The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-31

fIlb p-OSDSsi dNuAHcturIu on all
line. cut sharts, The refuse of fhe-out1
chewing tebaccd Witch has passed
through a riddle Of thirty-six meshes
to.the square inch by process of sift-
ing and on-all refuse scraps and
sweepings of tobacco, a tax of sixteen
cents per pound.
SEC. 62. And be it further enacted,
That from and after the passage of
this act all manufactured tobacco
shall be put up by the manufacturer
for sale, or removal for sale or con-
sumption, ia packages.of the follow
ing description, and in no other man.
ner:
All snuff in packages containing
one, two, four, six. eight, and sixteen
Ounces, or in bladders containing not
exceeding ten pounds, each or In jars
containing not exceeding twenty
pounds.
All ine-cut chewing tobacco, and
all other kinds Of tobacco not other
wise provided for, in packages con-
tanning ohe-half, one, two, four, eight,
and sixteen ounces, except that hne-
cut chewing tobacco may. at the
option of the manufacturer, be put
UP in wooden packages containing
ten, twenty, forty, and sixty pounds
each.
All smoking tobacco, all fne-cut
shorts which has passed through a
riddle of thirtg-six meshes to- the
square inch, and alt refuse scraps and
~sWeepings of tobacco, in packages
containing two, four, eight, aud six
teen ounces each: tA1
All cavendash, plug, aud twist to-
baceo in wooden packagesn not exceed
ing two hundred pounds net weight.
And every such wooden pockage
shall have printed OF marked thereon
the manufaeturers name aud place of
manufacture or the proprietor s name
and his trade mark and the register
ed number of the mandatory, and
thg1 gross weight tho tareS1 and
the net weight of the tobacco
In; each packager Provided, That
these Limitations and descriptions of
packages shall not apply to- tobacco
and snuff transported in bond for
expectation and actually exported.
SEC. 63. And be it further enacted,
That every person before eommena@
ing, or, if already commenced, before
continuing the manufacture OF tobac-
eoLor-Annf. shaj, in addition to a
compliance with all other provisions
Of law, furnish without previous de-
mand therefor, to the assessor or as
sistant assessor of the district where
The acknowledgements to- be-carried on .
statement;i In duplicate, subscribed un-
der oath or affirmation, accurately
setting forth the place, and if in a city,
the street and number of the street
where the manufacture Is tobe carried
on the number Of cuttiHg-machines,
presses, snuff mills, hand mills, or
other machines; the name, kind, and
quality of the article manufactured,
or PROPOSED to be manufactured; and,
if the same shall be manufactured for,
or to be sold and delivered to, any
other person, as agent, or upders q
special CONTRACT, the name and resi-.
dence and business or occupation of
the person for whom the said article
is to be manufactured, or to whom it
is to be delivered and shall give "a
bond in conformity with the provi-
sions Of this act, to be approved by
the collector of. the district, In the
sum of two thousand dollars, with an
addition to said sum Of three
LlOuSdUu . 0DlldlC " .GtCA Gub-
ting machine kept for use, 'of n
thousand dollars for each screw-piess
kept for use In making plug or pressed
tobacco, of five thousand dollars for
each hydraulic press kept for use, iof
one thousand dollars for each snuff
mill kept for use, and of one thous-
and dollars for each hand mill, or
other mill or machine, kept for the
grinding, cutting, or crushing of to-
bacco; that he will not engage in any
attempt, by himself or by .collusion
with others, to defraud the govern
ment of any tax ON his manufactures;
that he will render truly and correct
ly all the returns, statements, and in
ventorfes prescribed by law or regu-
lations; that whenever he shall add to
the number of cutting machines.
presses snuff mills, hand mills,
or other. mills or machines as
aforesaid, he will Immediately give
notice thereof to the collector
of the district that he will stamp, in
accordance with law. all tobacco and
snuff manufactured by him before he
removes any part. thereof from the
place of manufacture; that he will
not knowingly sell. purchase expose
or receive for sale any manufactured
tobacco or snuff which has o been
stamped as required by law; and that
he will comply with all the reqnire-
ments OF law relating to the mann
iaeture of tobacco or snuff. And the
sum of @the said bond may be-in-
or ased from time to time, and addi-
tional sureties required by the collect
or, under the, Instructions of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. And
every manufacturer shall obtain a
certificate from the collector. .of the
district, who is hereby authorized
and directed to issue the same, set
ting forth the kind and. number of
machines, presses, snuff mills, hand
mills, or other mills and machines, as
aforesaid, for which the bond has been
gwen, which certificate shall be posted
in a conspicuous place within the
mandatory. And any tobacco man
ufaeturer who shall neglect or refuse
to obtain such certificate, OF, to keep
the same posted as hereinbefore pro-
-Eided, shall, on conviction, be fined
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars. And
any person manufacturing tobacco or
snuff of any description without first
giving honda herein required, shall,
on conviction, be fined not less than
one thousand dollars, nor more than
five thousand dollars, and imprisoned
for not less than year nor more
than five years. And the working or
preparation of any leaf tobacco, or
tobacco stems, scraps. clippings, or
waste, by sitting, twisting, screening.
OF any other process, shall be deemed
manufacturing. ~ .f
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted,
That within thirty days after the pass
age Of this act every m-anufacturer- of |