Chapter 1625. To amend section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to manner of importation
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CHAP. 1625.— An Act To amend section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to manner of importation. April 27, 1904.[[S. 2816](/us/bill/34/s/2816).][[Public, No. 184](/us/pl/34/184).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Customs.Manner of importation.[R. S., sec. 3095, p. 594, amended](/us/rs/s3095/p594).Exceptions. That section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 3095. Importing merchandise in vessels of less than thirty net registered tons prohibited. Except in the districts on the northern, northwestern, and western boundaries of the United States, adjoining to the Dominion of Canada or into the districts adjacent to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture subject to the payment of duties shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port in any other manner than by sea, nor in any vessel of less than thirty net register tons, or landed or unladen at any other port than is directed by law, under the penalty of seizure and forfeiture of all such vessels and of the merchandise imported therein, laden or unladen in any other manner.
” " Sec. 2. Effect. That this Act shall take effect one month after its passage. Approved, April 27, 1904.