Customs agency service suboffices Headquarters Customs agent in charge, Jacksonville. Customs agent in charge, Tampa. Customs agent in charge, Miami. Customs agent in charge, Key West. Customs agent in charge, Mobile. Customs agent in charge, New Orleans. Customs agent in Customs agent in Customs agent in Customs agent in charge, El Paso. Customs agent in charge, Customs agent in Customs agent in Customs agent Geographical jurisdiction That part of the State of Georgia extending south of a line drawn from Brunswick along U.S. Route 84 to Waycross and along Route 82 to the Alabama border. Northern Florida east of the Apalachicola River and bounded on the south by a line drawn from Cedar Key to Ocala to Daytona Beach. That portion of Florida south of a line from Cedar Key to Ocala to Daytona Beach and north of a line from Naples to Sebring to Melbourne. All the remainder of the State of Florida south of a line from Naples to Sebring to Melbourne but not including the Florida Keys. All the area covered by the Florida Keys. The State of Alabama, that part of the State of Mississippi lying south of 31° north latitude, and that portion of Tennessee east of the western crossing of the Tennessee River. Northern Florida west of the Apalachicola River. All the States of Louisiana (except the parishes of Cameron and Calcasieu); Mississippi (except that part lying south of 31° north latitude); and Arkansas. That portion of Tennessee west of the western crossing of the Tennessee River. The island of Puerto Rico. All of the Virgin Islands of the United States. The counties of Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, and Jim Wells. That part of the State of Texas east of the Pecos River, south of 33° north latitude, and west of 99° west longitude with the exception of Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Medina, Frio, La Salle, Webb, and Zapata Counties. The States of New Mexico and Colorado; that part of Oklahoma west of 100° west longitude: that part of the State of Texas lying west of the Pecos River, and the part of Texas north of 33° north latitude and west of 99° west longitude. All the State of Oklahoma east of 100° west longitude; Cameron and Calcasieu Counties in the State of Louisiana; and that part of the State of Texas lying east of a line formed by 97° west longitude, including Tarrant County but not including Refugio County. The counties of Starr, Jim Hogg, Zapata, Webb, Duval, McMullen and La Salle in the State of Texas. The counties of Brooks and Hidalgo. The Republic of Mexico. Kerr, Bandera, Medina, and Frio Counties and other parts of Texas lying north of 28° north latitude and between 97° and 99° west longitude with the exception of La Salle, McMullen, San Patricio, Refugio, and Tarrant Counties. Customs agency service suboffices Headquarters Customs agent in charge, Chicago. Customs agent in charge, Cleveland. Customs agent in charge, Detroit. Customs agent in charge, Duluth. Customs agent in charge, Great Falls. Customs agent in charge, Pembina. Customs agent in Customs agent in charge, Anchor age. Customs agent in charge, Honolulu. Regional customs representative, Rome, Italy. Senior customs representative, London, England. Geographical jurisdiction The States of Indiana, Kentucky and Iowa; that part of the State of Illinois lying north of the 39° north latitude; that part of the State of Wisconsin lying south of route U.S. 10 from Manitowoc west to the WisconsinMinnesota boundary; that part of the State of Minnesota lying south of a line drawn west from the junction of route U.S. 10 and the Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary to Olivia, Minn., and east to route 71 from Olivia, Minn., south to the Minnesota-Iowa boundary; and that part of the Dominion of Canada lying between 81° west longitude and 117° west longitude. The State of Ohio and the county of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania. State of Michigan except that part lying west of Route 41 extending from Escanaba to Marquette. Route U.S. 71 from International Falls, Minn., south to the junction of U.S. 71 and U.S. 212 (near Olivia, Minn.); east on U.S. 212 to U.S. 10, including Minneapolis-St. Paul, and continuing east on U.S. 10 to Manitowoc, Wis.; that part of the State of Michigan lying west of Route U.S. 41 extending from Escanaba to Marquette. The States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The States of North and South Dakota, the county of Kittson, Minn., and that part of Minnesota lying west of Route U.S. 71 from International Falls, Minn., to the Minnesota-Iowa boundary. The States of Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and that part of the State of Illinois lying south of 39° north latitude. Imperial County, Calif. and Yuma County, Ariz. The County of San Diego in the State of California. The State of Arizona with the exception of Yuma County. All of the Customs District of Los Angeles, Calif. All of the Customs District of San Francisco, Calif. All of the Customs District of Portland, Oreg. All of the customs district of Seattle, Wash., and that part of the Dominion of Canada lying west of 117° west longitude. The State of Alaska. The State of Hawaii. Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, all the Middle East and Iron Curtain countries, Africa. British Isles and Ireland. [T.D. 66–161, 31 F.R. 10668, Aug. 11, 1966, as amended, by T.D. 67-8, 31 F.R. 16564, Dec. 28, 1966] Customhouse, Savannah, Ga... IV. • Region VI (Houston, Tex.) is also served by the Customs laboratory at New Orleans. § 1.7 Hours of business. (a) Except as specified in paragraphs (b)-(g) of this section, each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days of the year except Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.10 (b) Different but equivalent hours shall be observed if a difference is required for the maintenance of adequate 10 The national holidays are Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, the first Monday in September, Nov. 11, the fourth Thursday in November, and Dec. 25. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following day will be observed. (E.O. No. 10358, June 9, 1952.) If a holiday falls on Saturday, the day immediately preceding such Saturday will be observed (5 U.S.C. 87c). Other days may be designated as national holidays by Executive order of the President. service because of local conditions, is approved by the Commissioner of Customs, and a notice of the hours of business is prominently displayed at the principal entrance and in each public room of the customs office. (c) At each port or station where there is no full-time customs employee, the hours during which the customs office will be open for the transaction of general customs business shall be fixed by the district director of customs concerned with the approval of the regional commissioner of customs, and notice thereof shall be displayed prominently at the principal entrance of the office. (d) Each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business on all State and local holidays occurring on days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. If a State or local holiday interferes with the performance of work in a customs office by any customs employee or employees, the principal field officer may request approval of the regional commissioner of customs to excuse such employees from duty without charge to leave. (e) Customs services required to be performed outside a customs office shall be furnished between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or between the corresponding hours at ports where different but equivalent hours are required for the maintenance of adequate service and are approved by the Commissioner of Customs) on all days when the customs office is open for the transaction of general customs business. In accordance with such instructions as the regional commissioner of customs shall have is sued from time to time and upon reason- (f) Where there is a regularly recur- ring need for customs services outside the above-prescribed hours, and the volume and duration of the required services are uniformly such as to require, of themselves or in immediately consecu- tive combination with other essential customs activities of the port, the full time of one or more customs employees, the necessary number of regular tours of duty to furnish such services on all days of the year except Sundays and national holidays may be established with the approval of the Commissioner (g) Customs services shall be fur- nished private interests otherwise than as specified in this section only in ac- (a) The customs seal of the United States consisting of the seal of the Treas- ury Department surrounded by an outer circle in which appears the words "Treasury Department" at the top and "Bureau of Customs" at the bottom ac- cording to the design furnished by the Treasury Department, shall be im- pressed upon all official documents re- quiring the impress of a seal. (b) The impress of the seal is not necessary on documents passing within the Customs Service. The seal shall be impressed on marine documents, and on landing certificates, certificates of weight, gauge, or measure, and similar classes of documents for outside inter- (c) The official seal shall not be used Additional closed-in spaces omitted Regulations applicable to vessels assignments for vessels measured under the provisions of the optional Definitions of terms used in §§ 2.80 Longitudinal location of the tonnage Vertical location of the tonnage mark. Depth (Ds) used with the tonnage Length (Lt) used in the tonnage Figures in the tonnage mark table. Line of the uppermost complete deck. Placing the tonnage mark in relation Application for measurement accord- AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 2 issued under R.S. 4153, secs. 2-3, 23 Stat. 118-119, sec. 4, 28 Stat. 743, sec. 12, 79 Stat. 891; 5 U.S.C. 301, 46 U.S.C. 2-3, 77, 79, 83h. pear at 28 F.R. 14553, Dec. 31, 1963, unless § 2.1 Authority of Commissioner. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury has delegated to the Commissioner of Customs supervision of the laws relating to the measurement of vessels. On all questions of interpretation growing out of the execution of the laws relating to this subject, the decision of the Com- (b) The Commissioner of Customs shall, in the following sections, be re- ferred to as the Commissioner. (c) Doubts arising in the minds of the admeasures concerning decks to the deck, shelter decks, method of procedure, [28 F.R. 14553, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by § 2.2 Officials authorized to admeasure (a) Before any vessel shall be regis- tered, enrolled, or licensed she shall be measured by an officer of the customs at the port or place where she may be. (b) A vessel is not to be measured un- less she is required by law to be regis- tered, enrolled or licensed, or otherwise § 2.3 Purpose for which measurements (a) Tonnage measurements are taken (b) All measurements are to be taken § 2.4 Register ton. A register ton is a volume of 100 cubic § 2.5 Gross register tonnage. (a) The gross tonnage, referred to (b) Except in the case of a vessel (1) The cubic capacity below the (2) The cubic capacity of each be- (3) The cubic capacity of the perma- nent closed-in spaces on the upper deck |