Title 19 — Customs Duties
Chapter 1 — Collection Districts, Ports, and Officers
§ 70. Obstruction of revenue officers by masters of vessels
Statutory text
If the master of any vessel shall obstruct or hinder, or shall intentionally cause any obstruction or hindrance to any officer in lawfully going on board such vessel, for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the revenue or navigation laws of the United States, he shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of not more than $2,000 nor less than $500.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
R.S. § 3068
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 70
R.S. § 3068
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
R.S. § 3068
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 3068 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, § 71, 1 Stat. 678.
Amendments
1935—Act , inserted reference to navigation laws, and increased penalty from $500 and $50 to $2,000 and $500, respectively.
Credits
1935 · 2 acts
- R.S. § 3068
- 1935Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title III, § 307, 49 Stat. 528.
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(R.S. § 3068; Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title III, § 307, 49 Stat. 528.)