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title: "19 U.S.C. § 38"
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title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
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section: "38"
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# 19 U.S.C. § 38 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

## Notes

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 523, 42 Stat. 974, related to powers and duties of comptrollers of customs. See section 1523 of this title.