Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 387 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 387 : US Code - Notes

(R.S. Sec. 4299.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Surveyors of the several ports of delivery, referred to in text,
are probably obsolete offices 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. 4299 derived from act Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, Sec. 3, 12
Stat. 315.
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.