The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-19
TIE TAX ON TARACCn

The Washington correspondent of th,
DeSpdtch furnishes that paper with the fea
lures vt the new tax bill relating to tobac
co:
inc Dill proVIdes-On snuff manufactured
OF tobacco or any substitute for tobacco
ground, dry, damp, picked, scented. or 9th
erwise, OF all descriptions, when PREPARED fo,
use, tax OF forty cents per pound. AND
snuif flour, when sold, or removed for use- III
consumption, shall be taxed as shall be mi
up IN packages and stamped in the sam,
manner as snuff
On all chewing tobacco fine cut, plug, OF
twist; on all smoking tobacco not made cx
clusiVely OF stems, on all tobacco twisted h,
hand, OF reduced from leaf into a condition
to be consumed, or otherwise prepared with
out the use of any machine or instrument
ana without being pressed or sweetened
ana on all other kinds of manufactured to-
Oacco not herein otherwise provided for. 6
tax Of forty cents per pound
On all smoking tobacco made exclusively
OF stems; on all fine cut shorts, the refuse OF
line cut chewing tobacco, which can be pass
ed through a riddle of sixteen meshes to the
square inch :; and on all refuse scraps and
sweeplngs OF tobacco, tax of sixteen cents
per pound.
After the passage of the act, all manufac
tured tobacco is to be put up and prepared
by the manufacturer, for sale or consumption
in packages Of the following descriptions
All snuff in packages of one two, four
eight, and sixteen ounces, except yellow
snuff, which may, at the option of the man
ufacturer, be put up in bladders not exceed
ing ten pounds each.
All fine cut chewing tobacco not other
wise provided for, in packages of half
one, two, four, eight and sixteen ounces, ex
cept that Of fine-cut chewing tobacco NAV
at the option of the manufacturer, be put in
wooden packages of ten, twenty, thirty and
sixty pounds each.
All smoking tobacco, all fine cut shorts
which can he passed through a riddle of six
teen meshes to the square inch, and all refuse
scraps and swecpings of tobacco, in packa-
ges of two, four, eight, and sixteen ounces
each.
All Cavendish, plug, and twist tobacco, in
wooden boxes of the following dimensions
outside measure:
Fights: seven inches square and fourteen
inches deep.
Thirds: ten inches square and fifteen
inches deep.
Halves : fourteen inches square and twelve
inches deep.
Three quarters fourteen inches square and
nineteen inches deep.
Every package shall have printed or mark
ed thereon the manufacturers name, place
Of manufacture, and the registered number
of the mandatory, and the gross weight
the tare and the net weight of tobacco in
each box. Provided that these limitations
of packages shall not apply to tobacco and
snuff transported in bond for expectation,
and actually exported.
On cigarettes, cigars, and cheroots: of all
descriptions, made of tobacco or any substi-
tute therefor. ten dollars per thousand
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may prescribe such regulations for the in
spectioE Of cigars, cheroots, and cigarettes
and the collection of the tax thereon, as shall
in his judgement, be most effective for the
prevention of frauds in the payment of such
tax.
The law provides for the collection of the
tax on tobacco in all its manufactured forms
by means ofstamps, excepting such as is in
tended for expectation.
The stamps are not to be affixed to pack
ages.
The tax bill requires the Commissioner to
organize a system for the distribution OF Ia
Dor and duties in his Department by estab-
ishing six divisions therein, to each OF
which shall be referred whatever relates to a
particular class of subjects. Division No.
5 relates to the taxes on tobacco, snuff, and
fcrmcnted liquors.