The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-30
oLEoMARGARlNE.
The Regulations for Carrying Out tho Pro.
Visions of the Bill,

visions Of the DllI.
WASHINGTON, D. g., August 2s.-The
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has
prepared a set Of regulations concerning
the manufacture OF oleomargarlne under
the Internal Revenue laws which will be
sent to all Collectors for their guidance.
Beginning with q definition Of butter and
oleOmargarine and other limitations OF but.
ter, as given In the act Of Congress passed
at the last session, the regulations declare
that Congress- has relieved Internal Rev.
enue officers from the necessity OF proving
the imitation or even the resemblance Of
the compounds to butter, except az to the
mixtures Of tallow, beef fat, suet, &c.
Attention Is called to the fact that es.
tablishments Of the magnitude necessary
for the successful conduct OF the business
OF manufacturing OleomarGarine may be
easily discovered, and are likely 10 be
found adjoining sIaughter.houses.
The amount OF the special tax.to be Ia.
Wed on manufactures, and the method of
making proportionate reckonings OF the
tax to be paid in cases whore the business
Is begun after the act goes into effect (0c.
tober 81, 1861 are stated In detail.
Manufacturers are required to file n
bond with the collectors in tho dislriCta
where their factories are located, in an
amount to be fixed by their collectors. Of
not less than 5000 and inventories, are
also required to keep books, which shall
be open to the inspection OF Internal
Revenue Agents showing oil materials
used In the manufacture Of ofoleomargarine,
and make monthly returns Ia duplicate
form Of their books as to materials and
products. The manufacturer is also 70.
qulred 10 display sign on his factory civ.
ing his full name and business, and the
number oil his factory, which shall be
designated by the Collector.
Wholesale dealers will keep book and
make monthly returns, showing the oleo.
margarine received by them, and from
whom received, and TO whom sold or de.
livered. Minute directions are given for
stamping, branding, CanCeling and mum.
benng each original package, in conform.
ity with law, aud the use OF tin In packing
by manufacturers Ia forbidden, except
upon special permission OF the Commis.
sloner. Each retailers wooden or paper
package must have, besides the name and
address OF the dealer, printed or branded
thereon 10 letters not less than one.quar.
ter Of an inch square, the word "0eo.
margarine" and the quantity, Ia pounds,
contained therein, written or printed
thereon, as follows:
"Hali pOund-0leomargarine."
zone pound-0leomargarine.p
Or, as the case may be, oeomargarine i'm.
ported from foreign countries Is not re.
quired 10 have tho Internal Revenue
stamps affixed thereto and cancelled unless
II Ia withdrawn from the Custom.house for
consumption or sale In the United States,
In case the holder Of any substance de.
Clared by any Collector Of Internal Reye.
nue. to be oleomSrgatine and liable to tax
is claimed by tho holder TO be butter or
some other substance not liable 10 tax, the
decision OF the Collector will govern M the
matter unless the claimant snail submit
sample Of the article for tho decision Of
tho Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
The fifteenth section ot the act forfeit.
Ing unBtamped oleomargRrine, or that con.
tanning deleterious matter, is quoted, and
II Ia stated that In case the substance Ia de.
talned by the Collector as containing Ia.
gradients deleterlous TO the public health,
samples may be forwarded 10 the Com.
missioner Rs In cases involving the uues.
ton OF tax, and may he dlBpoAed OF In The
same manner II, however, the claimant
10 unwilling 10 accept the decision Of the
Commissioner, he may in this class OF
cases appeal under ths law 10 a Board com.
posed OI the Surgeon General oil the Army,
Surgeon General Of the Navy and tie
Commissioner oil Agriculture, whose de.
clBion in the matter is declared BY the
law 10 DO final. II finally found 10 be
deleterious 10 the public health, the com.
pound is 10 be 90 branded and sold, while
iinAtamped and forfeited oleomSrRarine IA
70 be sold by the Collector subject 10
tho pRymenL u the tax.
The form Of bond Ia 10 be filed by OK.
porlefs oil oleoniArgarine ls given ia full,
with the stipulation that Ia no case IA the
penalty provisions 10 be lesa than 5000,
and Collectors are Instructed as 10 The
procedure In cases where Withdrawals are
made for export from factories hitualed al
places other than the ports Of expectation.
On tho 3lst Oi October, 1850, all olsonar.
gatine on the premises Of any dealer must
DO In wooden packages, containing not
leBs than ten pounds each, and each dealer
Ia required 10 make All inventory oil the
stock on hand, mark the packages with
thelr weight, and stamp and cancel each
package.
! Immediately after the Sllt Of october,