PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

When cargo is unloaded somewhere other than the official port, the customs officer must have it placed in a warehouse or enclosure he chooses. The goods stay there at the owners' risk and under the control of both the customs officer and the ship's person in charge until they are fully unloaded and can be moved without breaking health rules. When removal is allowed, the officer can give permits to owners or their agents to pick up goods that have been entered and for which duties are paid, if they pay a storage fee set by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Title 42, §90

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Whenever the cargo of a vessel is unladen at some other place than the port of entry under section 88 and 89 of this title, all the articles of such cargo shall be deposited, at the risk of the parties concerned therein, in such public or other warehouses or inclosures as the collector shall designate, there to remain under the joint custody of such collector and of the owner, or master, or other person having charge of such vessel, until the same are entirely unladen or discharged, and until the articles so deposited may be safely removed without contravening such health laws. And when such removal is allowed, the collector having charge of such articles may grant permits to the respective owners or consignees, their factors or agents, to receive all merchandise which has been entered, and the duties accruing upon which have been paid, upon the payment by them of a reasonable rate of storage; which shall be fixed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for all public warehouses and inclosures.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 4795 derived from act Feb. 23, 1799, ch. 12, § 2, 1 Stat. 619. Omission of words “or delivery” after “port of entry”, see Codification note set out under section 88 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Functions of Department of the Treasury relating to public health transferred to Federal Security Agency pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§90 Deposit of Goods in Warehouses