Edward Douglass White

“ The record leaves no doubt that the usage at the port of New York conformed with the regulations of the treasury department in making the charges here involved, and that those charges are in themselves reasonable. ”

“ No charge is made for the transportation to the appraiser's office of the packages thus selected. When goods are unclaimed, they are sent from the landing to a public store owned or leased by the United States, or to a general-order warehouse or a private bonded warehouse, and 'all charges for storage, labor, and other expenses accruing on any such merchandise, not to exceed, in any case, the regular rates for such objects at the port in question, must be paid before delivery of the goods.' Id. ”

“ Ordinarily, on goods which are entered for consumption with an invoice, and on packages sent from the dock to the appraiser's building, there would be no charge at all for cartage, nor for storage either, if there was a straight invoice. A straight invoice is where an invoice describes the contents of each and every package, giving its value and all the particulars. An invoice which does not give the contents of each and every package is not a straight invoice. ”