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# 19 U.S.C. § 339 - Restriction on consular certificates

## Text

No consular officer of the United States shall grant a certificate for merchandise shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, which have passed a consulate after purchase for shipment.

(R.S. § 2861.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2861 derived from act Feb. 22, 1873, ch. 184, § 3, 17 Stat. 474.