Lang v. United States

Smith, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court:

Grains, grasses, grasses made up into aigrettes for women’s hats, and palm, fern, and beech leaves, imported at the ports of Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York under the tariff acts of 1897 and 1909, were classified by the several collectors of customs as ornamental natural grains, grasses, and leaves, and were assessed for duty, according to date of importation, either at 50 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 425 of the act of 1897 or at 60 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 438 of the act of 1909. The paragraphs under which the collectors…