Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-02-27
THE MAPLE SUGAR BOUNTY.

Following is the official statement of
the commissioner of internal revenue rel
alive to the maple sugar bounty as made
in circular sent out to collectors:
SIR: The act of Congress approved
October /, 1890, entitled An act to re-
duce the revenue and equalize duties on
imports and for other purposes, provides
that son and after" July !, 1891, and I'M
til July |, 1905, "A DO Inty of two cents per
pound shall be paid to the producer of
sugar of a certain standard from beets,
sorghum or sugar cane grown within the
United States. or from maple sap produc-
ed within the United States, and a boun-
ty of l 81 cents per pound on such
sugar of IA certain standard, "under such
rules and regulations as the commission
er of internal revenue, with the approval
of the secretary of the treasury shall
prescribe 1t further provides that "The
producer of said sugar to be entitled to said
bounty shall have first filed prior to July
first of each year with the commissioner of
production, with general description of
the machinery and methods to be employ
ed by him, with an estimate of the
amount of sugar proposed to be produced
in the current and next ensuing year, in
Guiding the number of maple trees to be
tapped, and an application for license
to so produce, to be accompanied by a
bond in a penalty, and with sureties to
be approved by the commissioner of in
ternal revenue. conditioned that he will
faithfully observe all rules and regula
tlonS that shall be prescribed for such
manufacture and production of sugar"
The law also provides paragraph 2il
that "the provisions of the act providing
terms for the admission of imported sug-
ar and molasses and for the payment of
a bounty on sugar of domestic produc
ton, shall take effect on the first day of
April, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
Numerous inquiries have been made to
this Office by persons intending to en-
gage in the business of making maple
sugar the coming season whether they
would be entitled TO the bounty on sugar
produced between April and July |, IS
honorable attorney general, and he has
rendered an opinion that no bounty is
payable on sugar produced prior to July
|, 1891, and this Office will be governed
accordingly. Please give notice of this
decision, in order that the maple sugar
manufacturers may understand the stu
alton. The expression as to the pro-
visions of the act taking effect April ], is
understood to mean that the law begins
to operate on that date; that before APP
rl there is no authority to issue licen-
SEES, but that on that date the machinery
begins to move and applications may be
made and bonds filed and licenses issued
for the next ensuing year commencing
July /, 1891. Maple sugar producers,
therefore, who intend to make sugar in
the spring of 1892, under the bounty
provisions of said act, must file their
notices and execute the bond between
April and July |, 1892. The blank
forms of notices and applications for IL
cense by sugar producers and of the bond
required to be given are being prepared
and will be printed and ready for dis
trbution probably by the lst of April,
when the law goes into effect. Regulations
and instructions will be issued upon the
subject as soon as practicable. These reg
ulations and the proper blanks will be
furnished to collectors of internal rev.
euue and persons intending to apply for
the bounty will be able to obtain the
same upon application to these officers