22 U.S.C. § 503 : US Code - Section 503: Facilitating work of foreign traveling salesmen; licenses and certificates of identification

Search 22 U.S.C. § 503 : US Code - Section 503: Facilitating work of foreign traveling salesmen; licenses and certificates of identification

Whereas the United States has entered into conventions with the
Governments of Uruguay, Guatemala, Salvador, Panama, and Venezuela
which were signed on August 27, 1918, December 3, 1918, January 28,
1919, February 8, 1919, and July 3, 1919, respectively, for
facilitating the work of traveling salesmen; and
Whereas Articles I and II of each of said conventions read as
follows:
"Article I. Manufacturers, merchants, and traders domiciled
within the jurisdiction of one of the high contracting parties may
operate as commercial travelers either personally or by means of
agents or employees within the jurisdiction of the other high
contracting party on obtaining from the latter, upon payment of a
single fee, a license which shall be valid throughout its entire
territorial jurisdiction.
"In case either of the high contracting parties shall be engaged
in war, it reserves to itself the right to prevent from operating
within its jurisdiction under the provisions of this treaty, or
otherwise, enemy nationals or other aliens whose presence it may
consider prejudicial to public order and national safety.
"Art. II. In order to secure the license above mentioned the
applicant must obtain from the country of domicile of the
manufacturers, merchants, and traders represented a certificate
attesting his character as commercial traveler. This certificate,
which shall be issued by the authority to be designated in each
country for the purpose, shall be visaed by the consul of the
country in which the applicant proposes to operate, and the
authorities of the latter shall, upon the presentation of such
certificate, issue to the applicant the national license as
provided in Article I."
Now, therefore, the Secretary of Commerce, or any person in the
Department of Commerce designated by him, is authorized to issue
the licenses and certificates of identification which are provided
for by the said Articles I and II, respectively, of the said
conventions, or which may be provided for by similar articles in
any convention or treaty that may, on and after September 22, 1922,
be concluded by the United States with a foreign government, and is
further authorized to collect a reasonable fee for each license and
certificate of identification issued. The amount of such fee shall
be fixed by regulations made by the Secretary of Commerce and shall
be paid into the Treasury of the United States quarterly.