Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 385 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 385 : US Code - Notes

(R.S. Sec. 4297.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Surveyor, referred to in text, is probably an obsolete office in
view of act July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title I, Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 584,
which abolished the offices of surveyors of customs, except at the
Port of New York. Ports of delivery, except those which were made
ports of entry, were abolished and the use of the term "port of
delivery" was discontinued under the President's plan of
reorganization of the customs service communicated to Congress by
message dated Mar. 3, 1913.
CODIFICATION
R.S. Sec. 4297 derived from act Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, Sec. 1, 12
Stat. 314.
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 in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. 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.