                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
              CHAPTER 3--THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS
 
                   SUBTITLE IV--CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
 
                        Administrative Provisions
 
        part 3--ascertainment, collection, and recovery of duties
 
Sec. 340. Consuls to exact proof of invoice

    All consular officers are authorized to require, before certifying 
any invoice, satisfactory evidence, either by the oath of the person 
presenting such invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct 
and true. In the exercise of the discretion hereby given, the consular 
officers shall be governed by such general or special regulations or 
instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the 
Secretary of State.

(R.S. Sec. 2862.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2862 derived from act Mar. 3, 1865, ch. 111, 13 Stat. 532.
