The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-04-18

must De mace from the cane OF Otner
raw materials after July 1. 1891. No
wagon sugars remaining owe from the
previous seasons production, or sugars
in process OF manufacture made from
can or syrup before July /, 1891, will
be engaged to the bounty, although
the process is completed and the sugar
made after July /.
POLARIsCOPIC TEST.
1t will be necessary under the law to
classify the sugar for payment of the
bounty according to the polariscopic
test.
The polariscope is an ~instruement
which determines the per cent. of pure
sugar i'll any given sample, without re-
gard to its color or condition. The
sample of sugar to be tested is care
fully weighed and dissolved in an ex-
act volume OF water, and a ray of
polarizedlight is pass t%hroughthe solu-
ton. In passing through the solution
the ray is diviated in proportion to
the amount Of pure sugar which the
solution contains. This instrument
measures the deviation of the ray.
When sugar tests ninety degrees,
therefore, it is nine-tenths pure sugar.
There will be no bounty upon any SUI
gar which does not contain eighty per
cent. of sncrose or pure sugar.
Upon sugar testing eighty to ninety
degrees by the polariscope, the bounty
will be II cents per pound, and upon
sugar testing 80 degrees and above,
2 cents per pound.
PAYMENT OF BOUNTY
An annual appropriation is not re-
CURED for the payment OF the bounty.
The act carries an appropriation with
it, that is, makes what is called a per-
manent annual appropriation.
Section 1859 of the Revised Statutes
under which the bounty is to be paid
inclades items which are payable
when the liability a%ccrues, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. and for which a specific
appropriation is not required.
The law provides that tor the pay
ment of these bounties the Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized to draw
warrants on the Treasurer of the
United States for such sums as shall
be necessary, which sums shall be GER
titled to him by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, by whom the boun-
ties shall be disbursed.
Each individual who claims the
bounty will make his application to
the Commissioner on the prescribed
form through the collector of the dis
trict, who, after examining the same
and certifying to its correctness, will
transmit it to this Office, where it will
be examined and forwarded to the
proper accounting officers of the Treas
IN to take the usual course of claims
against the Government. After the
claims shall have been allowed, drafts
upon the Treasury will be issued in
payment, which will be mailed or de-
livered TO the persons entitled thereto.
Claims for bounty can not be trans
ferred or assigned. Such assignments
are prohibited by Section 3477. United
States Revised Statutes. The claims
must he made by the sugar producer,
and the drafts issued in payment of
the claims will be made payable to his
order.
ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.
The law further provides that "the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
with the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury. shall from time to time
make ill needfnl rules and regulations
tor the manufacture of sugar from
sorghum, beets, or sugar cane growu
within the United States, and shall,
under the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury, exercise supervision
and inspection of the manufacture
thereof
Instructions relative ia the books
which will he required to be kept by
sugar producers, the name ofmaking
returns, the supervision of the facto-
ries, the weighing and inspection OF
the sugar. and the form Of making APP
plication for bounty, etc. will be issued
i'll due time.
alcohol free of tax for making sugar
from sorghum are in course, of pre-
palation, to be known as Section Z.
No. Z, Revised. Supplement No. /.
BLANK FORMS
The proper blank forms referred to
in these instructions will be furnished
to Collectors Of Internal Revenue, and
persons intending to manufacture su
gar and apply for the bounty will be
able to obtain the same upon appli-
cation to those officers.
jim W. MASON.
Commissioner.
Approved:
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letting Secretary Of the Treasury
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