VESSELS CLEARING UNITED STATES PORTS Lakehurst, . 1. Report on this form shall be submitted to the Collector of Customs for every vessel of 100 gross tons or over leaving a continental United States port for foreign ports and/or ports in the Philippine Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Porto Rico, or other United States possessions, and for every such vessel loading cargo, mail, and/or passengers at a colonial United States port for transportation to a foreign port or other colonial port. 2. Beports covering cargo, mail, and/or passengers originating at or destined to more than one port will show the tonnage of each commodity, the number of pounds of mail, and the number and class of passengers from each port of lading or embarkation to each port of discharge or debarkation. 3. Commodities in quantities of less than ten (10) tons each may be combined and reported as general cargo. 4. All cargo quantities shall be shown in long tons of 2.240 pounds, shipping weight, including tare, if any; mail shall be shown in pounds. 5. Cargo reports are not required from vessels entering or clearing in transit, or for repairs. 6. Bunker coal and bunker oil loaded at a United States port shall be shown in the space provided. 7. Vessels having accommodations for but one class of passengers will report all passengers carried under "Cabin Class." 8. The penalties prescribed by the shipping act of 1918 shall be imposed on any person failing to supply the information required on this form. Name of ZEPPELIN 100 TypeAirship Owner... Port of final destination Friedrichshafen, germany, All cargo to be landed there. Dead weight this draft I HEREBY CERTIFY that this is an accurate and complete report of the lading of this vessel for this voyage at her final clearance. (Signed) ener CARGO, MAIL, AND PASSENGERS Dommander (Title) List ports of origin, ports of destination, tonnage of commodities, pounds of mail, and number of passengers by classes. If in ballast, give amount and kind. f CARGO, MAIL, AND PASSENGER REPORT OF THE "GRAF ZEPPELIN," 1929 The report reproduced above was filed for the Graf Zeppelin at the beginning of its 21-day round-theworld trip in 1929, and is an example of a modern archival document. It is a carbon copy made by typewriter on a printed form, with amendments and signature in longhand. This copy was filed originally with the Shipping Board; it passed eventually into the custody of the Maritime Commission, from which it was received by The National Archives. APPENDIX I EXTRACT FROM THE INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1939, APPROVED MAY 23, 1938 [Public, No. 534, 75th Cong.] NATIONAL ARCHIVES Salaries and expenses: For the Archivist and for all other authorized expenditures of The National Archives in carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122-1124; 40 U. S. C. ch. 2A), as amended; the Act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 500-503; U. S. C., Supp. II, title 44, ch. 8A), as amended; including personal services in the District of Columbia; supplies and equipment, including scientific, technical, first-aid, protective, and other apparatus and materials for the arrangement, titling, scoring, repair, processing, editing, duplication, reproduction, and authentication of photographic records (including motion-picture films) and sound recordings in the custody of the Archivist; purchase and exchange of books, including law books, books of reference, maps, and charts; contract stenographic reporting services; purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and press clippings; not to exceed $100 for payment in advance when authorized by the Archivist for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; travel expenses, including not to exceed $1,000 for the expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of The National Archives; repairs to equipment; maintenance and operation of motor vehicles; and all other necessary expenses, $775,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for The National Archives when the aggregate cost involved does not exceed the sum of $50: Provided further, That six months after the date of approval of this Act, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in section 2 of The National Archives Act, approved June 19, 1934, and section 1 of the Federal Register Act, approved July 26, 1935, all persons employed in The National Archives establishment under section 2 of The National Archives Act and section 1 of the Federal Register Act shall be appointed by the Archivist in accordance with the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: And provided further, That all persons employed under section 2 of The National Archives Act and section 1 of the Federal Register Act in said establishment six months after the date of approval of this Act, regardless of the method by which they were appointed, who do not have a competitive classified civil-service status shall acquire such a status (1) upon recommendation by the Archivist and certification by him to the Civil Service Commission that such persons have rendered satisfactory service in said establishment for not less than six months and (2) upon passing such suitable noncompetitive tests as the Civil Service Commission shall prescribe. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding for The National Archives, $14,000. Total, The National Archives, $789,000. 108929-39--4 41 |