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. I ltshed In the FEDERAL REGIS7ER (38 FR 3334). No comments were received re~ garding this proposed designation. Accordingly, by virtue of the authortty vested in the President by section 1 of the act of August 1. 1914, 38 Stat. 623. as amended 09 U.S.C. 2). which was delegated W> the Secretary of the Treas. ury by tile President by Executive Order No. 10289, September 17, 1951 <3 CFR ch. II), and pursuant to authority pro- vided by Treasury Department Order No. 190. rev. 8 (37 FR 18572). Butte, Mont., Is hereby designated a port of entry in the Great Falls, Mont., district (region VIII>. effective May 2, 1973. The geographical limits of the port of Butte include all of ranges 7. 8, and 9 West in township 2 North and township 3 North, and sections 1,'2, 11, 12. 13. 14, 23, 24, 25. 26, 35. and 36 of township 3 North, range 10 West, in the county of Silver Bow, Mont. To reflect this change, the table in ~ 1.2 (c) of the Customs regwatj.ons is amended. by inserting 1n the colwnn headed "Ports of En try" in the Great Falls, Mont., district (region VllD "Butte, Mont. (including the territory described in T.D. 73-121) ," directly be- low Great Falls, Mont. (Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 434, sec. I, 38 Stat. 623, as amended; 19 D.S.C. I, 2.) It is desirable to make the Customs port of entry available to the public as soon as possible. Therefore, good c.ause is .found for dispensing with the delayed effective date provision of 5 U.S.C. 553(d>. [SEAL] JAMES B. CLAWSON, Actina Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. IFH Doc.73-8567 Filed 5-1-73;8:45 am} .~:' '-- IT.D.73-1221 PART _VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES Addition of Mexico to Coastwise Transport List r APRIL 24, 1973. In accordance with section 27, 41 Stat. 999, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883>, the Secretary of State has advised the Secre- tary of Treasury under date of Decem- ber 21,1972, tJ1at Mexico allows privileges recIprocal to those provided for in the cited statute, to vessels of the United _~J3tates. Therefore, corresponding privil- ..: eges are accorded to vessels of MexIca.n U registry. These privileges relate to the coastwise transportation, under the con- ditions specified in the applicable proviso of section 27, 41 Sta.t. 999, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883), of empty cargo vans, empty lift vans, empty shipping tanks; eqUipment for use with those articles; empty barges speciftcally designed for carriage aboard a vessel; any empty in- struments for international traffic ex- empted from appUcation of the Customs laws by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 14, 67 Stat. 516 09 U.S.C. 1322(a)); and certaIn stevedorIng equipment and material.' . ~ , RULES AND REGULATiONS Accordingly, paragraph (b) (1) of ~ 4.93, Customs regulations, is amended by the insertion of "Mexico" in appro- priate alphabetical order in the list of countries under that paragraph. Para- graph (b) (2) of ~ 4.93, Customs regula- tions, is also amended by .the insertion of "Mexico" in appropriate alphabetical order in the list of countries under that paragraph. (Sec. 27.41 Sta.t. 999. as a.mended, sec. 14,67 Sta.t. 516: 6 U.S.C. 301, 19 V.S.C. 1322(0.), 46 V.S.C. 883.) There is a statutory basis for the de- scribed extension of reciprocal privileges, and the amendment recognizes an ex- emption from the coastwise prohibition of .section 27, 41 Stat. 999, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883). Therefore, good cause exists for dispensing with notice and public procedure thereon as unnecessary. and good cau.se is found for the amend- ment to become effective on the earliest date poss2ble, under 5 U.S.C. 553. EfJective date.-This amendment shall be effective on May 2, 1973. VERNON D. ACREE, Commissioner of Cu..stoms. Apprm'ed April 24, 1973. JAMES B. CLAWSON, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. [FR 000.73--8568 Filed 6-1-73;8:45 ami IT.D.73-119] PART 12-SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE Import Restrictions on Pre.Columbian Sculpture and Murals APRIL 24, 1973. On February 12, 1973, a notice of pro- posed rulemaking was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (38 FR 4261), which proposed to amend part 12 of the Cus- toms regulations to implement title IT of Public Law 92-587 which authortzes the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate the importattpn into the United States of pre-Columbian monumental and archI- tectural sculpture or murals exported contrary to the laws' of the country of origin. The amendment lists the types of articles regulated and the countries which control the exportation ot sucll articles: the docwnents required for en- tering the articles into the United States and the time in which these documents must be submitted if they are not avail- able at the time of entry; and prOVides for the disposition of articles seized for failure to produce the required docu- ments. After consideration of all data, views, or arguments submitted in re- spon.se to the notice, only minor editorIal changes are made. Accordingly, the amendment to part 12 or the Customs regulations is hereby adopted as set forth below. 10&,07 EDectiue dale.-This amendment .shall beco~e effective June 1. 1973. [SEAL] VERNON D. ACRl:E, Commissioner of Cust01ns. Approved April 24, 1973. . JAMES B. CLAWSON, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Part 12 is amended by the insertion ot a new center heading and U 12.105 tQ 12.109. to read as follows: PRE-COLUMBIAN MONUMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AND MURALS ~ 12.105 Ddinilions, For purposes of U 12.106 through 12.109: (a) The term <'pre-Columbian monu- mental. or architectural sculpture or mural" means any stone carving or wall art listed. in paragraph (b) of this sec- tion which is the product of a pre-Colum~ bian Indian culture of Bolivia, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Re- public, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Pern, or Venezuela. (b) The term "stone carving or wall art" includes: (1) Such stone monwnents as altars and altar bases, archways. baH court markers, basins, calendars, and calendri- cal markers, cblwnns, monoliths, obe- lisks, statues, stelae, sarcophagi, thrones, . zoomorphs: (2) Such architectural structures as aqueducts, ball courts, buildings, bridges. causeways, courts, doorways (including lintels and jambs), forts, observatories, plazas, platforms, facades, reservoirs, re~ taining walls, roadways, shrines. temples, tombs, walls, walkways, wells; (3) Architectural masks, decorated capstones, decorative beams of wood. frescoes, friezes, glyphs, gra1li.U, mosaics, moldings, or any other carving or decora- tion which had been part of or afflxed to any monument or architectural struc- ture, including cave paintings or designs; (4) Any fragmen t or part of any stone carving or wall art listed in the preced- ing subparagraphs. (c) The term "country of origin," as applied to any pre-Columbian monumen~ taJ or archit.ectural sc.ulpture or mural, means the country where the sculpture or mural was first discovered.. ~ 12.106 Importalion prohibiled. Except as provided in ~ 12.107, no pre- Columbian monwnental or architectural sculpture or mural whIch is exported from its country of origin after (the ef- fective date of this regulation) may be imported into the United States. ~ 12.107 Imporlalions permiltcd. Pre-Columbian monumental or arc.hi~ tectural sculpture or mural for which entry is sought into the Customs terri~ tory of the United States will be per- mitted entry if at the time of making entry : (a) A certiflcate, issued by the Gov- 'ernment of the country of origin of such sculpture or mw'a.l, in a. form acceptable to the Secretary, certifying that such exportation was not in violation of the FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 38, NO. 84--WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1973 1t~"""I. \!V(.