MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.
The question in this case arises upon the construction of the revenue acts of the United States, there being no disputed questions of fact.
By the twentieth section of the act of March 2, 1861, 12 Stat. 189, it is enacted as follows: —
"From and after the day and year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of twenty per cent on the importation of the articles hereinafter...
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