§1319a — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

The United States approves and makes valid the taxes and fees that Puerto Rico's Legislature set by Joint Resolution No. 59, approved May 5, 1930, and by Act No. 77, approved May 5, 1931, as changed by Act No. 7, approved April 9, 1934. This approval includes taxes on coffee brought into Puerto Rico from any U.S. state, territory, district, possession, or other place under U.S. control, and it confirms that collecting those taxes is valid as if Congress had already authorized them.

Title 19, §1319a

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The taxes and duties imposed by the Legislature of Puerto Rico by Joint Resolution Numbered 59 approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico May 5, 1930, and by Act Numbered 77 approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico May 5, 1931, as amended by Act Numbered 7 approved by the Governor April 9, 1934, including therein such taxes and duties on coffee brought into Puerto Rico from any State or Territory or district or possession of the United States, or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are legalized and ratified, and the collection of all such taxes and duties made under or by authority of either of said acts of the Puerto Rican Legislature, including such taxes and duties on coffee brought into Puerto Rico from any State, Territory, district, or possession of the United States, or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, is legalized, ratified, and confirmed as fully to all intents and purposes as if the same had, by prior Act of Congress, been specifically authorized and directed.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of Tariff Act of 1930 which constitutes this chapter.

Amendments

1935—Act Aug. 20, 1935, amended section generally.

§1319a Duty on coffee; ratification of duties imposed by Legislature of Puerto Rico

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Title 19, §1319a

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