Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-03-15
fHE NEW TAXES.
On Tobacco, Sugar. Liquors, Iron and
steel Lumber, &c.

ing Is the full text OF the new Tariff
Bill in relation to tobacco:
SEc. /. Internal revenue provisions.
Src 2. That on and after the first
day of May. 1883. dealers in leaf to-
bacco shall annually pay SIP; dealers
in manufactured tobacco shall pay 81.
40; all manufacturers of tobacco shall
paw s6, manufacturers of cigars shall
pay Sc. Peddlers of tobacco. snuff and
cigars shall pay special taxes. as fol-
lows: Peddlers OF the FIRST class as
now defined by law, shall pay S3O.
peddlers of the second class shall pay
SIS, peddiers of the third class shall
pay $7.2o, and peddlers of the fourth
clsss shall pay $3.50. Retail dealers
in leaf tobacco shall pay $3.50 and
thirty cents for each dollar on the
amount Of their monthly sales in ex-
cess of the rate Of $500 per annum.
Provided. That farmers and produ-
GERS of tobacco may cell at the place OF
production, tobacco Of their own
growth and raising ct retail, directly
70 consumers, to an amount not ex-
ceeding 500 annually.
SEe.3 That ereafter the special
YAK OF dealer in manufactured to.
bacco shall not be required from any
farmer, planter, or lumberman, who
furnishes such tobacco only as rations
or supplies to his laborers or employees,
m the same manner as other supplies
are furnished by him to them, provi-
ded that the aggregate of the supplies
of tobacco so by him furnished shall
not exceed in quantity one hundred
pounds in any one special tax year,
that is, from the lst day of May in
any year until the 3Oth day Of April
in the next year, and provided further
that such farmer, planter or lumber
man, shall not DO, at the time he is
furnishing such supplies. engaged in
the general business OF selling dry
goods, groceries, or other similar sup
plies, in the manner of a merchant or
storekeeper, to others than his own en-
ployes or laborers.
Sec. A. That OH and after May l.,
1888. the internal taxer on snuff, smo-
king and manufactured tobacco. shall
be eight cents per pound, and on cigars
which shall be manufactured and sold,
or removed for consumption or sale, on
and after tho lst day of May, 1888,
there shall be assessed and collected
the following taxes, to be paid by the
manufacturer thereof.
On cigars of all descriptions made
Of tobacco or any substitute therefor,
So per thousand; on cigarettes weigh
ing not more than three pounds per
thousand, fifty cents per thousand; on
cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per thousand, So per thousand.
Provided, that on all original and
unbroken factory packages of smoking
and manufactured tobacco and snuff,
cigars, cheroots. and cigarettes, held
by. manufacturers or dealers at the
time such reduction shall 90 into effect,
upon which tax has been paid, there
shall be allowed a drawback or rebate
of the full amount of the reduction,
but the same shall not apply in any
where the claim has not been presented
within sixty days following the date of
the reduction, and such rebate to man.
ufacturers may be paid in stamps at
the reduced rate, and no claim shall be
allowed or drawback paid for a less
amount than ten dollars.
Ii shall be the duty of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, to adopt such rules and regula-
tions, and to prescribe and furnish
such blanks and forms as may be
necessary to carry this section into ef-
feet.
SEC. S. That from and after the ras-
sage of this act, every manufacturer Of
Tobacco or snuff shall, in addition to
sll other requirements Of the law,
print on each package. or securely af-
fix by pasting on each package con-
tanning tobacco or snuff, manufactured
for or by him, o label, on which shall
be printed the number of the manu-
factory, the district, and the State in
which it is situated, and these words:
NoTIcE-The manufacturer OF this
tobacco has complied with all the re-
quirements of the law. Every person
is cautioned, under the penalties of the
law, not to use this packsge for to.
bacco again.
SEC. s. That on and after the frs
day of July, 1883, the following Sec
tion shall constitute and be d substl.
tute for Title Thirty three of the Re.
vised Statutes ofthe United States.
Duties on Imports Of Tobacco.
Schedule F-Tobacco, cigars, ciga-
rette, and cheroots of all kinds $3.50
per pound, and % per cent. ad valo.
rem; but paper cigars and cigarettes,
including wrappers, shall be subject tc
the same duties as are herein imposed
on cigars. Leaf tobacco, of which 85
per cent is Of the requisite size, and Of
Che necessary. fneness Of texture, to be
suitsbIe for wrappere, and of which
NOR than 90 leaves are required tc
weigh a.ponnd, u not ssemmed, rs
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