The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-28
NEWS NUGGETS.
ro,t Of an Important Circular to be
Issued Immediately by the
internal Revenue Department as TO
Questions Raised by
rbs Passage of the Tariff Rill - The
Rebate Question.
General Diaz Was Formally Presented
TO the President.
teasury Notes - The Next Call for
Government Bonds.
COnsliug Observation-Disclosures Among
New York Police.
Numerous Other Interesting Items.


t,rnortant Internal Revenue Circular.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The commits
siorer of internal revenue has finished the
nreparation ola circular, which will shortly
he sent to collectors and other interested
cer,onS with regard to the forthcoming re-
1nrtion of the tax on tobacco and regula-
ions of the department concerning
claims for rebate. Ii will be accom-
nsnied bv a new blank form for use
IN making inventories OF stock on hand,
MAY |. 1883, when the reduction goes into
stfact. and forms of ailidavits and certifi-
GATES which must be filed with all claims Of
rebate of tax. Important sections of the
cirsp,ar are as follows: Section 1, act Of
March 8, 1883, which reduces the tax on
tobacco. snutl, cigars etc, on
and after May l, 1888, provides
that on all original and unbroken factory
packages Of smoking and manufactured to-
DaccO and snuff, cigars, cherootes ana cigar
cites. held by manufacturers or dealers at
the time Of such reduction, shall go into
eject, upon which the tax has been paid,
there shall be allowed drawback or rebate
Of the full amount of reduction; but the
Ease aase' where the claim has not
been presented within sixty days following
the date OF reductions, and such rebate to
manufacturers may be paid in stamps at
reduced rate, and no claims shall be al
loved or draw back paid for less amount
than so.
Second.-The expression Original and
unbroken factory packages" embraces
every whole, duly stamped package,
large or small, which is as it came from the
factory, with the same contents, and all of
the same, originally packed therein.
Third.-Goods upon which the manufac-
turer or dealer is entitled to rebate must
be carefully inventoried on the LIST of May,
1885 in the presence of two disinterested
witnesses of good repute, who must not be
claimants in similar cases nor clerks or en-
ployes of any claimants under the aot.
Sections, 4, and 6.-Rebate-To use the
proper method Of filling up the blank forms
following form will be furnished to col
lec,ors and distributed to claim
ants for rebate; "lnventoried for re-
bate, May lst, 1883, by - for
of the--district Of. Act of March
*, This label must be securely affixed
10 each stamped package of cigars and each
box or case containing stamped
packages Of snuff or tobacco weighing
less than one pound each, and this must be
done at or before the time of counting the
packages. Amy manufacturer or deale E
vino prefers to do so may himself have pre-
pared and printed at mis- own expense re-
bate labels for his own goods. In
such case the label must be in the pre-
soribed form, printed in red letters on
white paper ofsuitable size, in strip shape.
Section relates to precautions which
must be taken by witnesses to make sure
tAat all packages contain their original con-
tents,