                        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. 1458. Bulk cargo, time for unlading

    The limitation of time for unlading shall not extend to vessels 
laden exclusively with merchandise in bulk consigned to one consignee 
and arriving at a port for orders, but if the master of such vessel 
requests a longer time to discharge its cargo, the compensation of the 
inspectors or other customs officers whose services are required in 
connection with the unlading shall, for every day consumed in unlading 
in excess of twenty-five days from the date of the vessel's entry, be 
reimbursed by the master or owner of such vessel.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 458, 46 Stat. 717.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 458, 42 Stat. 956. That section 
was superseded by section 458 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Provisions somewhat similar to those in this section, but applicable 
only to vessels laden with specified articles, were contained in R.S. 
Sec. 2881, as amended by act June 3, 1892, ch. 86, Sec. 2, 27 Stat. 41, 
prior to repeal by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 
Stat. 989.
