By the President of the United States of
America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Government of Germany has taken action, extending, on and
after March 1, 1906, and until June 30, 1907, or until further notice,
the benefit of the German conventional customs tariff to the products of
the soil or industry of the United States, by which action in the
judgment of the President reciprocal concessions are established in
favor of the said products of the United States:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting
under the authority conferred by the third section of the tariff act of
the United States, approved July 24, 1897, do hereby suspend, during the
continuance in force of the said concessions by the Government of
Germany, the imposition and collection of the duties imposed by the
first section of said act upon the articles hereinafter specified, being
the products of the soil or industry of Germany; and do declare in place
thereof [Page 647] the following rates of
duty provided in the third section of said act to be in force and effect
on and after March 1, 1906, of which the officers and citizens of the
United States will take due notice, namely:
Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, five per centum ad
valorem.
Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or
other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon.
Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in
bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each
not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles
or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and
twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found
in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per
pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty
shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs.
Upon paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and
statuary, fifteen per centum ad valorem.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[seal.] Done at the city of
Washington
this
twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and six, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundredth and thirtieth.
By the President:
Elihu Root
Secretary of State.
executive order.
Paragraph 678 of the Consular Regulations is hereby stricken out and
the following paragraph substituted:
Purchased goods, where certified—
Invoices of merchandise purchased for export to the United States
must be produced for certification to the consul of the district at
which the merchandise was purchased, or in the district in which it
was manufactured, but as a rule a consular officer shall not require
the personal attendance at his office of the shipper, purchaser,
manufacturer, owner, or his agent, for the purpose of making
declarations to invoices, but he shall certify invoices sent to him
through the mails or by messenger. To conform to the statute which
requires that merchandise shall be invoiced at the market value or
wholesale price of such merchandise as bought and sold in usual
wholesale quantities at the time of exportation to the United
States, in the principal markets of the country whence imported,
consuls will certify to invoices, the additional cost of
transportation from the place of manufacture to the place of
shipment whenever the invoice is presented to be consulated in a
country other than the one from which the merchandise is being
directly exported to the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt.
White
House, March 1,
1906.
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executive order.
Paragraph 680 of the Consular Regulations is hereby stricken out and
the following paragraph substituted: Invoice and declaration to be
verified—
When the invoice and declaration are received by the consul, it is
his duty to examine carefully each item and satisfy himself that it
is true and correct. In aid of this examination it shall be the duty
of such consular officer to confer with official chambers of
commerce and other trade organizations in his district, and he shall
report any and all written communications from such commercial
bodies and trade organizations that may be submitted to him in
writing, together with all schedules of prices furnished him
officially for that purpose; and the consul is authorized, in his
discretion, to call for the bills of sale of merchandise purchased
for export to the United States; to inquire into the cost of
production of merchandise not obtained by purchase; to demand
samples; and, if the conditions require it, to examine the entire
consignment. Whenever an invoice is offered for certification which
covers consolidated shipments consisting of the productions of
different manufacturers, the consul may demand the submission of the
manufacturers’ bills relating thereto. Even when the merchandise has
been purchased for export and the invoice sets out truly the price
paid, the consul should ascertain whether the price represents the
market value of the goods.
Theodore Roosevelt.
White
House, March 1,
1906.
