MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The removal was under § 643 of the Revised Statutes, which provides, among other things, for the removal of "a civil suit . . . commenced in any court of a State against an officer appointed under or acting by authority of any revenue law of the United States, . . . on account of any act done under color of his office." This is a suit against a collector of customs,
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