---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 542"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "542"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(29), (30), 70 Stat. 948"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/542"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — The Tariff and Related Provisions"
  - "Subtitle IV — Customs Administration"
  - "Part 5 — enforcement provisions"
---

# [§542. Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(29), (30), 70 Stat. 948 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 541, R.S. § 2763, authorized use of small boats for use of customs officials.

Section 542, act Feb. 10, 1913, ch. 35, 37 Stat. 665, authorized Secretary of the Treasury to use the motorboat provided for Corpus Christi, Texas.