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· 12/22/1903

J. B. Ryer, Son & Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 126 F. 246
  • 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 5166

Syllabus

<p>1. Customs Duties — Classification—Articles Made from Pile Fabrics— Construction of Proviso.</p> <p>Paragraph 315, Tariff Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule I, 30 Stat. 178 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1059], contains a provision for certain rates of duty on “plushes, velvets, velveteens, corduroys, and all pile fabrics, * * * composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber,” to which is added a proviso that “manufactures or articles in any form, * * * made or cut from plushes, velvets, velveteens, corduroys, or other pile fabrics composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber, shall be subject to the foregoing rates of duty and in addition thereto ten per centum ad valorem.” Held, that this proviso does not refer to any class of pile fabrics not included in the main provision.</p> <p>2. Same — Pile Fabrics of Flax.</p> <p>Held, that certain portieres, made from pile fabrics composed in chiet value of flax, are not included in the second proviso in paragraph 315. Tariff Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule I, 30 Stat. 178 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1659], relating to “manufactures or articles in any form * * * made or cut from * * * pile fabrics composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber.”</p>

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