, to request
that appropriate instructions be IS
sued by you to the> Deputy Collector
in Charge at Washington to render
such assistance to the Alexandra Gus
toms officials in the matter of docu-
mentation and admeasurement of ves-
sells and the entry of merchandise
when ever called upon in this regard
Treasury Department.
Washington, March II, 1920
Honorable R. Walton Moore,
House Of Representatives.
My Dear Congressman:
am pleased to inform you that. ac-
eording to advice received from the
White House, the President on Feb.
ruary 27 last signed an Executive Or.
der detadhing the County of Alexan,
dria from Customs Collection District