judge of the district court for the district. A certified copy of the judgment shall be the process upon which said removal shall be made, and it may be executed by the marshal of the district or any officer having authority of a marshal under the provisions of this section. And in all such cases the person who brought or aided in bringing such person into the United States shall be liable to the Government of the United States for all necessary expenses incurred in such investigation and removal; and all peace officers of the several States and Territories of the United States are invested with the same authority in reference to carrying out the provisions of sections 275 and 281 to 283 of this title, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, and shall be entitled to the same fees as compensation as marshals and deputy marshals are authorized to charge and collect, to be audited and paid by the same officers. (Sept. 13, 1888, c. 1015, Sec. 13, 25 Stat. 479; May 5, 1892, c. 60, Sec. 2, 27 Stat. 25; Apr. 29, 1902, c. 641, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 176; Apr. 27, 1904, c. 1630, Sec. 5, 33 Stat. 428.) TITLE 8, Sec. 279. RETURN OF CHINESE LABORERS AFTER DEPARTURE PERMITTED CONDITIONALLY; LANDING CHINESE IN CONTRAVENTION OF LAW. The master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land, or attempt to land, or permit to be landed any Chinese laborer or other Chinese person, in contravention of the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished with a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, in the discretion of the court, for every Chinese laborer or other Chinese person so brought, and may also be imprisoned for a term of not less than one year, nor more than five years, in the discretion of the court. (Sept. 13, 1888, c. 1015, Sec. 9, 25 Stat. 478; Apr. 29, 1902, c. 641, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 176; Apr. 27, 1904, c. 1630, Sec. 5, 33 Stat. 428.) TITLE 8, Sec. 281. RETURN OF CHINESE LABORERS AFTER DEPARTURE PERMITTED CONDITIONALLY; ALTERING NAME IN OR FORGING CERTIFICATE, OR FALSE PERSONATION. Any person who shall knowingly and falsely alter substitute any name for the name written in any certificate under sections 265, 277, and 287(3) of this title, or forge such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely personate any person named in any such certificate, and any person other than the one to whom a certificate was issued who shall falsely present any such certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000, and imprisoned in a penitentiary for a term of not more than five years. (Sept. 13, 1888, c. 1015, Sec. 11, 25 stat. 478; May 6, 1882, c. 126, Sec. 7, 22 stat. 60; May 5, 1892, c. 60, Sec. 8, 27 Stat. 26; Apr. 29, 1902, c. 641, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 176; Apr. 27, 1904, c. 1630, Sec. 5, 33 Stat. 428.) SEARCH WARRANTS, SEARCHES AND SEIZURES TITLE 18, Sec. 612. GROUNDS FOR ISSUE. A search warrant may be issued under this chapter upon either of the following grounds: 1. When the property was stolen or embezzled in violation of a law of the United States; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from any house or other place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom it was stolen or embezzled, or from any person in whose possession it may be. 2. When the property was used as the means of committing a felony; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from any house or other place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom it was used in the commission of the offense, or from any person in whose possession it may be. 3. When the proper,, or any paper, is possessed, controlled, or used in violation of section 98 of this title; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from the person violating said section, or from any person in whose possession it may be, or from any house or other place in which it is concealed. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title II, Sec. 2, 40 stat. 228.) TITLE 18, Sec. 611. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE. A search warrant authorized by this chapter may be issued by a judge of a United States district court, or by a judge of a State or Territorial court of record, or by a United States commissioner for the district wherein the property sought is located. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 228.) TITLE 18, Sec. 617. SERVICE. A search warrant may in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its direction, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on his requiring it, he being present and acting in its execution. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 7, 40 stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 618. SERVICE; BREAKING AND ENTERING. The Officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 8, 40 stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 619. SERVICE; BREAKING AND ENTERING TO LIBERATE DETAINED PERSON AIDING IN EXECUTION (1) Certificates of identity. OF WARRANT. He may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house for the purpose of liberating a person who, having entered to aid him in the execution of the warrant, is detained therein, or when necessary for his own liberation. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 9, 40 stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 620. SERVICE; DAYTIME. The judge or commissioner must insert a direction in the warrant that it be served in the daytime, unless the affidavits are positive that the property is on the person or in the place to be searched, in which case he may insert a direction that it be served at any time of the day or night. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 10, 40 Stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 621. TIME FOR EXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT. A search warrant must be executed and returned to the judge or commissioner who issued it within ten days after its date; after the expiration of this time the warrant, unless executed, is void. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 11, 40 Stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 622. COPY OF WARRANT AND RECEIPT FOR PROPERTY TAKEN TO PERSON FROM WHOM TAKEN. When the officer takes property under the warrant, he must give a copy of the warrant, together with a receipt for the property taken (specifying it in detail) to the person from whom it was taken by him or in whose possession it was found; or in the absence of any person, he must leave it in the place where he found the property. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 12, 40 stat. 229.) TITLE 18, Sec. 623. RETURN; CONTENTS. The officer must forthwith return the warrant to the judge or commissioner and deliver to him a written inventory of the property taken, made publicly or in the presence of the person from whose possession it was taken and of the applicant for the warrant, if they are present, verified by the affidavit of the officer at the foot of the inventory and taken before the Judge or commissioner at the time, to the following effect: "I, R. S., the officer by whom this warrant was executed, do swear that the above inventory contains a true and detailed account of all the property taken by me on the warrant." (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XI, Sec. 13, 40 Stat. 229.) TITLE 26, Sec. 3602 (SUPP. V.) SEARCH WARRANTS. The several judges of the district courts of the United States, and the United States commissioners, may, within their respective jurisdictions, issue a search warrant, authorizing any internal revenue officer to search any premises within the same, if such officer makes oath in writing that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that a fraud upon the revenue has been or is being committed upon or by the use of the said premises. (53 Stat. 436.) - TITLE 19, Sec. 1582. SEARCH OF PERSONS AND BAGGAGE REGULATIONS. The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and he is authorized to employ female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations. (June 17, 1930, c. 497, Title IV, Sec. 582, 46 Stat. 748.) TITLE 26, Sec. 3117 (SUPP. V.) OFFICERS AND AGENTS AUTHORIZED TO INVESTIGATE, ISSUE SEARCH WARRANTS, AND PROSECUTE FOR VIOLATIONS--(a) DUTIES. The Commissioner (of Internal Revenue), his assistants, agents, and inspectors, shall investigate and report violations of this part (i.e., liquor tax laws) to the United States attorney for the district in which committed, who is hereby charged with the duty of prosecuting the offenders, subject to the direction of the Attorney General, as in the case of other offenses against the laws of the United States; and the Commissioner, his assistants, agents, and inspectors, may swear out warrants before United States commissioners or other officers or courts authorized to issue the same for the apprehension of such offenders, and may, subject to the control of the said United States attorney, conduct the prosecution at the committing trial for the purpose of having the offenders held for the action of a grand jury. Section 1014 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C. Title 18, Sec. 591) (providing for arrest and removal for trial) is hereby made applicable in the enforcement of this part. Officers mentioned in said section 1014 are authorized to issue search warrants under the limitations provided in title XI of the Act of June 15, 1917, 40 Stat. 228 (U.S.C., Title 18, Seos. 611633) (providing for issuance, service and return of search warrants). (b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES. For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170. (53 Stat. 363.) TITLE 26, Sec. 3601 (SUPP. V.) ENTRY OF PREMISES FOR EXAMINATION OF TAXABLE OBJECTS--(a) AUTHORITY-(1) ENTRY DURING DAY. Any collector, deputy collector, internal revenue agent, or inspector may enter, in the daytime, any building or place where any articles or objects subject to tax are made, produced, or kept, within his district, so far as it may be necessary for the purpose of examining said articles or objects. (2) ENTRY AT NIGHT. When such premises are open at night, such officers may enter them while so open, in the performance of their official duties. (b) PENALTY FOR REFUSAL TO PERMIT ENTRY OR EXAMINATION. Any owner of such building or place, or person having the agency or superintendence of the same, who refuses to admit such officer, or to suffer him to examine such article or articles, shall, for every such refusal, forfeit $500. (c) OTHER PENALTIES. If any person shall- (1) FORCIBLE OBSTRUCTION OR HINDRANCE TO OFFICERS. Forcibly obstruct or hinder any collector, deputy collector, internal revenue agent, or inspector, in the execution of any power and authority vested in him by law, or (2) FORCIBLE RESCUE OF SEIZED PROPERTY. Forcibly rescue or cause to be rescued any property, articles, or objects after the same shall have been seized by him, or shall attempt or endeavor so to do, the person so offending, excepting in cases otherwise provided for, shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay the sum of $500, or double the value of the property so rescued, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the court. (53 Stat. 435.) TITLE 26, Sec. 3654 (Supp. 5). GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO COLLECTION--(a) COLLECTORS. Every collector within his collection district shall see that all laws and regulations relating to the collection of internal revenue taxes are faithfully executed and complied with, and shall aid in the prevention, detection, and punishment of any frauds in relation thereto. For such purposes, he shall have power to examine all persons, books, papers, accounts, and premises, to administer oaths, and to summon any person to produce books and papers, or to appear and testify under oath before him, and to compel compliance with such summons in the same manner as provided in section 3615. (b) DEPUTY COLLECTORS. Every deputy collector shall have the like authority in every respect to collect the taxes levied or assessed within the portion of the district assigned to him which is by law vested in the collector himself; but each collector shall, in every respect, be responsible, both to the United States and to individuals, as the case may be, for all moneys collected, and for every act done or neglected to be done, by any of his deputies while acting as such. (c) INTERNAL REVENUE AGENTS. Every internal revenue agent shall see that all laws and regulations relating to the collection of internal revenue taxes are faithfully executed and complied with, and shall aid in the prevention, detection, and punishment of any frauds in relation thereto. (53 Stat. 446.) TITLE 26, Sec. 4003, (Supp. 5). POWERS AND DUTIES--(a) ENTRY OF PREMISES FOR EXAMINATION OF TAXABLE OBJECTS. The agents whose employment is authorized by this chapter shall have all the powers of entry and examination conferred upon any officer of internal revenue by section 3601 (providing for entry of premises for examination of taxable objects) and sections 2828; 2839, and 2857,5 and all the provisions of said sections, including those imposing fines, forfeitures, penalties, or other punishments for the enforcement thereof, shall be applicable to the action of internal-revenue agents, in the same manner as if such agents were specially named in each of said sections. (b) REPORT OF DELINQUENCY OR MALFEASANCE OF OFFICERS OR AGENTS. It shall be the duty of every internal revenue agent to report to the Commissioner in writing any neglect of duty, incompetency, delinquency, or malfeasance in office of any internal revenue officer or agent of which he may obtain knowledge, with a statement of all the facts in each case, and any evidence sustaining the same. (c) ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND REGULATIONS. For provisions requiring internal-revenue agents to see that all laws and regulations relating to the collection of internal-revenue taxes are complied with, see section 3654 (c). (d) ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS. For authority of internal-revenue agents to administer oaths, see section 3632 (a) (1). (e) INSPECTION OF CERTIFICATE OF PEDDLER OF TOBACCO. For authority of internal-revenue agents to demand production of and inspect the collector's certificate for peddlers of tobacco, see section 2192. (53 Stat. 489) TITLE 19, Sec. 1595. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES--(a) WARRANT. If any collector of customs or other officer or person authorized to make searches and seizures shall have cause to suspect the presence in any dwelling house, store, or other building or place of any merchandise upon which the duties have not been paid, or which has been otherwise brought into the United States contrary to law, he may make application under oath, to any justice of the peace, to any municipal, county, State, or Federal judge, or to any United States commissioner, and shall thereupon be entitled to a warrant to enter such dwelling house in the daytime only, or such store or other place at night or by day, and to search for and seize such merchandise; Provided, That if any such house, store, or other building, or place in which such merchandise shall be found, is upon or within ten feet of the boundary line between the United States and a foreign country, such portion thereof as is within the United States may forthwith be taken down or removed. (b) ENTRY UPON PROPERTY OF OTHERS. Any person authorized by this title to make searches and seizures, or any person assisting him or acting under his directions, may, if deemed necessary by him or them, enter into or upon or pass through the lands, inclosures, and buildings, other than the dwelling house, of any person whomsoever, in the discharge of his official duties. (June 17, 1930, c. 497, Title IV, Sec. 595, 46 Stat. 752.) TITLE 22, Sec. 239. WARRANT FOR DETENTION OF PROPERTY SEIZED. It shall be the duty of the person making any seizure under sections 238 to 245, inclusive, of this chapter (Preservation of friendly foreign relations) to apply, with due diligence, to the judge of the district court of the United States, or to the judge of the United States district court of the Canal Zone, or to the judge of a court of first instance in the Philippine Islands, having jurisdiction over the place within which the seizure is made, for a warrant to justify the further detention of the property so seized, which warrant shall be granted only on oath or affirmation showing that there is known or probable cause to believe that the property seized is being or is intended to be exported or shipped from or taken out of the United States in violation of law; and if the judge refuses to issue the warrant, or application there for is Distillers and rectifiers to furnish facilities for examination of premises. 1. 2. Provides penalty for not drawing off water and cleaning worm tubs in distilleries when asked by Internal Revenue officer. not made by the person making the seizure within a reasonable time, not exceeding ten days after the seizure, the property shall forthwith be restored to the owner or person from whom seized. If the judge is satisfied that the seizure was justified under the provisions of sections 238 to 245, inclusive, of this chapter, and issues his warrant accordingly, then the property shall be detained by the person seizing it until the President, who is hereby expressly authorized so to do, orders it to be restored to the owner or claimant, or until it is discharged in due course of law on petition of the claimant, or on trial of condemnation proceedings, as provided in the following sections. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title VI, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 224.) TITLE 22, Sec. 238. SEIZURE OF MUNITIONS OF WAR, ETC., INTENDED FOR EXPORT GENERALLY; FORFEITURE. Whenever an attempt is made to export or ship from or take out of the United States any arms or munitions of war, or other articles, in violation of law, or whenever there shall be known or probable cause to believe that any such arms or munitions of war, or other articles, are being or are intended to be exported, or shipped from, or taken out of the United States, in violation of law, the several collectors, comptrollers of customs, surveyors, inspectors of customs, and marshals, and deputy marshals of the United States, and every other person duly authorized for the purpose by the President, may seize and detain any articles or munitions of war about to be exported or shipped from, or taken out of the United States, in violation of law, and the vessels or vehicles containing the same, and retain possession thereof until released or disposed of as hereinafter in this chapter directed. If upon due inquiry as hereinafter in this chapter provided the property seized shall appear to have been about to be so unlawfully exported, shipped from, or taken out of the United States, the same shall be forfeited to the United States. (June 15, 1917, c. 30 Title VI, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 223; June 17, 1930, c. 497, Title IV, Sec. 523, 46 Stat. 740.) See section 5a of Title 19. TITLE 18, Sec. 287. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 173.) SEARCH WARRANT FOR SUSPECTED COUNTERFEITS; FORFEITURE. The several judges of courts established under the laws of the United States and United States commissioners may, upon proper oath or affirmation, within their respective jurisdictions, issue a search warrant authorizing any marshal of the United States, or any other person specially mentioned in such warrant, to enter any house, store, building, boat, or other place named in such warrant, in which there shall appear probable cause for believing that the manufacture of counterfeit money, or the concealment of counterfeit money, or the manufacture or concealment of counterfeit obligations or coins of the United States or of any foreign government, or the manufacture or concealment of dies, hubs, molds, plates, or other things fitted or intended to be used for the manufacture of counterfeit money, coins, or obligations of the United States or of any foreign government, or of any bank doing business under the authority of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof, or of any bank doing business under the authority of any foreign government, or of any political division of any foreign government, is being carried on or practiced, and there search for any such counterfeit money, coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things, and for any such obligations, and if any such be found, to seize and secure the same and to make return thereof to the proper authority; and all such counterfeit money, coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things, and all such counterfeit obligations so seized shall be forfeited to the United States. (Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, Sec. 5, 26 Stat. 743; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 173. 35 Stat. 1121.) TITLE 19, Sec. 507. OFFICERS TO MAKE CHARACTER KNOWN. Every officer or other person authorized to make searches and seizures by this title shall, at the time of executing any of the powers conferred upon him, make known, upon being questioned, his character as an officer or agent of the customs or Government, and shall have authority to demand of any person within the distance of three miles to assist him in making any arrests, search, or seizure authorized by this title, where such assistance may be necessary; and if such person shall, without reasonable excuse, neglect or refuse so to assist, upon proper demand, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $200, nor less than $5. (R. S. Sec. 3071.) TITLE 48, Sec. 1325 (b). POWERS OF SEARCH, SEIZURE, AND ARREST CONFERRED UPON CUSTOMS OFFICERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES APPLICABLE IN THE CANAL ZONE. General powers of search, seizure, and arrest are hereby conferred upon customs officers in the Canal Zone, inoluding deputy shipping commissioners and boarding officers when performing customs duties. In the exercise of these powers customs officers are authorized to enter any building, other than dwelling houses, to stop vessels and vehicles, and to search vessels, vehicles, and their contents; and to stop and search persons and any packages carried by them. Such right of entry, stopping, search, seizure, and arrest shall be exercised only when there are reasonable grounds for suspecting violations of the customs rules and regulations authorized hereunder or of the United States applicable in the Canal Zone. (47 Stat. 813, c. 90, Sec. 2; Feb. 16, 1933.) TITLE 39, Sec. 498. SEIZING AND DETAINING LETTERS. Any post-office inspector, collector, or other customs officer, or United States marshal or his deputy, may at all times seize all letters and bags, packets or parcels, containing letters which are being carried contrary to law on board any vessel or on any post route, and convey the same to the nearest post office, or may, by the direction of the Postmaster General or Secretary of the Treasury, detain them until two months after the final determination of all suits and proceedings which may, at any time within six months after such seizure, be brought against any person for sending or carrying such letters. (R. S. Secs. 3990, 4017; 21 Stat. 177, c. 206, Sec. 1; June 11, 1880.) TITLE 19, Sec. 1467 (Supp. 5.) SPECIAL INSPECTION, EXAMINATION, AND SEARCH. Whenever a vessel from a foreign port or place or from a port or place in any Territory or possession of the United States arrives at a port or place in the United States or the Virgin Islands, whether directly or via another port or place in the United States or the Virgin Islands, the collector of customs for such port or place of arrival may, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe and for the purpose of assuring compliance with any law, regulations, or instruction which the Secretary of the Treasury or the Customs Service is authorized to enforce, cause inspection, examination, and search to be made of the persons, baggage, and merchandise discharged or unladen from such vessel, whether or not any or all such persons, baggage, or merchandise has previously been inspected, examined, or searched by officers of the customs. (June 17, 1936, c. 497, Title IV, Sec. 467, as added June 25, 1938, 5 p. m. E.S.T., c. 679, Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1083.) TITLE 39, Sec. 700. SEARCHES AUTHORIZED. The Postmaster General may, by a letter of authorization under his hand, to be filed among the records of his department, empower any post-office inspector or other officer of the Post Office Establishment to make searches for mailable matter transported in violation of law; and the inspector or officer so authorized may open and search any car or vehicle passing, or having lately before passed, from any place at which there is a post office of the United States to any other such place, or any box, package, or packet, being, or having lately before been, in such car or vehicle, or any store or house, other than a dwelling house, used or occupied by any common carrier or transportation company, in which such box, package, or packet may be contained, whenever such inspector or officer has reason to believe that mailable matter, transported contrary to law, may therein be found. (R.S. Secs. 4017, 4026; June 11, 1880; c. 206, Sec. 1, 21 Stat. 177.) ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ON NAVIGABLE WATERS AND VESSELS TITLE 1, Sec. 66. CUSTOMS DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF CUTTERS. The officers of the Coast Guard cutters shall respectively be deemed officers of the customs, and shall be subject to the direction of such collectors of the revenue, or other officers thereof, as from time to time shall be designated for that purpose. They shall go on board all vessels which arrive within the United States or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound for the United States, and search and examine the same, and every part thereof, and shall demand, receive, and certify the manifests required to be on board certain vessels, shall affix and put proper fastening on the hatches and other communications with the hold of any vessel, and shall remain on board such vessels until they arrive at the port or place of their destination. (R. S. Sec. 2760; Jan. 28, 1915, c. 20, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 800.) (R. S. Sec. 2760 from Act March 2, 1799, c. 22, Sec. 99, 1 Stat. 700. See section 1581 of Title 19.) TITLE 14, Sec. 68. STOPPING VESSELS; IMMUNITY OF COAST GUARD OFFICERS. Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination does not bring-to, on being required to do so, or on being chased by any cutter or boat which has displayed the pendant and ensign prescribed for vessels in the Coast Guard, the master of such cutter or boat may fire at or into such vessel which does not bring-to, after such pendant and ensign has been hoisted, and a gun has been fired by such cutter or boat as a signal; and such master, and all persons acting by or under his direction, shall be indemnified from any penalties or actions for damages for so doing. If any person is killed or wounded by such firing, and the master is prosecuted or arrested therefor, he shall be forthwith admitted to bail. (R. S. Sec. 2765; Jan. 28, 1915, c. 20, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 800.) (R. S. Sec. 2765 from Act March 2, 1799, c. 22, Sec. 102, 1 Stat. 700, 701) TITLE 14, sec. 45, (Supp. 5) JURISDICTION OF COAST GUARD; INLAND WATERS. Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are hereby empowered to make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas, and the navigable waters of the United States, its Territories, and possessions, except the Philippine Islands, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to the inland waters of the United States, its Territories, and possessions, other than the Great Lakes and the connecting waters thereof. For such purposes, such officers are authorized at any time to go on board of any vessel, subject to the jurisdiction, or to the operation of any law, of the United States, to address inquiries to those on board, to examine the ship's documents and papers, and to examine, inspect, and search the vessel and use all necessary force to compel compliance. When from such inquiries, examination, inspection, or search it shall appear that a breach of the laws of the United States rendering a person liable to arrest is being, or has been committed, by any person, such person shall be arrested or, if escaping to shore, shall be immediately pursued and arrested on shore, or other lawful and appropriate action shall be taken; or, if it shall appear that a breach of the laws of the United States has been committed so as to render such vessel, or the merchandise, or any part thereof, on board of, or brought into the United States, by, such vessel, liable to forfeiture, or, so as to render such vessel liable to a fine or penalty and if necessary to secure such fine or penalty, such vessel shall be seized. (June 22, 1936, c. 705, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1820.) TITLE 14, Sec. 46, (Supp. 5). JURISDICTION OF COAST GUARD; INLAND WATERS; ACTING AS AGENT OF PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, SUBJECTION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF DEPARTMENT. The officers of the United States Coast Guard, insofar as they are engaged, pursuant to the authority contained in section 45 of this section, in enforcing any law of the United States, shall- (a) Be deemed to be acting as agents of the particular executive department or independent establishment charged with the administration of the particular law; and (b) Be subject to all the rules and regulations promulgated by such department or independent |