19 USC § 1458 - Bulk cargo, time for unlading

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1458"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1458 - Bulk cargo, time for unlading"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1458"
section_name: "Bulk cargo, time for unlading"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 458, 46 Stat. 717.)"
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# § 1458. Bulk cargo, time for unlading

The limitation of time for unlading shall not extend to vessels laden exclusively with merchandise in bulk consigned to one consignee and arriving at a port for orders, but if the master of such vessel requests a longer time to discharge its cargo, the compensation of the inspectors or other customs officers whose services are required in connection with the unlading shall, for every day consumed in unlading in excess of twenty-five days from the date of the vessel’s entry, be reimbursed by the master or owner of such vessel.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 458, 46 Stat. 717.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 458 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Provisions somewhat similar to those in this section, but applicable only to vessels laden with specified articles, were contained in R.S. § 2881, as amended by , , prior to repeal by , .