U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York January 18, 1900, No. 2,916 (Volkman v. United States)

WHRELER, District Judge.

Paragraph 281 of the act of 1897 provides for a duty on chocolate valued at not over 15 cents a pound of 2f cents a pound; valued above 15 and not above 24 cents a pound,.of 2J cents a pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem; valued above 24 and not 35 cents a pound, 5 cents a pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem; and valued above 35 cents a pound, 50 per cent, ad valorem.