19 U.S.C. § 1554
Section 1554 · Transportation through contiguous countries
This is the Tariff Act of 1930
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Commodity Credit Corp. v. Draper & Co. (1954)
Most recently applied in Commodity Credit Corp. v. Draper & Co. (May 1954)
How often courts cite this section
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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.
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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 It was superseded by act Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, §1, 30 Stat. 248, which was classified to section 290 of former Title 46, Shipping.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 of this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §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 That section was superseded by section 554 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.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 of this section, except that they did not contain the provision commencing with the words “unless such transportation,” were contained in R.S. §3006, which also provided that the merchandise transported should be treated as if transported entirely within the United States. R.S. §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 Both sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §642, 42 Stat. 989.