                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                          CHAPTER 5--SMUGGLING
 
Sec. 1705. Destruction of forfeited vessel or vehicle

    Any vessel or vehicle forfeited to the United States, whether 
summarily or by a decree of any court, for violation of any law 
respecting the revenue, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the 
Treasury, if he deems it necessary to protect the revenue of the United 
States, be destroyed in lieu of the sale thereof under existing law.

(Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title I, Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 519.)
