Volume 50
Public Law 75–362
To expedite the dispatch of vessels from certain ports of call.
Approved June 16, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To expedite the dispatch of vessels from certain ports of call.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in order to
Customs.
Dispatch of vessels from certain ports of call at night, on Sundays, etc.
expedite the dispatch of vessels carrying passengers operating on regular schedules and arriving at night or on a Sunday or a holiday at a port in the United States at which such vessel is required by law to report arrival and make entry and from which it is required to obtain a clearance, the collector of customs, or any deputy collector
Clearance.
of customs designated by him, if the vessel departs during the same night, Sunday, or holiday on which it arrives may, under such regulations as may be prescribed jointly by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury, receive the report of arrival and entry of such vessel from and give clearance for such vessel to the master or other proper officer thereof on board such vessel: Provided,
Proviso.
Bond required.
That bond, as prescribed in section 451 of the Tariff Act of 1930, is given to secure reimbursement to the Government for the compensation of, and expenses incurred by, such customs officers in performing such services, who shall be entitled to rates of compensation fixed on the same basis and payable in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as in the case of customs officers and employees assigned to lading or unlading at night or on Sunday or a holiday.
Approved, June 16, 1937.