United States v. Heth
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a case certified from tbe Circuit Court of tbe fifth circuit, bolden in tbe district of Virginia, where a question arose upon which tbe opinions of tbe judges were opposed.
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This was a case certified from tbe Circuit Court of tbe fifth circuit, bolden in tbe district of Virginia, where a question arose upon which tbe opinions of tbe judges were opposed. Tbe question was, whether tbe defendant, as collector of tbe customs for tbe district of Petersburg, was restricted to a commission of two and a half per cent, on any, or all of tbe moneys collected and received by him after tbe 30th of June 1800, on account of bonds previously taken for duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into tbe United States. This question arose upon tbe 2d section of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an amicable suit, instituted to try the question, whether the defendant, lately collector of the port of Petersburg, was, after the 30th day of June 1800, entitled to retain three per centum on the amount of sums received by him after that time, upon bonds for duties taken between that period and the last day of March 1799. The claim of the defendant is founded upon the act of March 2d, 1799, “to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties,” &e. And the opposition on behalf of the government, is founded on the act of May 10th, 1800,…
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