Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30


materials may be used separately or in
for packing tobacco, snuff
and cigars, under such regulations as the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue may
establish -.
That section siXty-three be amended BY
striking out the words land the sum OF
the said bond may be increased, from time
to time, and additional sureties required
by the collector, under the instructions of
Internal Revenue" and inserting in lieu
thereof the following words: additional
sureties may be required by the collector,
from time to time, but the penal sum of
said bond shall be computed by him in ex-
cess of the sum of twenty thousand dol
lars, except under special instructions of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
That section sixty-seven be amended by
striking out the work warehouse and in
serting in lieu thereof the word export -
also, by adding to the end of the said sec
ton the following: "That such stamps as
may be required to stamp tobacco, snuff,
or cigars, sold under distraint by any col
lectOr of internal revenue, or for stamping
any tobacco snuff, or cigars which may
have been abandoned. condemned, or for
feited, and sold by order of court or of any
government officer for the benefit of the
United States, may, under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner of Inter
the collector making such sale, or furnish
ed by collector to the United States mar
shall, or to any other government officer
making such sale for the benefit of the
United States, without making payment
for said stamps so used or delivered; and
any revenue collector using for furnishing
stamps in manner as aforesaid, on pre-
senting vouchers satisfactory to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, shall be
oil IL.
stamp account with the Department: And
provided further, That in case it shall ap-
pear that any abandoned, condemned, or
forfeited tobacco, snuff, or cigars, when of
fered for sale, will not bring price equal
to the tax thereon, such goods shall not be
sold for consumption in the United States;
and upon application made to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, he is au-
thorized and hereby directed to order the
destruction of such tobacco, snuff, or eli
gars by the officer in whose custody and
control the same my be at the time, and in
such manner and under such regulations
as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may prescribe" r....- -
. That section sixty nine be amended by
by inserting after the words cor imitation
Of any stamp required by this act' the
words Tor any stamp or stamps which
have been previously used"
That section seventy one be ameuded by
striking out, where they occur, the words
cor in bonded warehouse" and insert
ing in lieu thereof the words "or while III
transfer under bond or o collectors per-
NIT, from any mandatory, store, or ware
house, to q vessel for expectation to a for
eign country"
That section seventy-tWo be amended by
striking out the words "the stamped por-
ton thereof" and, where they occur the
first time, inserting in lieu thereof the
words "the stamp or stamps thereon" and
where the same words occur the second
time, insert instead thereof the words 1.-The
stamp or stamps taken from any such
empty box, bag, vessel, wrapper, or en-
velop of any kind )" also, by inserting in
the last sentence, after the words cor shall
have in his possession, or shall af1iX to
any box or other package any stamp or
stamps which have been previously used,
or who shall sell, or offer for sale, any box
or other package of tobacco, snuff, or ci-
gars, having affixed thereto any fraudu
lent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit
stamp or stamps, or stamp or stamps that
have been preyi 1usly used, or shall sell
from any such fraudulently stamped box
or package, or shall have in his possession
any box or package as aforesaid, knowing
the same to be fraudulently stamped"
That section seventy-three be amended
by striking out all after the enacting
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the
following, to wit: THAT manufactured to-
bacco, snuff, and cigars intended for I'M
mediate expectation, after being properly
inspected, marked and branded, may be
removed from the manufactOry in bond
without having affixed thereto internal
revenue stamps indicating the payment of
the tax thereon. The removal from the
mandatory of such tobacco, snuff, and
cigars shall be made under such rules and
regulations, and after making such ell
tries and executing and filing, with the
collector of the district from which the re-
moval is to be made, such bonds and bills
of lading, and giving such other addition
al security as may be prescribed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue and
approved by the Secretary of the Treas
ury. All tobacco, snuff, and cigars in
tended for immediate export as aforesaid,
before being removed from the manutac
tory, shall have affixed to each package ali
engraved stamp, indicative of such inten-
ton, to be provided and furnished to the
several collectors as in the case OF other
stamps. and to be charged to them and ac-
counted for in the same manner; and for
the expense attending and providing and
affixing of such stamps, ten cents for each
package so stamped shall be paid to the
collector on making the entry for such
transportation. When the manufacturer
shall have made the proper entries, filed
the bonds, and otherwise complied with all
the requirements of the law and regula-
lions as herein provided, the collector shall
issue to him permit for the removal, said
permit accurately describing the tobacco,
snuff, and cigars to be shipped, the mum
Der and kind of packages, the number OF
pounds, the amount of tax, the marks and
brands. the State and collection district
from which the same are shipped, and the
number of the manufactOry and the mall
ufacturer's name, together with the port
from which the said tobacco, snuff, and CT
CARS are to be exported, and the route or
routes over which the same are to be sent
to the port of shipment, and the name Of
the vessel or line by which they are to be
conveyed to the foreign port. The bonds
required to be given for the expectation Of
the tobacco, snuff, and cigars have been
landed at any port within the Jurisdiction
of the United States, or upon satisfactO-