                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
      Part II--Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles
 
Sec. 1457. Time for unlading

    Whenever any merchandise remains on board any vessel or vehicle from 
a foreign port more than twenty-five days after the date on which report 
of said vessel or vehicle was made, the appropriate customs officer may 
take possession of such merchandise and cause the same to be unladen at 
the expense and risk of the owners thereof, or may place one or more 
inspectors or other customs officers on board of said vessel or vehicle 
to protect the revenue. The compensation and expenses of any such 
inspector or customs officer for subsistence while on board of such 
vessel or vehicle shall be reimbursed to the Government by the owner or 
master of such vessel or vehicle.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 457, 46 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. 
Secs. 2879, 2880 and 2969 (as amended by act May 9, 1896, ch. 164, 29 
Stat. 115), which were superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title 
IV, Sec. 456, 42 Stat. 955, and were repealed by section 642 thereof. 
Section 456 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 457 of act June 
17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of 
the 1930 act.


                               Amendments

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


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.
