United States v. Olivotti

Smith, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court:

A marble font, two marble boxes and stands, and two marble seats imported at the port óf New York were classified by the collector of customs as manufactures of marble, and were accordingly assessed for duty at 45 per cent ad valorem under that part of paragraph 98 of the tariff act of 1913 which reads as follows:

98. Marble, breccia, onyx, alabaster, and jet, wholly or partly manufactured into monuments, benches, vases, and other articles, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, * * * not…