sioner or Examiner shall fix the time within which briefs shall be filed and service thereof shall be made upon the adverse parties.

All briefs must be filed with the secretary and be accompanied by proof of service upon the adverse parties. Twenty copies of each brief shall be furnished for the use of the Commission, unless otherwise ordered.

Application for extension of time in which to file any brief shall be by petition in writing, stating the facts upon which the application rests, which must be filed with the Commission at least five days before the time for filing the brief.

Every brief shall contain, in the order here stated(1) A concise abstract, or statement of the case.

(2) A brief of the argument, exhibiting a clear statement of the points of fact or law to be discussed, with the reference to the pages of the record and the authorities relied upon in support of each point.

Every brief of more than ten pages shall contain on its top fly leaves a subject index with page references, the subject index to be supplemented by a list of all cases referred to, alphabetically arranged, together with references to pages where the cases are cited.

Briefs must be printed in 10 or 12 point type on good unglazed paper 8 inches by 101⁄2 inches, with inside margins not less than one inch wide, and with double-leaded text and single-leaded citations.

Oral arguments will be had only as ordered by the Commission.

XVI. ADDRESS OF THE COMMISSION. All communications to the Commission must be addressed to Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., unless otherwise specifically directed.

SECTION M

FALSE STAMPING.

(Act of June 13, 1906, Ch. 3289, 34 Stat. L. 260.)

AN ACT forbidding the importation, exportation, or carriage in interstate commerce of falsely or spuriously stamped articles of merchandise made of gold or silver or their alloys, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. GOLD AND SILVER ARTICLES-INTERSTATE, ETC., TRANSMISSION OF FALSELY STAMPED, FORBIDDEN. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, being a manufacturer of or wholesale or retail dealer in gold or silver jewelry or goldware, silver goods or silverware, or for any officer, manager, director, or agent of such firm, corporation or association to import or export or cause to be imported into or exported from the United States for the purpose of selling or disposing of the same, or to deposit or cause to be deposited in the United States mails for transmission thereby, or to deliver or cause to be delivered to any common carrier for transportation from one state, territory or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other state, territory or possession of the United States, or to said District, in interstate commerce, or to transport or cause to be transported from one state, territory or possession of the United States, or from the District of Columbia, to any other state, territory or possession of the United States, or to said District, in interstate commerce, any article of merchandise manufactured after the date when this act takes effect and made in whole or in part of gold or silver, or any alloy of either of said metals, and having stamped, branded, engraved or printed thereon, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article is incased or inclosed. any mark or word indicating or designed or intended to indicate that the gold or silver alloy of either of said metals in such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such gold, silver or alloy, according to the standards and subject to the qualifications set forth in sections two and three of this act.

SECTION 2. GOLD ARTICLES-DEVIATION FROM MARKED FINENESS ALLOWED-TESTS-ACTUAL FINENESS REQUIRED. That in the case of articles of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or of any of its alloys so imported into or exported from the United States, or so deposited in the United States mails for transmission, or so delivered for transportation to any common carrier, or so transported or caused to be transported as specified in the first section of this act, the actual fineness of such gold or alloy shall not be less by more than one-half of one carat than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, banded, engraved or printed upon any part of such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon anv box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed; except that in the case of watch cases and flat ware, so made of gold or of any of its alloys, the actual fineness of such gold or alloy shall not be less by more than three one-thousandth parts than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or printed upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attach thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in whie' such article is incased or inclosed; Provided, That in any test for the ascertainmnt of the fineness of any article mentioned in this section, according to the foregoing standards, the part of the article taken for the test, analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of said article: Provided, further, That in the case of any article mentioned in this section, in addition to the foregoing tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold or of its alloys contained in such article, including all solder and alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article (all such gold, alloys and solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than one carat than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, it being intended that the standards of fineness and the tests or methods for ascertaining the same provided in this section for articles mentioned therein shall be concurrent and not alternative.

SECTION 3. SILVER ARTICLES-DEVIATION FROM MARKED FINENESS ALLOWED-STERLING" GOODS-"COIN" GOODS-DIVERGENCE PERMITTED—TESTS--ACTUAL FINENESS REQUIRED. That in the case of articles of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or any of its alloys so imported into or exported from the United States, or so deposited in the United States mails for transmission, or so delivered for transportation to any common carrier, or so transported or caused to transported as specified in the first section of this act, the actual fineness of the silver or alloy thereof of which such article is wholly or partly composed shall not be less by more than four one-thousandth parts than the actual fineness indicated by any mark (other than the word "sterling" or the word "coin") stamped, branded, engraved or printed upon any part of such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed; and that no such article or tag, card or label attached thereto, or box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed shall be marked, stamped, branded, engraved or printed with the word "sterling" or "sterling silver" or any colorable imitation thereof, unless such article or parts thereof purporting to be silver contains nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandth parts pure silver; and that no such article, tag, card, label, box, package, cover or wrapper shall be marked, stamped, branded, engraved or printed with the words "coin" or "coin silver" or colorable imitation thereof unless such article or parts thereof purporting to be silver contains nine hundred one-thousandth parts pure silver: Provided, That in the case of all such articles whose fineness is indicated by the word "sterling" or the word "coin" there shall be allowed a divergence in the fineness of four onethousandth parts from the foregoing standards: Provided, That in any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any such article mentioned in this section according to the foregoing standards the part of the article taken for the test, analysis, or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article: Provided, further, That in the case of any article mentioned in this section, in addition to the foregoing tests and standards, the actual fine

ness of the entire quantity of silver or of its alloys contained in such article, including all solder and alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of such articles (all such silver, alloys and solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than ten one-thousandth parts than the fineness indicatd by the marked (mark ?), stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, it being intended that the standards of fineness and the tests or methods for ascertaining the same provided in this section for articles mentioned therein shall be concurrent and not alternative.

SECTION 4. PLATED GOODS-DESCRIPTION REQUIRED-USE OF "STERLING" OF "COIN" FORBIDDEN. That in the case of articles of merchandise made in whole or in part of an inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plating, covering or sheet composed of gold or silver, or of an alloy of either of said metals, and known in the market as rolled gold plate, gold plate, gold filled, silver plate, or gold or silver electroplate, or by any similar designation, so imported into or exported from the United States, or so deposited in the United States mails for transmission, or so delivered to any common carrier, or so transported or caused to be transported as specified in the first section of this act, no such article, nor any tag, card or label attached thereto, nor any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted with any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless such word or mark be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article or part thereof is made of rolled gold plate, gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be, and no such article, nor any tag, card or label attached thereto, nor any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted with the word "sterling" or the word "coin," either alone or in conjunction with other words or marks.

SECTION 5.

PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS JURISDICTION. That each and every person, firm, corporation or association,