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Except as hereinafter provided the reorganization of the customs service made by the President and communicated to Congress under date of March 3, 1913, shall, until otherwise provided by Congress, constitute the permanent organization of the customs service.
The President is authorized from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require, to rearrange, by consolidation or otherwise, the several customs-collection districts and to discontinue ports of entry by abolishing the same or establishing others in their stead. The President is authorized from time to time to change the location of the headquarters in any customs-collection district as the needs of the service may require.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the superintendence of the collection of the duties on imports as he shall judge best.
Section 5, R.S. § 2613, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 523, 42 Stat. 974, provided that collectors, comptrollers, and surveyors be appointed for four year terms.
Section 5a, act July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title I, 47 Stat. 584, abolished, except at the Port of New York, the offices of surveyor and appraiser, and those of their assistants and deputies, and transferred the duties of such officers to such persons as designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Any officer of the customs service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for foreign service, shall, through the Department of State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions of the United States in the countries in which they are to be stationed, and when such officers are assigned to countries in which there are no diplomatic missions of the United States, appropriate recognition and standing with full facilities for discharging their official duties shall be arranged by the Department of State. The Secretary of State may reject the name of any such officer whose assignment to the foreign post for which he has been designated would, in his judgment, be prejudicial to the public policy of the United States. The appointment of such customs officers shall be made pursuant to the civil service laws and regulations upon the nomination of the principal officer in charge of the office to which such appointments are to be made.
Sections, act May 29, 1928, ch. 865, §§ 1-4, 45 Stat. 955, related to compensation. See sections 5101 et seq. and 5301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Act Dec. 12, 1930, ch. 10, 46 Stat. 1026, formerly set out as a credit to these sections, was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 648.
On and after June 30, 1949, overtime compensation of customs officers and employees, as authorized by law, shall be based either on standard or daylight saving time, whichever is observed where overtime services are performed.
Section 7, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 3, 42 Stat. 1453, authorized collectors, comptrollers, surveyors, and appraisers to appoint assistants, and collector at New York to appoint a solicitor to collector, all such appointments subject to approval of Secretary of the Treasury.
Section 8, R.S. § 2629; acts Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1413, § 1, 33 Stat. 983; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 4, 42 Stat. 1453, set forth procedure for filling a vacancy in office of a collector, comptroller, surveyor, or appraiser.
Section 9, R.S. § 2625, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 3, 42 Stat. 1453, provided for performance of collector's duties in case of his disability.
Section 10, R.S. § 2630; acts Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, §§ 2, 3, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43 Stat. 748, provided that in cases of occasional and necessary absence, or of sickness, any collector could exercise his powers and perform his duties by deputy.
Section 11, R.S. § 2632; act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 523, 46 Stat. 740, provided that in cases of occasional and necessary absence, or of sickness, every comptroller and surveyor could, respectively, exercise and perform his functions, powers, and duties by deputy.
Sections 12 to 15 provided for appointment by Secretary of the Treasury of 30 special agents for purposes of checking the accounts of collectors and other customs officers for prevention of frauds, authorized regulations for the limitations on their number and compensation and authorized appointment of special agents to reside in foreign territory. Customs agents who perform functions formerly exercised by special agents are covered generally by section 2072 of this title.
Section 12 was based on R.S. § 2649.
Section 13 was based on acts Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1393; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, §§ 1, 2, 5, 7, 42 Stat. 1453, 1454; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 348, § 3, 44 Stat. 1382.
Section 14 was based on R.S. § 2651.
Section 15 was based on R.S. § 2999.
Section 16, R.S. 2940; acts Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 2, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43 Stat. 748, prescribed qualifications and special oath for customs appraiser at New York.
Section 17, R.S. § 2941, prohibited only employees in office of appraiser at New York from engaging or being employed in any commercial activity.
Section 18, R.S. § 2942, related to duties of appraiser and assistant appraiser at New York.
Section 19, act Feb. 9, 1925, ch. 167, 43 Stat. 819, related to appraiser of merchandise at Baltimore.
Section 20, act Feb. 21, 1925, ch. 278, § 1, 43 Stat. 957, related to office of appraiser of merchandise at Portland, Oregon.
Sections 21 to 23 prescribed oath of office for customs officers and assistant appraisers.
Section 24 related to designation of persons to administer oath of office.
Section 21 was based on R.S. § 2616.
Section 22 was based on R.S. § 2614; act July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title 1, 47 Stat. 584.
Section 23 was based on R.S. § 2615; July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title 1, 47 Stat. 584.
Section 24 was based on R.S. § 2617; act Feb. 8, 1875, ch. 36, § 11, 18 Stat. 309.
Section 26, R.S. § 2611; act Feb. 8, 1875, ch. 36, § 11, 18 Stat. 309, related to oath by special examiners of drugs. Functions formerly exercised by the special examiner of drugs are covered by section 381 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
Section 27, acts Feb. 8, 1875, ch. 36, § 11, 18 Stat. 309; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 5, 28 Stat. 807, related to oaths by subordinate customs officers.
Section 28, act Sept. 24, 1914, ch. 309, 38 Stat. 716, provided that headquarters of customs district of Florida should be at Tampa. Section 2 of this title vests authority in the President to change from time to time the location of headquarters of customs collection district and such authority was delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by section 1 (a) of Executive Order 10289 of September 17, 1951, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Section, act Mar. 15, 1898, ch. 68, § 1, 30 Stat. 286, as supplemented by acts Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 3, 42 Stat. 1453, related to administration of oaths by collectors and assistants.
Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561, also repealed act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800, formerly credited to this section.

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 § 523
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 § 2629
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 § 2625
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 § 2630
 § 2632
 § 523
 § 2649
 § 3
 § 2651
 § 2999
 § 2
 § 2941
 § 2942
 § 1
 § 2616
 § 2614
 § 2615
 § 2617
 § 11
 § 2611
 § 11
 § 11
 § 5
 § 1
 § 1
 § 3
 § 20
 § 1