MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
The principal question in this case is, whether, under sects. 2503 and 2504 of the Revised Statutes, "tin plate" and "terne tin" are dutiable at fifteen per cent ad valorem, or at ninety per cent of that rate. It is conceded that under the act of 1872 (17 Stat. 231, sects. 2, 4), which continued in force until the Revised Statutes went into effect, the duty was fifteen per cent ad valorem.<...
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