American Burtonizing Co. v. United States

Certain tank filling machines, called zymateurs, composed of metal were, by appellant, imported from France. The appraiser reported the merchandise in question as not being legally marked, *653according to tbe requirements of section 304 of tbe Tariff Act of 1922, tbe pertinent portion of wbicb reads as follows:

Sec. 304. (a) That every article imported into the United States, which is capable of being marked, stamped, branded, or labeled, without injury, at the time of its manufacture or production, shall be marked, stamped, branded, or labeled, in legible English words, in a conspicuous place…