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19 U.S.C. § 1588 — Transportation between American ports via foreign ports
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If any merchandise is laden at any port or place in the United States upon any vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and is taken thence to a foreign port or place to be reladen and reshipped to any other port in the United States, either by the same or by another vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one port or place of the United States to another port or place of the United States in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port or place, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton.
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If any merchandise is laden at any port or place in the United States upon any vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and is taken thence to a foreign port or place to be reladen and reshipped to any other port in the United States, either by the same or by another vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one port or place of the United States to another port or place of the United States in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port or place, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton.
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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 55102 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55102&num=0&edition=prelim), or [section 1588 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1588&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 582–591, 42 Stat. 979–981, related to examination of persons and baggage, production and certification of manifests, and enforcement provisions.
Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 484, see [section 1582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1582&num=0&edition=prelim): section 485, see [section 1583 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1583&num=0&edition=prelim); section 486, see [section 1584 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1584&num=0&edition=prelim); section 487, see [section 1585 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1585&num=0&edition=prelim); section 488, see [section 1586 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1586&num=0&edition=prelim); section 489, see [section 1586(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1586/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 490, see [section 1588 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1588&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1590
Stat. 981. That section was superseded by section 588 of
act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed
by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
Provisions substantially the same as those in this
section, except that they applied only to ports on the
northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers,
were contained in R.S. § 3110, prior to repeal by act
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989.
AMENDMENTS
1937—Act Aug. 5, 1935, amended section generally.
§ 1588. Transportation between American ports
via foreign ports
If any merchandise is laden at any port or
place in the United States upon any vessel be-
longing wholly or in part to a subject of a for-
eign country, and is taken thence to a foreign
port or place to be reladen and reshipped to any
other port in the United States, either by the
same or by another vessel, foreign or American,
with intent to evade the provisions relating to
the transportation of merchandise from one port
or place of the United States to another port or
place of the United States in a vessel belonging
wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign
power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at
such last-named port or place, be seized and for-
feited to the United States, and the vessel shall
pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 588, 46 Stat. 749.)
§ 1589. Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title VII,
§ 7367(c)(5), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4480
Section, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 589, as
added Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 320, 98 Stat.
2056, set forth arrest authority of customs officers.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 589 of act June 17, 1930, was added by
Pub. L. 98–573, t
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