19 U.S.C. § 197 | Duties, how payable

section 198 of this titleExcept as provided in all duties upon imports shall be collected in ready money, and shall be paid in coin, coin certificates, and such other certificates or Treasury notes as may by law be declared receivable in payment thereof.

Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69 19 Stat. 247 (R.S. § 3009; , , 249.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Mar. 2, 1833, ch. 55, § 3 4 Stat. 630 Aug. 6, 1846, ch. 84, § 1 9 Stat. 53 Feb. 25, 1862, ch. 33, § 5 12 Stat. 346 R.S. § 3009 derived from acts , ; , ; , .

Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 322(d)Nov. 6, 197892 Stat. 2679 Oct. 1, 1979R.S. § 3473, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by , title IV, § 402(a), , , 2682, effective .

act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69 19 Stat. 247

“All duties upon imports shall be collected in ready money, and shall be paid in coin or coin certificates or in United States notes, payable on demand, authorized to be issued prior to the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and by law receivable in payment of public dues.”

Prior to its incorporation into the Code, R.S. § 3009, as amended by , , read:

section 198 of this title section 405 of Title 31act Feb. 28, 1878, ch. 20, § 3 20 Stat. 26 section 451 of Title 31act Dec. 24, 1919, ch. 15, § 1 41 Stat. 370 act Mar. 14, 1900, ch. 41, § 6 31 Stat. 47 section 451 of Title 31Its provisions were changed to conform to authorizing the receipt of certified checks in payment of duties; , Money and Finance (, ) making certain certificates and treasury notes receivable for customs; , (, ) making gold certificates a legal tender in payment of all debts and dues, public and private; and a provision of , , as amended (omitted from the Code as superseded by ) that gold certificates should be receivable for customs.