United States v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. On the 8th day of September, 1904, the barkentine Alfa, a vessel of 3,289 tons net, belonging to D. H. Ward, a citizen of the United States, arrived at the port of Port Townsend, Wash., in ballast from the foreign port of East London, Cape Colony, South Africa. The vessel was built in Glasgow, Scotland, and had no American register.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. On the 8th day of September, 1904, the barkentine Alfa, a vessel of 3,289 tons net, belonging to D. H. Ward, a citizen of the United States, arrived at the port of Port Townsend, Wash., in ballast from the foreign port of East London, Cape Colony, South Africa. The vessel was built in Glasgow, Scotland, and had no American register. She was seized by the collector of customs for the collection district of Puget Sound for failure to pay the tonnage duties as required by section…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
*664In the case of The Alta, 136 Fed. 513, 69 C. C. A. 289, we had under consideration the question of the liability of the Alta for tonnage duties on her entry into a port of the United States from the port of Manila, Philippine Islands. We held that she was not subject, to tonnage duties under Revised Statutes, § 4219, as amended [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2850], since she did not enter from a foreign port or place, and that she was not subject to such duty under Act March 8, 1902, c. 140, 32 Stat. 54 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1905, p. 388], extending such duties to foreign vessels entering from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- White's Bank v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- The MerrittSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- The AltaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1905
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