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01/19/04

Sec. 289. Transportation of passengers in foreign vessels

      No foreign vessel shall transport passengers between ports or
    places in the United States, either directly or by way of a foreign
    port, under a penalty of $200 for each passenger so transported and
    landed.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1898 - Act Feb. 17, 1898, amended section generally, increasing
    from $2 to $200 the penalty for transporting passengers in foreign
    vessels.

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