IS
REPORTER.
time he made it" The reasoning in the case just cited, and in that of Brown v. Belmarde, 3 Kan. 53, is directly applicable to the question involved in this cause, and supports the conclusion reached. ' The demurrer to the intervening petition is therefore sustained.
FARWELL
and others
'V.
(Oircuit Oourt, N. D. IlUnois. 1IIay 26, 1885.) CUSTOMS UUTJEs-ADDITroNAL DUTY ON GOODS IN WAREHOU8B MOM THAN YEAR-DATE OF OlUGINAL IMPORTATION.
On
Held that, as to goods which have been transported from an exterior port on first arrival to an interior port of transportation, the words" date of original importation" (section 2970, Rev. St.) mean the date of arrival of the goods at the interior port of destination.
At Law. Percy L. Shuman and Jo. II. Defrees, Jr., for plaintiff. Chester M. Dawes, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant. BLODGETT,J., (orally.) The plaintiff in this case imported a quantityof goods by way of the port of New York, from whence. they came under bond to the port of Chicago, and within a year after their arrival in Chicago, but more than a year after their arrival at the Atlantio port, plaintiffs offered to pay the duties and charges, but the customs officers here assessed an additional duty of 10 per cent. on the amount of duties and oharges due thereon. Heyl, pt. 1, p. 57, § 2970. The plaintiff paid this added duty under protest, and now brings suit to recover the same. The law under which it was claimed this additional duty had been incurred, reads as follows: "Sec. 2970. Any merchandise deposited in bond in any public or private bonded warehouse may be withdrawn for consumption within one J'ear from the date of original importation, on payment of the duties ahd charges to which it may be subject by law at the time of such withdrawal; and after the expiration of one year from the date of original importation, and until the expiration of three years from such a date, any nH'l'chandise in bond may be withdrawn for consumption, on payment of thednties assessed on the original entry, and charges, and an additional duty uf 10 per centum, on the amount 0/ such duties and charges."
The only question in this case is, when does the year begin to run as to goods transported from an exterior to an interior port, and ware· housed in bond at the interior port? Does it begin to run from the date of the arrival of the goods at the exterior or interior port? The statute says, "within one year from the date of original importation." A careful examination of the legislation by congress, out of which has been developed our present system of transporting goods in bond from their port or first arrival to their interior port of destination, and there
oonN v.
SPALDING.
19
allowing them to be warehoused, satisfies me that it was the intention of congress to place importers at the interior ports upon the same footing, and give them the same time for the payment of their duties, as is allowed to importers at exterior ports; and that, as to goods which have been transported from an exterior port of first arrival to an interior port of destination, the words" date of original importation," as used in this section, mean the date of the arrival of the goods at the interior port of destination. It therefore seems to me that, inasmuch as the importer in this case offered to pay the duties and charges upon the goods in question within one year from the time the goods arrived at Chicago and were warehoused there, the additional 10 per cent. was improperly and illegally imposed upon them. The issue is found for the plaintiff.
COHN
'V. SPALDING.
(Ci1'cuit Court, N. D. Illinois. CUSTOMS DUTms-UNHANUFACTURED TOBACCO.
May 26, 1885.)
Certain tobacco, known to the trade as "scrap tobacco," composerl of fragments or pieces broken or cut off in the manufacture of cigars, he.d to he dutiaMe as unmanufactured tobacco.
At Law. Perr.y L. Shllman and Jo. H. Defrees, Jr., for plaintiff. Chester M. Dawes, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant. BLODGETT, J., (orally.) The plaintiff in this case imported a lot of tobacco and entered it as "unmanufactured or scrap tobacco." It was classed by the appraisers as manufactured tobacco, and assessed at a duty of 40 cents per pound. Heyl, pt. 2, p. 15, c1. 249. The only question in the case is whether this is manufactured or unmanufactured tobacco. The proof in the case shows that it is known to the trade as "scrap tobacco," being composed of fragments or pieces broken or cut off in the manufacture of cigars, and scraps from the tables of the cigar rollers, and that it has yet to undergo some process by which it can be put into form for consumption. The proof in the case shows that it iJ used either as filling for cheap cigars, or worked into some kind of smoking tobacco, or into cigarettes; and therefore it should be treated, for the purposes of duty, as "unmanufactured tobacco." It was contended at the trial that this tobacco came within the provisions of clause 249 as "stemmed tobacco," but I am of opinion that this designation is used to describe leaf tobacco from which the stems had been removed, and not these sweepings of a cigar factory. The issue is therefore found for the plaintiff.