Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§283 Duty on Saloon Stores

Title 19 › Chapter 3— THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION › Part 2— report, entry, and unlading of vessels and vehicles › § 283

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Goods bought abroad for use or sale in a ship’s saloon are treated as regular merchandise and must be declared and have duties paid when the ship first arrives at a U.S. port. If the saloon keeper or owner fails to report and pay, those goods, the saloon’s fixtures, and other merchandise owned by that person on or near the ship can be seized and forfeited. The person also faces a fine of $100 to $500 and jail for three months to two years.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §283

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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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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 283

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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