United States v. Perkins

In August, 1908, Perkins, Van Bergen & Co., appellee here, imported certain gloves. The local appraiser returned them as women's *324kid gloves under 14 inches, embroidered. Duty was assessed at the rate of $3.40 per dozen pairs, under paragraphs 442 and 445 of the act of July 24, 1897. The report of the deputy appraiser, which appears in the record with the return of the appraiser, discloses that he advised 40 cents per dozen pairs additional duty because the gloves were embroidered with more than three single strands or cords, such additional duty being assessed under the above-cited paragraph…