                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
     Part IV--Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise
 
Sec. 1554. Transportation through contiguous countries

    With the consent of the proper authorities, imported merchandise, in 
bond or duty-paid, and products and manufactures of the United States 
may be transported from one port to another in the United States through 
contiguous countries, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe, unless such transportation is in violation of 
section 4347 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, section 883 of title 
46, Appendix, or section 1588 of this title.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 554, 46 Stat. 743.)

                       References in Text

    Section 4347 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, referred to in 
text, was not classified to this Code. It was superseded by act Feb. 17, 
1898, ch. 26, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 248, which was classified to section 290 
of former Title 46, Shipping. See section 883 of Title 46, Appendix.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 554, 42 Stat. 976. That section 
was superseded by section 554 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Prior provisions the same in effect as those in this section, except 
that they did not contain the provision commencing with the words 
``unless such transportation,'' were contained in R.S. Sec. 3006, which 
also provided that the merchandise transported should be treated as if 
transported entirely within the United States. R.S. Sec. 3007 exempted 
cars and vehicles from the payment of fees for receiving or certifying 
manifests. Both sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, 
title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.
