imprisonment for not less than three months and not more than two years. (R. S. § 3113.)

DERIVATION

Acts July 18, 1866, ch. 201, § 22, 14 Stat. 183; Feb. 10, 1871, ch. 45, § 1, 16 Stat. 409.

§§ 284, 285. Repealed. July 3, 1926, ch. 757, § 3, 44 Stat. 832.

Sections, R. S. §§ 3116, 3117, related to manifests of vessels in coasting trade and entry for goods taken or delivered at intermediate ports.

§ 286. Departure for place where no customhouse.

The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed shall, before departing from a port in one collection district to a place in another collection district, where there is no customhouse, file his manifest, and obtain a clearance in the same manner, and make oath to the manifest, which manifest and clearance shall be delivered to the proper officer of customs at the port at which the vessel next arrives after leaving the place of destination specified in the clear(R. S. § 3118.)

ance.

DERIVATION

Act July 1, 1870. ch. 185, § 1, 16 Stat. 176.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 287, 291, 292 of this title.

§ 287. Report and unlading of cargoes.

Nothing contained in section 286 of this title shall exempt masters of vessels from reporting, as required by law, any merchandise destined for any foreign port. No permit shall be required for the unlading of cargo brought from an American port. (R. S. § 3119.)

DERIVATION

Act July 1. 1870, ch. 185, § 1, 16 Stat. 177.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 291, 292 of this title.

§ 288. Enrolled or licensed vessels.

Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern. and northwestern frontiers of the United States, departing from or arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in another district, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the payment of entry and clearance fees, as if from or to foreign ports; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear; except that when such vessels are on such voyages on the Great Lakes and touch at foreign ports for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, they may be exempted from entering and clearing under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Customs may prescribe, notwithstanding any other provisions of law: Provided, That this exception shall not apply to such vessels if, while at such foreign port, they land or take on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receive orders, discharge any seamen by mutual consent, or engage any seamen to replace those discharged by mutual consent, or transact any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. (R. S. § 2793; Sept. 25, 1941, ch. 423, 55 Stat. 733: 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, §§ 101-104, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat 1097.)

DERIVATION

Res. Feb. 10, 1871, No. 27, § 2, 16 Stat. 595.
AMENDMENTS

1941-Act Sept. 25, 1941, added exception and proviso at end of section.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Commissioner of Customs, referred to in this section, is an officer of the Treasury Department.

"Commissioner of Customs" was substituted for "Secretary of Commerce" on authority of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, §§ 101-104, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097. See the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§ 289. Entry of ferryboats; vessels exempt from fees. The masters of vessels used exclusively as ferryboats carrying passengers, baggage, and merchandise shall not be required to pay clearance fees.

Any passenger vessel engaged triweekly or oftener in trade between ports of the United States and foreign ports shall be exempt from clearance fees while such service triweekly or oftener is maintained. (R. S. § 2792; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 1, 35 Stat. 424.) DERIVATION

Act June 4, 1872, ch. 280, 17 Stat. 214.

§ 290. Departure from place where there is no cus tomhouse.

The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed, destined with a cargo from a place in the United States, at which there may be no customhouse, to a port where there may be a customhouse, shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival at the port of destination, deliver to the proper officer of the customs a manifest, subscribed by him, setting forth the cargo laden at the place of departure, or laden or unladen at any intermediate port, or place, to the truth of which manifest he shall make oath before such officer. If the vessel, however, have no cargo, the master shall not be required to deliver such manifest. (R. S. § 3122.)

DERIVATION

Act July 1, 1870, ch. 185, § 2, 16 Stat. 177.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 291, 292 of this title.

§ 291. Forms.

The manifests, certificates of clearance, and oaths, provided for by sections 286, 287, and 290 of this title, shall be in such form, and prepared, filled up, and executed in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs may from time to time prescribe. (R. S. § 3124; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, §§ 101-104, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.)

DERIVATION

Act July 1, 1870, ch. 185, § 4, 16 Stat. 177.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees

of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Commissioner of Customs, referred to in this section, is an officer of the Treasury Department.

"Commissioner of Customs" was substituted for "Secretary of Commerce" on authority of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, §§ 101-104, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097. See the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 292 of this title. § 292. Penalty for neglect.

If the master of any enrolled or licensed vessel shall neglect or fail to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of sections 286, 287, 290, and 291 of this title, such master shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of $20 for each and every failure or neglect, and for which sum the vessel shall be liable, and may be summarily proceeded against, by way of libel, in any district court of the United States. (R. S. § 3125.)

DERIVATION

Act July 1, 1870, ch. 185, § 5, 16 Stat 177.

CROSS REFERENCES

Vessels or vehicles made subject to seizure for payment of penalty for violation of the customs laws, see section 1594 of this title.

§ 293. Registered vessels touching at foreign ports. Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of the laws of the United States, may engage in trade between one port in the United States and one or more ports within the same, with the privilege of touching at one or more foreign ports during the voyage, and land and take in thereat merchandise, passengers and their baggage, and letters, and mails. All such vessels shall be furnished by the appropriate customs officers of the ports at which they shall take in their cargoes in the United States, with certified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such merchandise as is entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse; and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port of the United States from any foreign port at which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing for the delivery of manifests of cargo and passengers taken on board at such foreign port, and all other laws regulating the report and entry of vessels from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties therein prescribed. (R. S. § 3126; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-271, title III, § 318, 84 Stat. 293.) DERIVATION

Act May 27, 1848, ch. 48, § 1, 9 Stat. 232.

AMENDMENTS

1970-Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officers for reference to collectors.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment to take effect with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after Oct. 1, 1970, and such other articles entered or

withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to such date, or with respect to which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before Oct. 1, 1970, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

§ 294. Same; no duty by reason thereof.

Any foreign merchandise taken in at one port of the United States to be conveyed in registered vessels to any other port within the same, either under the provisions relating to warehouses, or under the laws regulating the transportation coastwise of merchandise entitled to drawback, as well as any merchandise not entitled to drawback, but on which the import duties chargeable by law shall have been duly paid, shall not become subject to any import duty by reason of the vessel in which they may arrive having touched at a foreign port during the voyage. (R. S. § 3127.)

DERIVATION

Act May 27, 1848, ch. 48, § 2. 9 Stat. 232.

PART 3.-ASCERTAINMENT, COLLECTION, AND RECOVERY

OF DUTIES

§ 331 to 337. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762.

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 481 (a)(c), 482 (a)—(d), 42 Stat. 958, related to contents of invoices, certification in different consular districts and declarations indorsed on invoices.

Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 331, see section 1481 (a) of this title; section 332, see section 1481 (b); section 333, see section 1481 (c); section 334, see section 1482 (a); section 335, see section 1482 (b); section 336, see section 1482 (c); section 337, see section 1482 (d).

Sections 331-333 were repealed effective on day after enactment of repealing act.

Sections 334-337 were repealed effective sixty days after enactment of repealing act.

§ 338. Indorsement upon invoice; port of entry.

The person producing an invoice for certification shall at the same time declare to the consul or vice consul the port in the United States at which it is intended to make entry of merchandise; whereupon the consul, or vice consul, shall indorse upon each of the triplicates a certificate, under his hand and official seal, stating that the invoice has been produced to him, with the date of such production, and the name of the person by whom the same was produced, and the port in the United States at which it shall be the declared intention to make entry of the merchandise therein mentioned. (R. S. § 2855; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100.)

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 76, § 1, 12 Stat. 738.

§ 339. Restriction on consular certificates.

No consular officer of the United States shall grant a certificate for merchandise shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, which have passed a consulate after purchase for shipment. (R. S. § 2861.)

DERIVATION

Act Feb. 22, 1873, ch. 184, § 3, 17 Stat. 474.

§ 340. Consuls to exact proof of invoice.

All consular officers are authorized to require, before certifying any invoice, satisfactory evidence,

either by the oath of the person presenting such invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct and true. In the exercise of the discretion hereby given, the consular officers shall be governed by such general or special regulations or instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State. (R. S. § 2862.)

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 3, 1865, ch. 111, 13 Stat. 532.
CROSS REFERENCES

Invoices covering merchandise to be certified, see section 1482 of this title.

§ 341. Fraudulent practices; consul's report.

All consuls of the United States having any knowledge or belief of any case or practice of any person who obtains verification of any invoice whereby the revenue of the United States is or may be defrauded, shall report the facts to the appropriate customs officer of the port where the revenue is or may be defrauded, or to the Secretary of the Treasury. (R. S. § 2863; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-271, title III, § 319, 84 Stat. 293.)

DERIVATION

Act July 14, 1862, ch. 163, § 18, 12 Stat. 559.

AMENDMENTS

1970-Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to the appropriate customs officer for reference to the collector.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment to take effect with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after Oct. 1, 1970, and such other articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to such date, or with respect to which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before Oct. 1, 1970, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

§§ 342 to 375. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762.

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 482 (e), (f), 483, 484 (a) —(g), 485 (a)—(f), 486-497, 498 (a), (b), 499, and 500 (a), (b), (c), 42 Stat. 959-965, related to ascertainment, collection and recovery of goods.

Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 342, see section 1482 (e) of this title; section 343, see section 1482 (f); section 344, see section 1483; section 345, see section 1484 (a); section 346, see section 1484 (b); section 347, see section 1484 (c); section 348, see section 1484 (d); section 349, see section 1484 (e); section 350, see section 1484 (f); section 351, see section 1484 (g); section 352, see section 1485 (a); section 353, see section 1485 (b); section 354, see section 1485 (c); section 355, see section 1485 (d); section 356, see section 1485 (e); section 357, see section 1485 (f); section 358, none, but see section 1623; section 359, see section 1487; section 360, see section 1488; section 361, see section 1503 (b); section 362, see section 1490; section 363, see section 1491; section 364, see section 1492; section 365, see section 1493; section 366, see section 1494; section 387, see section 1495; section 368, see section 1496; section 369, see section 1497; section 370, see section 1498 (a); section 371, see section 1498 (b); section 372, see section 1499; section 373, see section 1500 (a); section 374, see section 1500 (b); section 375, see section 1500 (d).

Sections 342, 343 were repealed effective sixty days after enactment of repealing act.

Sections 344-375 were repealed effective on day following date of enactment of repealing act.

§ 376. Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4 (a) (10), 70 Stat. 947.

Section, R. S. § 2615, related to report of assistant appraiser at New York.

§ 377. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 500 (d), 42 Stat. 966, related to duties of examiners. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1500 (e) of this title.

§ 378. Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1, 47 Stat. 1349.

Section, R. S§ 2938, related to appraiser as special examiner.

Section 2 of the repealing act provided that rights or liabilities existing under this section on February 28, 1933, should not be affected thereby.

§ 379. Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4 (a) (25), 70 Stat. 947.

Section, R. S. § 2612, provided for instructions to prevent importation of adulterated drugs. Special examiners of drugs are no longer appointed and functions with relation to adulterated drugs are now covered by section 321 et seq. of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

§§ 380 to 389. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 500 (e), 501, 502 (a-c), 503-507, 42 Stat. 966-968, related to appeals for reappraisement, regulations for appraisal and classification, etc., and reversal or modification of rulings of Secretary of Treasury.

Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 380, see section 1500 (f) of this title; section 381, see section 1501; section 382, see section 1502 (a); section 383, see section 1502 (b); section 384, see section 1502 (c); section 385, see sections 1503 and 1504 [repealed]; section 386, see section 1505; section 387, see section 1506; section 388, see section 1507; section 389, see section 1508 [repealed].

§ 390. Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4 (a) (26), 70 Stat. 948.

Section, R. S. § 2918, provided for the adoption of a hydrometer for use in ascertaining the proof of liquors, and is covered generally by section 5204 (b) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

Appointment and number of judges, see section 251 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Customs Court, see section 1581 et seq. of Title 28. SS 406 to 409. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 519, 520 (a), (b), 521, 42 Stat. 973, related to copies of decisions of United States Customs Court for Collectors and Secretary of the Treasury, refund of duties and liquidation of duties.

Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 406, see section 1519 of this title [repealed]; section 407, see section 1520 (a); section 408, see section 1520 (b); section 409, see section 1521.

§ 413 to 419. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 641(e), 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 760, 762, eff. June 18, 1930.

Sections 413, 414, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV §§ 524, 525, 42 Stat. 975, related to disposal of receipts and detail from field service for Washington duty.

Sections 415-419, act June 10, 1910, ch. 283, §§ 1-5, 36 Stat. 464, 465, related to issuance and revocation of customshouse broker's licenses. Repeal was subject to an exception as follows: "Except that any license issued * shall continue in force and effect, subject to suspension and revocation in the same manner and upon the same conditions as licenses issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section." Subdivision (a) is set forth in section 1641 of this title, and such section now regulates the licensing of customhouse brokers. Subsection (e) of section 641, act of 1930, the repealing act, was repealed by act August 26, 1935, ch. 689, § 5, 49 Stat. 865, but sections 415-419 of this title were not thereby revived. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 413, see section 1524 of this title; section 414, see section 1525 [repealed]; sections 415-419, see section 1641 of this title.

§ 420. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-456, title III, § 303(c), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 78.

Section, R.S. § 2951, defined the word "ton" and was previously omitted from the Code. See Revised Tariff Schedules set out in section 1202 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal of section effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Aug. 31, 1963, see section 501(a) of Pub. L. 87-456, set out as a note preceding section 1202 of this title.

§ 460. Retention of distilled spirits, wines, etc., in warehouse during prohibitory period.

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, any imported distilled spirits, wines, or other liquors which may be in any customs bonded warehouse under the customs laws on the date any prohibition of their sale or removal, by any Act of Congress, or proclamation of the President of the United States takes effect shall be permitted to remain therein without payment of any taxes or duties thereon, beyond the three-year period provided by law, during such period of prohibition; and may be exported at any time during such extended period. Any imported spirits, wines, or other liquors as to which the three-year bonded period may have expired after February 24, 1919, and prior to the date such prohibition takes effect may at the option of the owner remain in bond during such period of prohibition. (Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, § 600 (b), 40 Stat. 1106.)

$$ 461 to 466. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 560-565, 42 Stat. 977-979, related to leasing warehouses by Secretary of the Treasury, public stores, withdrawal from and deterioration of merchandise in bonded warehouses, liens for freight charges and cartage of merchandise.

customs-gauger, and a stamp affixed to each package. indicating the date and particulars of such inspection; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe the form of, and provide, the requisite stamps, and to make all regulations which he may deem necessary and proper for carrying the foregoing requirements into effect. Any pipe, hogshead, tierce, barrel, cask, or other package withdrawn from public store or bonded warehouse purporting to contain imported liquor, found without having thereon the stamp hereby required, shall be, with its contents, forfeited to the United States; and whenever any cask or package of imported distilled spirits of not less than five wine-gallons is filled for shipment, sale, or delivery on the premises of any wholesale liquor dealer, the same shall be stamped with a special stamp for imported spirits, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has prescribed, or may hereafter prescribe, in the case of domestic distilled spirits. (Mar. 1, 1879, ch. 125, § 11, 20 Stat. 342.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, referred to in this section, is an officer of the Treasury Department.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 468 of this title.

§ 468. Stamps and brands effaced on emptying packages of imported liquors.

Every person who empties or draws off, or causes to be emptied or drawn off, the contents of any package of imported liquors stamped as above required, shall, at the time of such emptying, efface, obliterate, and destroy the stamp thereon, and also all other marks or brands which shall have been placed thereon in accordance with the law or regulations concerning imported liquors; every cask or other package from which the stamp for imported liquors required by section 467 of this title to be placed thereon shall not be effaced, obliterated, or destroyed, on emptying such package, shall be forfeited, and the same may be seized by any officer of internal revenue wherever found; and all the provisions and penalties of R. S. § 3324, relating to empty casks or packages from which the marks, brands, or stamps have not been effaced or obliterated, and relating to the removal of stamps from packages, and to having in possession any stamps so removed, shall apply to the stamps for imported spirits herein provided for, and to the casks or other packages on which such stamps shall have been used. (Mar. 1, 1879, ch. 125, § 12, 20 Stat. 342; May 28, 1880, ch. 108, § 12, 21 Stat. 148.)

§ 469. Dealing in or using empty stamped imported liquor containers.

If any person shall purchase or sell, with the imported-liquor stamp herein required remaining

thereon, or any of the marks or brands which shall have been placed thereon in accordance with the laws or regulations concerning imported liquors remaining thereon, any cask or other package, after the same has been once used to contain imported liquors and has been emptied; or if any person shall use or have in possession such cask or package, with any imitation of such marks or brands, for the purpose of placing domestic distilled spirits therein for sale; every such cask or package, with its contents, if any, shall be forfeited to the United States. And every such person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of $200 for every such cask or package so purchased, sold, used, or had in possession. (Mar. 1, 1879, ch. 125, § 13, 20 Stat. 343; May 28, 1880, ch. 108, § 13, 21 Stat. 148.)

§ 471. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 560, 42 Stat. 977, related to prohibition of ownership of bonded warehouses by customs officers.

Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1560 of this title.

§§ 472 to 475. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 16 (f), 67 Stat. 517.

Sections, act June 8, 1896, ch. 371, §§ 1-4, 29 Stat. 263, related to special delivery and appraisement of imported articles of limited value and weight.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE

Repeal of these sections effective on and after the thirtieth day following Aug. 8, 1953, and saving clause, see notes under section 258 of this title.

PART 5.-ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

§ 481. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651 (a) (1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930. Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 581, 42 Stat. 979, related to seizure of vessel or merchandise. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1581 of this title.

§ 482. Search of vehicles and persons.

Any of the officers or persons authorized to board or search vessels may stop, search, and examine, as well without as within their respective districts, any vehicle, beast, or person, on which or whom he or they shall suspect there is merchandise which is subject to duty, or shall have been introduced into the United States in any manner contrary to law, whether by the person in possession or charge, or by, in, or upon such vehicle or beast, or otherwise, and to search any trunk or envelope, wherever found, in which he may have a reasonable cause to suspect there is merchandise which was imported contrary to law; and if any such officer or other person so authorized shall find any merchandise on or about any such vehicle, beast, or person, or in any such trunk or envelope, which he shall have reasonable cause to believe is subject to duty, or to have been unlawfully introduced into the United States, whether by the person in possession or charge, or by, in, or upon such vehicle, beast, or otherwise, he shall seize and secure the same for trial. (R. S. § 3061.)

DERIVATION

Act July 18, 1866, ch. 201, § 3, 14 Stat. 178.