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19 USC Sec. 66 01/03/05

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TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES

CHAPTER 1 - COLLECTION DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND OFFICERS

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Sec. 66. Rules and forms prescribed by Secretary

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The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe forms of entries,

oaths, bonds, and other papers, and rules and regulations not

inconsistent with law, to be used in carrying out the provisions of

law relating to raising revenue from imports, or to duties on

imports, or to warehousing, and shall give such directions to

customs officers and prescribe such rules and forms to be observed

by them as may be necessary for the proper execution of the law.

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(R.S. Sec. 251 [part]; Pub. L. 91-271, title III, Sec. 308, June 2,

1970, 84 Stat. 292.)

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CODIFICATION

R.S. Sec. 251 derived from acts Feb. 10, 1830, ch. 11, Secs. 14,

15, 3 Stat. 543; Aug. 6, 1846, ch. 84, Sec. 5, 9 Stat. 55; May 14,

1856, Res. 9, 11 Stat. 144; June 30, 1864, ch. 172, Sec. 8, 13

Stat. 221; July 14, 1870, ch. 255, Sec. 34, 16 Stat. 271. R.S. Sec.

251, which was also classified in part to section 427 of former

Title 31, was repealed in part and reenacted as section 321(a)(5)

of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept.

13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067.

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AMENDMENTS

1970 - Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to customs officers

for reference to collectors.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 91-271 effective with respect to articles

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after

Oct. 1, 1970, and such other articles entered or withdrawn from

warehouse for consumption prior to such date, or with respect to

which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before

Oct. 1, 1970, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note

under section 1500 of this title.

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs,

surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of

Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were

required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate

ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later

than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25,

1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out as a note under section

1 of this title. All functions of offices eliminated were already

vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950,

eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the

Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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