M. H. Garvey Co. v. United States

Olivek, Chief Judge:

This protest relates to certain merchandise which, at the time of importation, was the property of a deceased American citizen. It was originally entered for warehouse and, later, was purchased in bond from the estate by a firm that applied for manipulation of certain items of jewelry. Manipulation of imported merchandise is granted under the provisions of section 562 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Customs Administrative Act of 1938, which, so far as pertinent, reads as follows:

Unless by special authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, no merchandise shall…