White & Co. v. United States

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of General Appraisers, G. A. 7222 (T. D. 31588), which affirmed the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the port of New York on certain linen damask at the rate of 45 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 358 of the act of 1909, the pertinent provisions of which are as follows:

* * * All manufactures of flax, hemp, ramie, or other vegetable fiber, or of which these substances, or any of them, is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this section, forty-five per centum ad valorem.

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