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PUBLIC LAW 91-271-JUNE 2, 1970
(aa) Section 608 (19 U.S.C. 1603) is amended by— (1) striking the word "COLLECTOR'S in the heading thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "CUSTOMS OFFICER'S; and (2) striking the words "collector or the principal local officer of the Customs Agency Service" and inserting in lieu thereof "appropriate customs officer". (bb) Section 604 (19 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by striking the word "collectors" and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officers"'. (cc) Section 605 (19 U.S.C. 1605) is amended by— _ _ (1) striking the word "'collector'" and inserting in lieu thereof "appropriate customs officer""; and (2) striking the word "collector's" and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officer's"'. (dd) Section 606 (19 U.S.C. 1606) is amended by striking the words "collector shall require the appraiser to"" and inserting in lieu thereof "appropriate customs officer shall"". (ee) Sections 607 and 610 (19 U.S.C. 1607 and 1610) are amended
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(1) striking the words "returned by the appraiser; and (2) striking the word "collector" and inserting in lieu thereof "appropriate customs officer'". (ff) Section 612 (19 U.S.C. 1612) is amended as follows: (1) the first sentence is amended by striking the term "the collector" where it first appears and inserting in lieu thereof "the appropriate customs officer"; by striking the words "by the appraiser""; by striking the term "the collector" where it thereafter appears and inserting in lieu thereof "such officer"; and by striking the words "within twenty-four hours after receipt by him of the appraiser's return"; (2) the second sentence is amended by striking the term "the collector and inserting in lieu thereof "such officer'*; and (3) the third sentence is amended by striking the word "collector"' and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officer'". (gg) Section 617 (19 U.S.C. 1617) is amended by striking the word "collector" and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officer'" and by striking the words "or customs agent." (hh) Section 618 (19 U.S.C. 1618) is amended by striking the words "customs agent, collector, judge of the United States Customs Court, or Ignited States commissioner," and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officer". (ii) Section 623 (19 U.S.C. 1623) is amended by striking the term 52 Stat. 1089. "collectors of customs" and inserting in lieu thereof "customs officers"'. (jj) Section 641 (19 U.S.C. 1641) is amended by striking the words ^^tH^^^^J/^' "collector or chief" wherever they appear and substituting therefor 49 s t a t. 864. "appropriate". (kk) Section 648 (19 U.S.C. 1648) is amended by striking the term "Collectors of customs" and inseiting in lieu thereof "Customs officers". SEC. 302. The last paragraph of so much of section 1 of the Act of August 1, 1914, as relates to the Customs Service, as amended (38 Stat. 623; 19 U.S.C. 2), is amended to read as follows: "The President is authorized from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require, to rearrange, by consolidation or otherwise, the several customs-collection districts and to discontinue ports of entry by abolishing the same or establishing others in their stead. The President is authorized from time to time to change the location of the headquarters in any customs-collection district as the needs of the service may require."'
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