IN RE MARQUAND.

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185. On the authority of that case, and for the reasons therein stated, the demurrer to each paragraph of the complaint must be sustained, and it is so ordered.

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In re MARQUAND. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. May 24, 1893.)
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT OF JUNE 10. 1890-UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF ,ApPEALS-REMISSION OF DUTIES-NEW TRIAl·.

In a case arising under the customs administrntive act of June 10, 1890, (26 Stat. 131,) it is not within the province of a United States circuit court of appeals to grant to or withhold from an importer leave to apply to an officer of customs for a remission of duties levied upon merchandise imported by him, and made the subject of such case; or, if a judgment rendered in such case by a United States circuit court be affirmed by such circuit court of appeals, to direct or suggest the action of such circuit court in regard to a new trial upon newly-discovered evidence or newly-ascertained facts.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Statement by SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge:
At Law. Henry G. Marquand purchased in a foreign country, and on October 13, 1890, imported therefrom into the United States at the port of New York, an antique bronze !ltatuette of Eros, for the purpose of adding the '3ame to, and making it a part of, a collection of antique bronzes which he hat! been gathering for years, and then had in his house. This statuette was classified by the collector of customs at that port as a manufacture of metal, under paragraph 215 of the tariff act of OCtober 1, 1890, (26 Stat. 582.) The said Marquand, as provided in section 14 of the customs admiDJistrative act of Jlme 10, 1890, (26 Stat. 137,) protested, claiming-First, that this statuette was free of duty, under the provision for collections of antiquities, contained in paragraph 524; and, second, that, if not so free of duty, it was dutiable as statuary wrought, etc., under paragraph 465 of the aforesaid tariff act. The board of UDJited States general appraisers, to whom, pursuant to secti()lll 14 of the customs administrative act, the collector transmitted the invoice of this statuette, reversed the action of the collector, and decided that this statuette was free of duty, under t!he paragraph specified in the first claim of the protest. The United States circuit court, to which, pursuant to section 15 of the customs administrative act, the collector appealed, reversed the decision of t!he board, and adjudged that this statuette was dutiable under the paragraph specified in the second claim of the protest. The United States cireuit court of appeals for the sec()llld circuit, to which the said l'I'larquand appealed, affirmed the judgment of the drcuit court. 55 Fed. Uep. 642. 'l'hereafter, and before the circuit court of ap·· peals had issued its mandate, the said Marquand, upon an affidavit setting forth new facts, moved this court for leave to present this affidavit to collector of customs, the United States appraiser, the board of general appraisers, or other <..ilicer of the customs, as the court might direct, and for }pave to petition the collector or other proper officer to remit the duties assessed upon the Eros upon the facts stated in Raid affidavit, or upon oral proof to the effect stated; and, in case such relief should be denied, then that the mandate of the oourt affirming the judgmmt of the circuit comt should contain the language: "·Without prejudice to such application, or to an application of the said Marquand for a new trial from the circuit court upon said facts."

Frederic H. Betts, for the motion.

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FEDERAL REPORTEF,

vol. 57.

U.S. Atty., and Thomas Greenwood, Asat. U. AttY:,:()ppdsedi ' .': Before WALLACE and SHIPMAN, Circuit Judges.

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SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge, (after stating the facts as above.) The application of Henry G. ,Marquand, to present the facts stated in, his affidavit to the collector of customs or the board of gen,-' 1 :.' eral aPP1'aiserso1' otherofticer of the customs, and for leave to petItion the collector or other proper officer to remit the duties upon, the Eros, a,nd the motion that the mandate contain the language, "without such application, or to an application of the said Marquand for a new trial from the circuit court upon said facts," is not granted. It is not within the province of this court to grant or to withhold leave to apply to an' officer of the customs for a J,'emilillilion of duties, or, in case a judgment of the circuit court is to direct or suggest its action in regard to new trials upon newly-discovered evidence or newly-ascertained facts.
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In re KNY et

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(OircuIt Court, S. D. New York. June 21, 1893.)
CUSTOMS DUTIES-CLASSIFICATION-" ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL."

So-called "absolute alcohol," manufactured in Germany, showing 198 degrees of proof,' being equivalent to 99.5 per cent. of anhydrous alcohol, imported on the orders and,forthe laboratory use of certl!Jn colleges, and BOld by the importers at an advance on the cost price of about 20 per cent, held duty free as a scientific preparation imported in good faith for the use of institutions incorporated for educational and scientific purPOSE's, not Intended for sale under paragraph 677 of the free list of the tarlt't act of October 1, 1890, and not duitable as alcohol at $2.50 per proof gallon, under paragraphs 329 and 333 of Schedule H of the tarlJr act of October 1, 1890.

Appeal by the collector, of the port ()f New York from a decision of the board of United States general appraisers, concerning the classification for customs duties of certain so-called "absolute alcohol," which was classified f()r duty by the said collector as "alcohol, 198 degrees, $4.95," at $2.50 per proof gallon, under the provisions of paragraphs 329 and 333 of Schedule II of the tariff act of October I, 1890, which provisions are as foll<>ws: "329. Brandy and oth("r spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, and not specially provided for in this act, two dollars and fifty cents per proof gallon." "333. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof, and all imitations of brandy or spirits or wines imported by any names whatever shall be subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented, and in no case less than one dollar and fifty cents per gallon." Against this classification the importers protested, claiming that the article was a scientific preparation for college use, and duty free, under paragraph 677 of the free list of said tariff act, which is as follows: "677. Philosophical and scientific apparatus, Instruments, and preparations; statuary, casts of marble, bronze, alabastel',

At Law.