SECTION 1328 . Performance of Consular Duties . — For the accomplishment of the laws of the United States, a collector of customs shall perform in his district the duties relative to seamen, vessels, clearances, and similar matters, which under the laws of t he United States devolve on American consuls or consular officers; and he shall collect for such services the fees allowed under the United States laws, when the same shall have been approved and declared applicable in the Philippine Islands by the Insular  Collector of Customs. 

[355-372.] 

SECTION 1329 . Authority of Collector to Remit Duties . — A collector of customs shall have discretionary authority to remit the assessment and collection of customs duties when such duties amount to less than two pesos; and he may dispense with the seizure of merchandise of less than two pesos in value except in cases of prohibited importations or the habitual or intentional violation of the revenue laws. 

[1781-1; Comp., 1401.] 

SECTION 1330 . Supervision Over Customs and Immigration Brokers . — Customs and immigration brokers shall, in the exercise of their duties as such, be subject to the supervision of the collector of customs; and no person shall do business as a customs or imm igration broker except after obtaining a license from the collector of customs of the port authorizing him to engage in such occupation. Any license so granted may be canceled by the collector for cause. 

[355-19 (5).] 

SECTION 1331 . Supervision Over Attorneys in Fact . — Persons acting as agents or attorney in fact for others in matters pertaining to customs, immigration, or navigation may be required to lodge their respective powers of attorney with the collector of cust oms of the port. No more than two such continuing powers may be accepted or recognized from any one person acting as agent in the importation of merchandise unless he be a licensed customs broker. 

[355-168.] 

SECTION 1332 . Authority of Deputy Collector of Customs . — A deputy collector of customs at a principal port of entry may, in the name of the collector and subject to his supervision and control, perform any particular act which might be done by the collect or himself; at subports a deputy collector may, in his own name, exercise the general powers of a collector, subject to the supervision and control of the collector of the principal port. 

