Stevason v. United States

Mollison, Judge:

The merchandise the subject of this protest consists of two articles described as prayer stands imported for presentation to, and for the use of, the Community of Three Hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church. Entry was made under the provisions of paragraph 1774 of the free list of the Tariff Act of 1930, which, at the time of importation, read as follows:

Par. 1774. Altars, pulpits, communion tables, baptismal fonts, shrines, or parts of any of the foregoing, and statuary (except casts of plaster of Paris, or of compositions of paper or papier-máché), imported in good faith…