Show the courts must decide washington sept IS of the date upon which the new tariff law went into effect involving the question of rebates on boods imported between august 1 the date fixed in the enacting clause and august the date when tho bill became a law which was raised by some of the new york importers im portera and ie now under consideration by the new board 0 appraisers wag referred at the request of appraiser to solicitor of the treasury keeve by assistant secretary cartis solicitor keeve has carefully looked into the precedents and after a thorough examination liaa rendered a decision although the decision has not been made public it is understood the solicitor holds the law did not a into effect until it was officially promulgated by the state department august it is generally believed at the department however that the importers will not bo satisfied with a decision of the treasury department to this effect but will insist on carrying the question into the courts |