Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-22

either the proprietor's name or the manufactu.
rsI: name shall ". Be printed on the label for ci'
SDC. 2. And be further enacted. That section
one hundred and fifty Ave OF the act entitled
An act to provide internal revenue to support
the government, to pay interest on the publlc
DEBT, and for other purposes" approved June
IN irtieth, eighteen hundred ana sixty -four, as
a. nen ded by the ninth section OF the act OF Juy
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty.six, be
turther amended by adding thereto the follow
ing: And the fact tnat any adhesive stamp so
bought, sold, offered for sale, used, or had IN
possession as aforesaid, has been washed or
restored by removing or altering the cancelling
or defacing marks thereon, shall be prima
fscie proof that such stamp has been once used
some vellum, parchment. paper, instrument.
OF writing, charged with taxes imposed by
ltw. In violation Of the provisions OF this Sec
ton.
SEC }. And be IL further enacted, That any
person having in his possession any tobacco,
snuff, or cigars, manufactured and sold or re-
moved from the mandatory, or from any
place where tobacco, snuff, or cigars are made,
since July twentieth, eig nteen hundred and
sixty -eght, or any person having in his posses
sion cigars imported from foreign countries
since July twentieth, eighteen hundred and
sIxty.eight, or Withdrawn from . nited States
bonded warehouse since said date, such tobacco.
ssuf, and cigars, having been pat mp IN pack
ages as prescribed in the act to which this act
is an amendment, and all the other require
ments Of said act relating TO tobacco, snuf, and
cigars having been complied with. and who,
on the hrst day OF February, eighteen hundred
and sixty.nine, filed with the assessor or
assistant assessor Of the district within which
he Resides, or has his place Of business, the in
ventory required by the seventy eighth and
ninety fourth sections of the act of July TWEEN.
ti-th, eighteen hundred and sixty -eight, and
who shall, prior to selling or Offering such
tobacco, snuf, or cigars for sale, affix and
Cancel proper internal revenue stamps, shall
be entitled to have refunded to him an
amount Of tax previously paid thereon,
equal to the value OF the stamps affixed
before sale as aforesaid; ana the Commis-
sioner Of Internal Revenue hail be, and is
hereby, authorized, on appeal to him made, to
/ the value of the stamps SO affixed, upon salts.
| factory evidence submitted to him that the TO.
i bacco and snuff were actually man ufactured
and removed from the place OF manufacture
Il and that the cigars were SO manufactured and
| removed, or imported and Withdrawn from q
several rates Of tax imposed on such goods by
| the act Of July twentieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty -eight, aforesaid assessed and paid,
i and that the claimant had in all respects com.
piled with the internal revenue laws as far as
| they have been or may be applicable to such
l articles. The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
/ moe is hereby authorized and empowered to
prescribe such rules and regulations for carry.
ing out the provisions Of this section "a in his
l Judgment shall be deemed proper and neces.
L sary; and the Commissioner may in any case,
1 at his discretion, allow snuff and smoking
i tobacco manu- ufactured prior to the twentieth of
| July, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, not in
L wooden packages, to be stamped and sold in
l the original packages; and the rate Of duty on
cigars imported prior to July twentieth, eign-
l teen hundred and 81 xty Eight, and now remain
l ing In bond, shall be the same as on cigars i'm.
ported after that date.
| Approved, April 10, 1889.