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title: "19 U.S.C. § 40"
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title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
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# 19 U.S.C. § 40 - Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(15), 70 Stat. 947

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 2627; act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 523, 46 Stat. 740, related to duties of surveyor of customs. Section 5a of this title abolished the offices of surveyor of customs at all ports except New York.