The Shasta courier., 1868-12-19

| To DEALERS in ToBAcco, SNUFF, AND
CIGA Rs.-The attention of dealers in tobacco,
snuff ard cigsrs is called to the following
sections Of the Act of dnly 20, 1868:
| Sec. 7S. And be it further enacted, That
| from and after the passage of this act 1t shall
! be the duty of every dealer in manufactured
tobacco, having on hand more than twenty
pounds, and every dealer in snuff having on
hand more than ten pounds, to Immediately
make true and correct inventory OF the
amount of such tobacco and snuff, respective
| ly. under oath or affirmation, and to deposit
such inventory with the assistant assessor OF
the proper division, who shall Immediately
return the same to the assessor of the district,
who shall Immediately thereafter make 40
abstract of the several inventories filed in his
Office, and transmit such abstract to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, and like
| inventory aud return shall be made ons the
| first day of every month thereafter, and like
abstract of inventories shall be transmitted
while any such dealer has tobacco or snuff
| remaining on hand manufactured in the
United States, or imported prior to the pas
sage of this act, and not stamped Alter the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty nine, all smoking, fne-cut chewing to
bacco, or snuff, and after the first day Of
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-niDe, all
other manufactured tobacco of every descrlR
tion, shall be taken and deemed as having
been manufactured after the passage of this
act, and shall not be sold or offered for sale
unless put up in packages and stamped as
prescribed by this act, except at retail BY
retail dealers from wooden packages stamped
as provided for in this act; and any person
who shall sell, or offer for sale, after the first
day Of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, any smoking. fne-cut chewing tobacco,
or snuff, and after the first day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty mine, any other
manufactured tobacco not SO put up in pack
ages and stamped, shall, on conviction, be
fined not less than five hundred dollars nor
more than FIVE thousand dollars, and impris-
onment not less than six months nor more
than two years.
Sec. "a. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act it shall
bo the duty of every dealer in cigars, either
of foreign or domestic manufacture, having
Oh hand more than five thousand thereof, inn
ported or manufactured, or purporting or
claimed to have been imported or manufac,
tured, prior to the passage of this act, to i'm
| mediately make a true and correct inventory
of the quality of such cigars in his posses
sion, under oath or affirmation, and to de-
posit such inventory with the assistant asses
sor of the proper division, who shall imme1
diately return the same to the assessor of the
district, who shall Immediately thereafter
make an abstract of the several such inventor
ries filed in his.ofhce, and transmit the same
to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue );
and like inventory and return shall be
made on the first day of every month there
after, and like abstract of inventories shall
be transmitted, while any such dealer has
any such cigars remaining on hand, until the
first day Of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine. After the first day of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. all cigars of
every description shall be taken to have been
either manufactured or imported after the
passage of this act. and shall be stamped
accordingly; and any person who shall sell,
or offer for sale, after the first day of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty nine. any i'm
ported cigars, or cigars purporting or claimed
to have been imported, not so put up in
packages and stamped as provided by this
act, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not
| less than five hundred dollars nor more than
| FIVE thousand dollars and imprisonment not
less than six months nor more than two
wears