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

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March Z, 1917
The act of Congress approved Octo-
Der l, 1890, entitled IAN act to reduce
the revenue and equalize duties on
imports and for other purposes"
Schedule E) provides
(231) "rhat on and after July first,
eighteen hundred and ~ninety-one, and
until July first, nineteen hundred and
five, there shall he paid, from any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. under the provisions of
section three thousand six hundred
and cighty-nine of the revised Statutes
to the producer of sugar testing not
less than ninety degrees by the polar
iscope, from beets, sorghum, or sugar
cane grown within the United States,
OF f,om maple sap produced within the
United States, Il bounty of two cents
ger pound and upon such sugar test
ing less than ninety degrees by the
DO a. iscope. and not less than eighty
degrees. IA bounty of one and three
fourths cents per pound, under such
rules and regulations lis the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, shall prescribe" NJ.
1t further provides that
(232l 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
Internal Revenue Il notice of the place
of production, with a general descrip-
ton of the machinery and methods to
be employed by him, with an estimate
of the amount of sugar to be produced
i'll the current Or next ensuing year,
including the nnmber of maple trees
to be tapped, and an application for
license to so produce, to be accOmpa-
MED by Il bond i'll IL penalty. and with
sureties to be approved by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, condi-
toned that he will faithfully observe
all rules and regulations that shall be
prescribed for such manufacture and
production of sugar"
1t further provides that
(233) 1.-The Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, upon receiving the APP
plication and bond hereiDbefore pro-
vided for, shall issue to the applicant
a license to produce sugar from sor-
ghum, beets. or sugar cane grown
within the United States, or from
maple sap produced within the United
States at the place and with the ma
chinery and by the methods described
in the application but said license
shall not extend beyond IL year from
the date thereof
WHEN THE ACT FAKES EFFECT.
The act states that the provisions
thereof providing terms for the pay
ment of the bounty shall take effect on
the first day of April, 1891.
By this expression it is understood
that April first is the date fixed when
applications for licenses may be made
and the notices and bonds filed,
and the law becomes operative so far
as authorizing the issuing of licenses
by the Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue, but it was not intended that
bounties should be paid on sugar pro-
duccd prior to July /, 1891.
The words current or next ensuing
year, in paragraph 232 are understood
to mean the fiscal year, or the bounty
year, commencing July L.
NOTICE AND APPLICATION 0 LICENSE.
All producers of sugar who intend
to apply for the bounty on sugar pro-
duced during the year from July /,
1891, to July l, 1892, in order to entitle
themselves thereto, must, after April
l and prior to July l, 1891, file a notice
and make application for a license.
This notice should be in duplicate,
and be filed with the Collector of In
ternal Revenue of the proper district,
who will retain one copy and forward
the other to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
The application for license will he
on the same form as the notice.
Producers of sugar from beets, sor-
ghum or sugar cane will use Form No
2S7 for giving the notice and making
the application required.
Producers of sugar from maple sap
in giving their notice and making theiI
application for license will use Form
No. 2SS
The blanks in these forms should be
properly filed, and in case of any
change in the method OF manufacture,
location or otherwise, occurring sub
s~eauently to the date of the notice, 8
supplemental notice should be imme.
diately given to the collector of the
district or the deputy collector of tht
division. u
The notice ard application for Ii
cense will be required annually here
after, prior to the first day of July.
BONDS.
bond n,ust he ayocuted nv ever,