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PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 29. 1937 Provisos. Bond. Exceptions. 50 Stat. 1800. December 29, 1937 [No. 2266] Provided, however, That in each and every case the Secretary of the Treasury shall require that the principal on the warehouse-entry bond, in order to obtain the benefits under the extension granted, shall either furnish to the collector of customs for the district in which the merchandise is warehoused the agreement of the sureties on such bond to remain bound under the terms and provisions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension were granted, or furnish an additional bond with acceptable sureties to cover the period of extension: And provided further, That the extensions of one year herein authorized shall not apply to any merchandise imported during the year 1934 as to which the period of extension authorized by Proclamation No. 2214, dated December 29, 1936, has expired, or to any merchandise im- ported during the calendar year 1935 as to which the three-year period prescribed in sections 557 and 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930 has expired. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 29" day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. iFRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR EXPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE FOR DRAWBACK PURPOSES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Exportation of mer- WHEREAS section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (46 Stat. 696; ciandise for drawback purposes. U. S . C. title 19, sec. 1318) provides: Statutory authori- zations. 46 Stat. 696. 19U. S. C. §1318. 46 Stat. 694. 19U.S.C. i1313 (h). Emergency de- clared. Periods for expor- tation of completed articles to Philippine Islands extended. Merchandise im- ported during calen- dar year 1934. "Whenever the President shall by proclamation declare an emergency to exist by reason of a state of war, or otherwise, he may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend during the continuance of such emergency the time herein prescribed for the performance of any act * * *"; AND WHEREAS section 313 (h) of the said act (46 Stat. 694; U. S. C . title 19, sec. 1313 (h)) provides: "No drawback shall be allowed under the provisions of this section or of section 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other pur- poses,' approved March 8, 1902 (relating to drawback on ship- ments to the Philippine Islands), unless the completed article is exported, or shipped to the Philippine Islands, within three years after importation of the imported merchandise. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930, do by this proclamation declare an emergency to exist. And I do hereby authorize the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) In the case of articles manufactured or produced in the United States with the use of imported or substituted merchandise for draw- back purposes where the imported merchandise involved was imported [52 STAT.