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 760 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. C$. 497 .' 1930. ADadU"svr s $ioas b PRO- house brokers. Except as provided in subdivision (e) of this section, no person shall transact business as a customhouse broker without a license granted in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, but nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the requir- ing of a license jn the case of any person transacting at a custom- house business pertaining to his own importations . Revocation or sus (b) REV OCA TION OR SUSPENSION .-The collector or chief officer of pension . the customs may at any time, for good and sufficient reasons, serve Notice to be g iven . notice in writing upon any customhouse broker so licensed to show cause why said license shall not be revoked or suspended, which notice shall be in the form of a statement specifically setting forth Hearings. the ground of complaint . The collector or chief officer of customs shall within ten days thereafter notify the customhouse broker in writing of a hearing to be held before him within five days upon said charges. At su ch hearing the customhouse broker may be repre- sented by counsel, and all proceedings including the proof of the charges and the answer thereto, shall be presented, with the right of cross-examination to both parties, and a stenographic record of the same shall be made and a co py thereof shall be delivered to the Transmittal of pro- customhouse broker. At the conclusion of such hearing the collector taryings to the Score or chief officer of customs shall forthwith transmit all papers and the stenographic report of the hearing, which shall constitute the record in the case, to the Secretary of the Treasury for his action. t Authority of sacra Thereupon th e said Secretary of the Treasury shall have the r ight to revoke or suspend the license of any customhouse broker, in which cas e formal notice shall be given such customhouse broker within ten days. Appeal fr om Seers- t ary's decisi on. (c) APPEAL FROM SECRETARY'S DECISION .-Any licensed custom- R house broker aggrieved by the decision of the Secretary of the Review by Cus tom s Treasury may, within thirty d ays thereafter, and not afterwards, app ly to the Uni ted Sta tes Cu sto ms Court for a review of su ch Not ice to the Seere- decision. Such application shall be made by filing in the office of the tary. clerk of said court a petition praying relief in the premises. There- upon the court shall immediately give notice in writing of such application to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall forthwith trans mit to said court the record and eviden ce ta ken in the case, Procedure. together with a statement of his decision therein. The filing of such application shall operate as a stay of the revocation or suspension of the license. The matter may be brought on to be heard before the said court in the same manner as a motion, by either the Assistant Decision final. Attorney General or the attorney for the customhouse br ok er, and the decision of said United States Customs Court shall be upon the merits as disclosed by the record and be final, and the proceedings remanded to the Secretary of the Treasury for further action to be taken in accordance with the terms of the decree. Regulations to be (d) REGULATIONS BY SECRETARY .-The Secretary of the Treasury made. s hall prescr ibe r egula tions neces sary o r con venien t for carrying this section into effect. Former law repealed. (e) LICENSES UNDER ACT OF JUNE 10, 1910 .-The Act entitled Vol. 36, p. 464, re- "An Act to li ce nse customhouse brokers," approved Ju ne 10, 1910, pealed. is h ereby repea led, except that any license issued under such Act shall continue in force and effect, subject to suspension and revoca- tion in the same manne r and upon the sa me co nditio ns as licen ses issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. M eth ods of valua- SEC. 642. INVESTIGATION OF METHODS OF VAL UAT ION. tion. Survey for basis of The President is requested (1) to cause a survey to be made, by valuation of imports, to determine values in s uch agency or ag encies as he may designate or app oint, of bases f or unite d States. the valuation of imported merchandise for the assessment of customs duties, particularly with a view to determining the extent to which

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