MACK, Circuit Judge.
The Sophie Rickmers, flying the German flag, and registered at Hamburg, entered the port of New York on September 27, 1921, on a voyage from Chaparra. She was owned by the plaintiff, a German corporation with its principal place of business at Hamburg. As a condition of entry, the collector of customs at the port imposed upon the vessel and collected a tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton, claiming to act under Rev. St. § 4219 as amended by the...
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