United States v. Masson

A statue made of gold bronze and ivory was classified by the collector of customs at Baltimore as a manufactured article composed in part of metal, and it was therefore assessed for duty at 45 per cent *169ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 199 of the tariff act of 1909, which said paragraph reads as follows, to wit:

199. Articles or wares not specially provided for in this section, composed wholly or in part of iron, steel, lead, copper, nickel, pewter, zinc, gold, silver, platinum, aluminum, or other metal, and whether partly or wholly manufactured, forty-five per centum ad valorem.

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