§ 387. — Duties of officers of customs and marshals as to seizure.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC387]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 7--REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY
Sec. 387. Duties of officers of customs and marshals as to
seizure
The collectors of the several ports of entry, the surveyors of the
several ports of delivery, and the marshals of the several judicial
districts within the United States, shall seize any vessel or boat
built, purchased, fitted out, or held as mentioned in section 385 of
this title, which may be found within their respective ports or
districts, and to cause the same to be proceeded against and disposed of
as provided by that section.
(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.
