19 U.S.C. § 1706 : US Code - Section 1706: Importation in vessels under thirty tons and aircraft; licenses; labels as prima facie evidence of foreign origin of merchandise

Search 19 U.S.C. § 1706 : US Code - Section 1706: Importation in vessels under thirty tons and aircraft; licenses; labels as prima facie evidence of foreign origin of merchandise

Except into the districts adjoining to the Dominion of Canada, or
into the districts adjacent to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign
growth or manufacture subject to the payment of duties shall be
brought into the United States from any foreign port or place, or
from any hovering vessel, in any vessel of less than thirty net
tons burden without special license granted by the Secretary of the
Treasury under such conditions as he may prescribe, nor in any
other manner than by sea, except by aircraft duly licensed in
accordance with law, or landed or unladen at any other port than is
directed by law, under the penalty of seizure and forfeiture of all
such unlicensed vessels or aircraft and of the merchandise imported
therein, landed or unladen in any manner. Marks, labels, brands, or
stamps, indicative of foreign origin, upon or accompanying
merchandise or containers of merchandise found upon any such vessel
or aircraft, shall be prima facie evidence of the foreign origin of
such merchandise.