                        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. 1463. Sealed vessels and vehicles

    To avoid unnecessary inspection of merchandise imported from a 
contiguous country at the first port of arrival, the master of the 
vessel or the person in charge of the vehicle in which such merchandise 
is imported may apply to the customs officer of the United States 
stationed in the place from which such merchandise is shipped, and such 
officer may seal such vessel or vehicle. Any vessel or vehicle so sealed 
may proceed with such merchandise to the port of destination under such 
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 463, 46 Stat. 718.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 463, 42 Stat. 957. That section 
was superseded by section 463 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.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, and further 
provisions requiring the vessel, car, or vehicle sealed to proceed 
without unnecessary delay to the port of destination and be there 
inspected, and providing that nothing contained therein should exempt 
the vessel, car, or vehicle from examinations to prevent frauds, were 
contained in R.S. Sec. 3102, and provisions authorizing and requiring 
the Secretary of the Treasury to make regulations for sealing vessels, 
cars, etc., were contained in section 3103, prior to repeal by act Sept. 
21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.
