§§ 12 to 18. Repealed.]
Sections
12 to
15 provided for appointment by Secretary of the Treasury of 30 special agents for purposes of checking the accounts of collectors and other customs officers for prevention of frauds, authorized regulations for the limitations on their number and compensation and authorized appointment of special agents to reside in foreign territory. Customs agents who perform functions formerly exercised by special agents are covered generally by section
2072 of this title.
Section
12 was based on R.S. § 2649.
Section
13 was based on acts Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1393; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, §§ 1,
2,
5,
7, 42 Stat. 1453, 1454; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 348, § 3, 44 Stat. 1382.
Section
14 was based on R.S. § 2651.
Section
15 was based on R.S. § 2999.
Section
16, R.S. 2940; acts Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 2, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43 Stat. 748, prescribed qualifications and special oath for customs appraiser at New York.
Section
17, R.S. § 2941, prohibited only employees in office of appraiser at New York from engaging or being employed in any commercial activity.
Section
18, R.S. § 2942, related to duties of appraiser and assistant appraiser at New York.