Chapter 120. Concerning the boarding of vessels
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CHAP. 120.— An Act Concerning the boarding of vessels. March 31, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Boarding of vessels before inspection; regulations. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe from time to time and enforce regulations governing the boarding of vessels arriving at the seaports of the United States, before such vessels have been properly inspected and placed in security, and for that purpose to employ any of the officers of that Department.
Sec. 2. Penalty. That each person violating such regulations shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. Act to be supplementary, etc. Vol. 22, p. 189. [R. S., sec. 4606, p. 893](/us/rs/s4606/p893). That this Act shall be construed as supplementary to section nine of chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the Statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and section forty-six hundred and six of the Revised Statutes.
Sec. 4. Effect. That this Act shall take effect thirty days after its passage. Approved, March 31, 1900.