Ex. Ord. No. 10289, Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9499, as amended
by
Ex. Ord. No. 10583, Dec. 18, 1954, 19 F.R. 8725; Ex. Ord.
No.
10882, July 18, 1960, 25 F.R. 6869; Ex. Ord. No. 11110, June
4,
1963, 28 F.R. 5605; Ex. Ord. No. 11825, Dec. 31, 1974, 40
F.R.
1003; Ex. Ord. No. 12608, Sept. 9, 1987, 52 F.R. 34617,
provided:
1. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated and empowered
to perform the following-described functions of the President without
the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:
(a) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act
of August 1, 1914, ch. 223, 38 Stat. 609, 623, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2), (1) to rearrange, by consolidation or otherwise, the several
customs-collection districts, (2) to discontinue ports of entry
by abolishing the same and establishing others in their stead, and
(3) to change from time to time the location of the headquarters
in any customs-collection district as the needs of the service may
require.
(b) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the
Anti-Smuggling Act of August 5, 1935, c. 438, 49 Stat. 517 (19 U.S.C.
1701), (1) to find and declare that at any place or within any area
on the high seas adjacent to but outside customs waters any vessel
or vessels hover or are being kept off the coast of the
United
States and that, by virtue of the presence of any such vessel or
vessels at such place or within such area, the unlawful introduction
or removal into or from the United States of any merchandise or
person is being, or may be, occasioned, promoted, or threatened,
(2) to find and declare that certain waters on the high
seas
are in such proximity to such vessel or vessels that such unlawful
introduction or removal of merchandise or persons may be carried
on by or to or from such vessel or vessels, and (3) to find and
declare that, within any customs-enforcement area, the circumstances
no longer exist which gave rise to the declaration of such area
as a customs-enforcement area.
(c) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the
Act of August 26, 1985, Public Law 98-89, 97 Stat. 510 (46 U.S.C.
3101); to suspend the provisions of law requiring the inspection
of foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry.
(d) The authority vested in the President by section 5 of the
actof May 28, 1908, ch. 212, 35 Stat. 425, as amended (46 U.S.C.
Appendix 104), to determine (as a prerequisite to the extension
of reciprocal privileges by the Commissioner of Customs) that yachts
used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels and belonging
to any resident of the United States are allowed to arrive at and
depart from any foreign port and to cruise in the waters of such
port without entering or clearing at the custom-house thereof and
without the payment of any charges for entering or clearing, dues,
duty per ton, tonnage taxes, or charges for cruising licenses.
(e) The authority vested in the President by section 2 of the
act of March 24, 1908, ch. 96, 35 Stat. 46 (46 U.S.C. Appendix 134),
to name the hospital ships to which section 1 of the said act (46
U.S.C. Appendix 133), shall apply and to indicate the time when
the exemptions thereby provided for shall begin and end.
(f)
The authority vested in the President by section 4228 of the Revised
Statutes, as amended (46 U.S.C. Appendix 141), (1) to declare that
- upon satisfactory proof being given by the government of any foreign
nation that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imports are imposed
or levied in the ports of such
nation upon vessels wholly belonging
to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures
or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from
any foreign country - the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage
and impost within the United States are suspended and discontinued,
so far as respect the vessels of such foreign nation, and the produce,
manufactures, or merchandise imported into the United States from
such foreign nation, or from any other foreign country, and (2)
to suspend in part the operation of section 4219 of the Revised
Statutes, as amended (46 U.S.C. Appendix 121), and section IV, J,
subsection 1 of the act of October 3, 1913, c. 16 38 Stat. 195,
as amended (46 U.S.C. Appendix 146), so that foreign vessels from
a country imposing partial discriminating tonnage duties upon American
vessels, or partial discriminating import duties upon American merchandise,
may enjoy in our ports the identical privileges which the same class
of American vessels and merchandise may enjoy in such country: Provided,
That prior to the issuance of an order of
the Secretary of the
Treasury suspending and discontinuing (wholly or in part) discriminating
tonnage duties, imposts, and import duties within the United States,
the Department of State shall obtain and furnish to the Secretary
of the Treasury the proof required by the said sections 4228, as
amended, as the basis for that order.
(g) The authority vested in the President by section 3650 of
the Internal Revenue Code (section 3650 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1939) (see 26 U.S.C. 7621), to establish convenient collection
districts (for the purpose of assessing, levying, and collecting
the taxes provided by the internal revenue laws), and from time
to time to alter such districts.
(h) The authority which is now vested in the President by section
2564(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (section 2564(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1939), and which on and after January 1, 1955, will
be vested in the President by section 4735(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 (former 26 U.S.C. 4735(b)), to issue, in accordance
with the provisions of the said section 2564(b) or 4735(b), as the
case may be, orders providing for the registration
and the imposition
of a special tax upon all persons in the Canal Zone who produce,
import, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away
narcotic drugs.
(i) The authority vested in the President by Section 5318 of
the Revised Statutes, as amended (19 U.S.C. 540), to employ suitable
vessels other than Coast Guard cutters in the execution of laws
providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage;(.)
2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated and empowered
to perform without the approval, ratification, or other action of
the President the following functions which have heretofore, under
the respective provisions of law cited, required the approval of
the President in connection with their performance by the Secretary
of the Treasury:
(a) The authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by
section 6 of the act of July 8, 1937, ch. 444, 50 Stat. 480 (40
U.S.C. 728), to make rules and regulations necessary for the execution
of the functions vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by the
said act, as amended.
(b), (c) (Revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11110,
June 4, 1963, 28 F.R. 5605.)
(d) (Revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11825, Dec. 31, 1974, 40 F.R. 1003.)
(e) The authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by
section 1 of Title II of the act of June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat.
220 (50 U.S.C. 191), to make rules and regulations governing the
anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the
territorial waters of the United States.
3. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General
(now United States Postal Service) are hereby designated and empowered
jointly to prescribe without the approval of the President regulations,
under section 1 of the act of July 8, 1937, ch. 444, 50 Stat. 479
(40 U.S.C. 721), governing the shipment of
valuables by the executive
departments, independent establishments, agencies, wholly-owned
corporations, officers, and employees of the United States.
(b) The Postmaster General (now United States Postal Service)
is hereby designated and empowered to exercise without the approval,
ratification, or other action of the President the authority vested
in the President by section 504(b) of Title 18 of the United States
Code to approve regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury
under the authority of the said section 504(b) (relating to the
printing, publishing, or importation, or the making or importation
of the necessary plates for such printing or publishing, of postage
stamps for philatelic purposes) (see section 504(2) of title 18),
and to approve any amendment or repeal of any of such regulations
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
4. As used in this order, the term 'functions' embraces duties,
powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term
'perform' may be construed to mean 'exercise'.
5. All actions heretofore taken by the President in respect of
the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the
issuance of this order, including regulations prescribed by the
President in respect of such matters, shall, except as they may
be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect
until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred
by this order.