                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                     Part V--Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 1599. Officers not to be interested in vessels or cargo

    No person employed under the authority of the United States, in the 
collection of duties on imports or tonnage, shall own, either in whole 
or in part, any vessel (other than a yacht or other pleasure boat), or 
act as agent, attorney, or consignee for the owner or owners of any 
vessel, or of any cargo or lading on board the same; nor shall any such 
person import, or be concerned directly or indirectly in the importation 
of, any merchandise for sale into the United States. Every person who 
violates this section shall be liable to a penalty of $500.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 599, 46 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 95-
410, title II, Sec. 212, Oct. 3, 1978, 92 Stat. 904.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Identical provisions were contained in R.S. Sec. 2638, which was 
superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 599, 42 Stat. 
984, and repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 599 of the 1922 act 
was superseded by section 599 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-410 excepted from the interest prohibition 
ownership of a yacht or other pleasure boat.
