The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-08
TOBACCO.

An important change was made in to-
bacco taxes under the internal revenue
laws. Section 1898. relating to internal rev
wised statutes) to read as follows
Upon tobacco and smut. manufactured
and sold, or removed for consumption or
use, there shall! be levied and collected the
following taxes: on snuii, manufactured
10. tobacco or any substitute for tobacco,
ground dry damp, plclSlcd. scented or
otherwise, OF all descriptions. when pre-
pared for use. a tax OF cents per pound,
And snuff flour, when sold or removed
for use or consumption. shall tie taxed as
snuff, and shall be put up ia packages
and stamped IL the same manner as snuff.
"On all chewing and smoking tobacco,
fine cut. cayendlsh, plug or twist cut or
eranulated of every description; on to-
hacco twisted by hand or reduced into
condition to be consumed, or in any man
her other than the ordinary mode OF dry
Ing AID curing, prepared for sale or con-
eumption even If prepared without the
uso oil any machine or instrument and
without being pressed or sweeieled; and
'on all fine cut shorts and refuse scraps.
clippings, cuttings and swoepings of to-
baccu, q tax of cents per puuni
Section 1904 OF the Revised Statutes is
amended SO az to read rs follows:
Upon cigars which shall be hianrtao-
tured or sold. or removed for consumption
or sale, there shall be assessed and col
leoied tho following taxes TO be paid by
the manufacturer thereof; On tislrs OF
all descriptions, made OF tobacco 81 any
substitute therefor, 81 per thousand on
cigarettes weighing not more than three
pounds per thousand, 81 per thousand; on
cigarettes weighing moro than three
pounds Yer thousand, 50 per thousand
the house provision for duties on i'm
/ orted tobacco have been stricken out.
nnd the following duties inserted OH i'm
ported tobacco.
Wraoror tobacco. and alier tobacco
when n 'xea or packed with moro than
per cent lin weightl of wrapper tobacco
and all leaf tobacco. the product OF two
or more countries or dependencies. when
packed together, II unstemmed 81 80 per
pound; II stcmmed, S2,2o Yer pound. nller
tobacco not specially provided for in this
stt, IL unstemmed, AZ cents per pound n
Steamed. 70 cents per hound.
a paragraph is inserted defining tobacco
terms as follows: THE term. wranpor
tobacco ms used In this act, means that
the quality OF leaf tobacco which is suita
Bile for cigar wrappers. and the term. filler
tobacco. means ell other leaf tobacco. col
lectois OF customs shall not permit entry 10
be- made, except under regulations 10 no
prescribed by the secretary of the treas
ury, OF any leaf tobacco. unless the in
voices OF the same shall specify in detail
tho character OF such tobacco. whether
wrapper or filler, its origin and quality. In
The examination for classification OF any
imported ieai tobacco. at least one bale,
poN or package In every ton. and at least
one IN every invoice, shall be examined by
the appraiser or person authorized hy law
to make such examinations, and al least
ten hanls snail be examined In each OK
amined bale, box or package"
othor chansea IN the tobacco schedule are
as iollo"s' All other tobacco, .naaufae
tured or manufactured. not specially
provided for In this act. 40 cents per
pound blouse rate 65.) Snuff and SNUFF