The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

puLkklscOPE TUBES so.atel -,
.l''-eor- 'pn~s. Unmarried hy = 81.
ne", a- sion hln!ed down Yesterday o.
ia" Board Of ,er"ta, ArrFaI''5n nm.
..r opticSl instruments ~ the rate "
n per cent 81 valorem. under parnsraph
.. ~ me ''rin ,r' or aE'". Inc 7"
res NJ ur;'' ,h'u~s| "'th a.. d" NE
pIr.s~arn ~, .rriS q atm Is sustained
I'M, Dtf H.. stmpl.- .or~.stel "' tHo gas
tin.s rt.l d"uu' "ikht ~ lrs ohg -.
" -, .l,... ,lus, w-rr thread strr.
.,It-- 10 which wee screwed brass 'ap~.
-,ch sap having a iolnd no In ne Gu
..-lnr di,met-i ~ The 'unr. ~ tina; !: =
3D., BIZ ~ applying N" eve 20 tn" hole
'hrough the 'jor nnd ne NJ IN ne ~
- tAr other mi thereof 'hr "I n'-, -.
~d.srut" ~" used IL '"nTe .''n VIII 'HS
pnlarisrulr VIII! \ - used IA N" h"' So
- sugar OF sAshgs hIuli--
r>N,Y CRETE PAPER nATS, The
Ra,rI o. General Appraisers rendered y"s
,-rdiN = decision infot'thS '", ',"E,7
classification under ne uin "t' o tF,a
o. Imported fau,v hats Domros"' ~ 'f'pr
or tissue ape, so-Hatlrd hlowr"'s' said
asset. put, WIS 'uNrI on al ms
mcr hauri-e, inpnrttl he" nF
iiuch y TO-. a. Ia" ''e ~ g. PEI 't
ad vulorrm under pafatr'ph - ~ me
'4rir a.t OF 1913 - 'o't Ih- lno,"n.
1 ln.Z t'tlllpl t.4N~4N.A' 'Nl "llU' 'r ''"'''
features Of parr' "l'h dn'N sa,n" ~
Of 80 pey cent al Naio'eh Lnd-T para-
graph az OF ~ articles ',Npos.n Wv.
SO ~ ,'-p" paper, Win dHiF AZ me "a"
erann "a Tn- protests ARE sustained as
- ne yrpc 81 ISSUE pane nti~ an rnr
.en' al valor'n md" p'rtrraph ~ ~
80 the n'owoui- AM NJ .",nS' % Mi
,ssesSeJ ar. oy.rru.ed The board iini'
/ ma. ~ only Oh" Witness .e-,,n"a IN SUP
p.rt u IN" lover duty On the oIo"ouls
| no, sufir.ant 20 ovrfconl" no presuUhp''oh
tul' hose Hftl' IS br" '"s
METAL rLAsilLlGH1 cAsTs ia ,"
,nup ny. t. I"worrd IN . decision handed
down ycSt,risy h' the BOARD OF u"ner",
appraiser. Thos" art '"- we're a4s"'sr,
,alorcn under paragraph "3e' ta!.n a.
o. isl2, and ths sontl n'4iT s'S, p" ~.
bI. % per cent al viiorem under pam
Eraph 49,,
SHAVING sFrs.-So -cal,ei shsvtnG
sets, composed Of IL swinging mirror VIII
! ,l,k.l Mated metal frame. n china sod ;
d,sn aud = shaving brush WIN nick
plated handle, Wouptrd on a nick"I plated
metal stand. are properly du,iahle h, ths
rate Of 20 per cent. al Na'orem und"i
ptrnErtph 10; OF the tar'n ant -of 1919
according % = decision ,bI the Boar 81
I,y This decision suStaiUs n protest nler
~. II the tnnrd In the name OF the Bal;i'
nor. md ou'p Railroad COMPANY OF Baltl'
more. The prut"stants objected 20 NJ
/ ,'.ll,rinrs c's~,inch alton OF 'h.s- sAs As
".nrrnrs." vita duty A. 'he rate OF ~
nor r,ut sd ,alor-m under paragraph 80
WEIGHT OFF BUTTER in an opinior
r.nIrrrl N,s,erdty the board ~ Genera
AMI. nlsrrs ur'u that In determining tn
NJ weight upon watch impor'ltions %
| Iu'trr shouid h.. ASSESSED, tho GoNernnlen'
ofN,in.4 should nnd the gross weight o
III, butter Ny weighing the whole ship
men. in drafts. and from this gross weigh
deduct an thre arrived at b.
actually weighing a certain number -
nuxrs out OF he shipment. In accordance
toms regulations .! 1908 pros'e 4 Snv
der, In !. test case before the Genera
Apprais,rs. ,iIime thai the net weigh
should be found by stripping and Weighing
Tho butter alone. The hutt"r In question
was Imported from Bucnos Ayres. Soutl
America. and tn" importers contcul"'
that duty was "Nacted on an ~eNccsSly'
weight. The invoices contained merely IN
weight Of tne BUTTE. no gross weight q
tare being mentioned m. trst.mon
showed that thu import'rs In dctcrminlni
the amount OF hut'er which arrived In hi
Cnuntry stripped, az thcN termed t., :
cases In y consignment Of LEO cases an
20 cases in a consignment OF l.t50 caso
, and weighed the butter, and from sue
weighing arrived at tho conclusion tina
there we're IS pounds OF butter to the case
The Government officials weighed the on
tire consignment IN drafts Of 10 Gases saof
ana tsrst, . essss IN each s~sssi0oasu