Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§283 Duty on saloon stores
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION › Part part 2— - report, entry, and unlading of vessels and vehicles › § 283
Summary
Goods bought at a foreign port for use or sale on a ship, including saloon stores and supplies, must be treated as merchandise and declared to customs with duties paid at the ship’s first U.S. port. If the saloon keeper or owner fails to report and pay, those goods and any fixtures can be seized and forfeited, and the owner faces a $100–$500 fine and 3 months to 2 years in jail.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §283
Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Articles purchased for the use of or for sale on board any such vessel, as saloon stores or supplies, shall be deemed merchandise, and shall be liable, when purchased at a foreign port, to entry and the payment of the duties found to be due thereon, at the first port of arrival of such vessel in the United States; and for a failure on the part of the saloon keeper or person purchasing or owning such articles to report, make entries, and pay duties, as hereinbefore required, such articles, together with the fixtures and other merchandise, found in such saloon or on or about such vessel, belonging to and owned by such saloon keeper or other person interested in such saloon, shall be seized and forfeited, and such saloon keeper or other person so purchasing and owning shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $500, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than three months and not more than two years.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 3113 derived from acts July 18, 1866, ch. 201, § 22, 14 Stat. 183; Feb. 10, 1871, ch. 45, 16 Stat. 409.
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19 U.S.C. § 283
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73