459. Power to designate ports and subports.

Mar. 16, 1896.

Feb. 14, 1903.
Sec. 10.

May 22, 1896.
Sec. 2.

June 10, 1896.

Such other places [in Alaska] as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, as the interests of commerce may require, shall be subports of entry or delivery or both; and customs officers shall be stationed at such subports, with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce may require.

Such other places in the State of Colorado as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate from time to time shall be ports of delivery, with all the privileges now accorded by law to the port of Denver, Colorado, the surveyor of customs of which port shall supervise the customs business transacted at such places in the same manner and to the same extent as at Denver.

Such places in the collection districts in the State of Florida as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time designate shall be subports of entry and delivery, and customs officers shall be stationed at such subports, Feb. 14, 1903. with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services and receive such compensation as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, the exigencies of commerce may require.

Sec. 10.

Aug. 28, 1890.
Sec. 2.

Feb. 14, 1903.
Sec. 10.

Mar. 3, 1901.

Feb. 14, 1903.
Sec. 10.

April 12, 1900.
Sec. 4.

Feb. 14, 1903.
Sec. 10.

Such other ports as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time designate shall be subports of entry [Puget Sound] and customs officers shall be, &c., &c.

Such places in the customs district of the Territory of Hawaii as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time designate shall be subports of entry and delivery, and customs officers shall be stationed at such subports with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce may require: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to discontinue such subports of entry or delivery whenever in his judgment there is necessity for such

action.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the several ports and subports of entry in Porto Rico and shall make such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as may be necessary to collect the duties and taxes authorized to be levied, collected, and paid in Porto Rico by the provisions of this Act, and he shall fix the compensation and provide for the payment thereof of all such officers, agents and assistants as he may find it necessary to employ to carry out the provisions hereof.

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CONSULATES AND COMMERCIAL AGENCIES NOT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULES B OR C.