The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-29

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SUPERVISORS OFFICE, I
RICHMOND, July q, 1869. !
The following requirements OF law
are submitted for tine guidance Of all
revenue officers In this supervising dis.
trlct In relation 10 the manufacture and
sale Of tobacco, snuf and cigars;
Section 50 OF the act Of July 20, 1858,
requires that tobacco, either cavendlsh,
plug, or tobacco twisted by hand, or In
any way prepared from leaf without
any machine or instrument, shall be
put up In wooden packages, not exceed.
Ing two hundred pounds In weight and
that every such wooden package shall
have distinctly printed or marked
thereon the iollOWlng:-1st, The manu-.
facturer'g name; %. The place Of mann.
fRcture; Sd. The registered number OF
the factory; 4lh. The gross, tare and
net weight. These brands must be put
on with q Btenpll plate and brush, and
In such q manner that the letters and
facts may be easily distinguished, and
the package 80 long as II shall be used
tinct and definite az 10 each package,
which provides that In addition 10 all
other requirements OF this Act (seCtion
90 included) each manufacturer shall
print on each package, or securely aflix
BY pastlng on each package, containing
tobacco, manufactured by, or for him o
label, on which shall be printed :-lst.
The manufacturer or pToprietor's
name; ID. The number OF the factory;
Sd. The number OF the collection Dis.
lrlct; 4th. The State; 9th. The Caution
Notice. Any manufacturer who ne.
elects to print or aflix such label 10 any
package OF tobacco, made by or for him,
or who shall remove any such label
from such package, 10 liable 10 hne
OF fifty dollars for each such package,
Section 81 provides that the lax-pGid
stamp required on each package shall
be afiixed to the packages by using an
adhesive paste that will cause them to
stick permanently 10 the wood, All
packages Of tobacco and BnuH-of 10
pounds and upwards-must have afflx.
ed registered stamp corresponding
with the net weight, when 1t can be
covered by single stamp. II the net
weight 10 such that no single stamp will
suffice to denote the tax, another must
be used OF the denomination nearest to
the weight, and one or more smaller
stamps may be used II necessary. Frac.
lions OF half pound may be rejected.
A package Of IL pounds will nave
10 pound registered stamp with an or.
binary 8 pound stamp. Any package
from 10 10 "a pounds can be covered by
10 pound registered stamp with the
coupons. Any package OF even pounds,
from So to A, or IS TO "a, can be covered
with 90, ~, or 90 pound stamp, with
IL pound coupon stamp. For 100
pound package, a 90 aud 40 pound
registered stamp will be Sufficient.
Packages OF over 100 pounds will be
covered In similar manner, and 1t IL
believed that rarely will more than Two
stamps be needed. II u package con-
talns less than n pound over any mum.
Der Of pounds, no stamp for the frac-
ton need be affixed; but II the weight
Is over 4 pound, the 4 pound stamp
must be affixed. All boxes, butts or
cAddes OF plug or twist tobacco shall
have cut over one corner or angle OF
the box or caddy, al equal distances
from either end, a groove X OF an inch
In depth, OF sufficient vldth 10 admit
the stamp, and thus prevent It's being
rubbed or torn OF In transportation,
II two serial stamps are used, they
must be affixed In the same manner,
but on the opposite side Of the box.
The stamps must be affixed with q
nahRn NkaI SwlIt naHDa fhonN - .Ahasn
permanently TO the box. For paste !:
Dissolve ! ponnd gum, arabic in TX
pints boiling water: add 2to4 ounces
Rcetic acid; keep o0Fked'when not In
use. Apply evenly with a brush to
stamp or caution label, and press the
stamp or label firmly upon the wood
with a clean piece Of white paper. For
varnlsh: Take Il pound OF bieached
gum Bhellac, broken fine; add sufficient
alcohol 10 dissolve; keep corked to
prevent evaporation. II varnIsh be.
comes too thick, add alcohol and shake.
All registered stamps with serial mum.
bers must be cancelled by writing
thereon the manufacturers name, and
the date when AFFIXED, and In addition,
the stamp must be driven into the wood
at the place indicated, by 4 steel die
made for that purpose. Alter the
stamps have become dry, aud they
have been cancelled as required, they
must be vanished over thoroughly
twice, allowing short interval for the
first coating to set. " TO-. ~.
Any manufacturer who knowingly
and wilfully omits, neglects. or refuses
10 cancel the stamps on each package
as req hired by law, becomes liable TO
the penalty Of s., 900, and TO imprison-
ment for not less than six months, rs
provided In Section H.af....
Section SO provides that any manu-
tiacturer who shall remove any tobacco,
otherwise than as provided by law lin.
GLIDING the provisions OF Section az as
10 marks on packages, Section OF as 10
atfixing and cancslling OF stamps, and
Section 68 as to the precautionary no.
lIce) shall, In addition to penalties
elsewhere provided, forfeit all 'ra W ma.
lerial, manufactured tobacco, tools,
implements, fixtures, &c.I found In the
possession OF such person or elsewhere.
II will be observed the penalties for
either OF the aforesaid violations are
very severe, and strict compliance
with the law will be required In every
particular No 4 tobacco, properly
stamped aud removed from O factory,
can be returned, re.worked, re.hand.
led, or washed by any person In any
factory, by virtue OF any provisions OF
the act OF July 10Th, 1858. BY The pro-
visions OF section rs no manufactured
tobacco eau be sold, or offered for sale,
except 1t is put up In packages, as pre-.
scribed by law, and duly stamped ex-
cept at retail by retail dealers. WHO
CAN ONLY SELL FROM A sTAIPRp WOODEN
package. Every person who sells, or
offers for sale. from his store, house,
wagon, lor;any other place, to bacco
twisted by hand, or In any way pre-
pared for use, Without any . machine or
Instrument, or without being pressed
or BWeetened, said tobacco not being
sold or offered FOR sale from tag. paid
wooden package, stamped and brand-
ed % .requiret by law, the person 20
selling or offering such tobacco for sale
subjects himself to hne OF not Ness
than $500, and 70 imprisonment fol, mot
less thanSlx months, s Tobacco cannot
be sold In any form except out OF q
stamped wooden paokaRe.t The re-
movRl OF tobacco from such Blamped
packages, on 10 q shell, or into show
case, glass ar, or other receptacle, sub.
cots the offender 10 all OF the penalties
laat named. t'raTFsfH =
Fine cut chewing tobacco cannot be
sold by the manufacturer except In pre-