United States v. American Sugar Refining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The question in the case is whether certain sugars which were imported between the twelfth of June and the twenty-eighth of September, 1903, were chargeable "with full duties under the tariff act of July 24,1897, or were entitled to twenty per cent reduction of duties prescribed by that act, under the treaty between the United States and' Cuba of the date December 11, 1902, and an act…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The question in the case is whether certain sugars which were imported between the twelfth of June and the twenty-eighth of September, 1903, were chargeable "with full duties under the tariff act of July 24,1897, or were entitled to twenty per cent reduction of duties prescribed by that act, under the treaty between the United States and' Cuba of the date December 11, 1902, and an act of Congress of December 17, 1903. The answer to the question depends upon when the treaty went into effect, whether upon…
1Opinion of the Court 1
After stating the case, as above,
2Opinion of the Court · McKennaJustice McKenna
The treaty as drafted and presented to the Senate provided for an exchange of ratifications at Washington as soon as might be before the thirty-first day of January, 1903, and should “ go into effect on the tenth day after the exchange of ratifications. ” A supplemental convention became necessary, and an exchange of ratifications was provided to be “as soon as possible and within two months from January 31, 1903. ” But subsequent to that date, to wit, March 19, 1903, the Senate added the amendment: “This convention shall not take effect until the same shall…
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