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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS 
WASHINGTON 
Mr* J. E. Graf, Associate Director, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
United States National Museum, 
Washington, D. C. 
Sir: 
In response to the request contained in your com¬ 
munication of April 3, 1939, the collector of customs 
at San Antonio, Texas, in whose district Laredo is 
located, is being authorized in a communication of 
even date, a copy of which is enclosed, to admit free 
of duty without entry the baggage and effects of Dr. 
Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary of the Smith¬ 
sonian Institution, when he arrives at Laredo, Texas, 
from Mexico about April 20, 1939. You will also note 
that the collector is being directed to assist Dr. 
Wetmore in entering free of duty his specimens, under 
paragraph 1767 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
By direction of the Commissioner: 
Very truly yours. 
Enclosure No. 54223. 
