The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-02-11
Kimball's Tobacco Bill.

The following is a bill recently IN
troduced by Congressman w. z. KIM
ball, which will be of interest to our
tobacco growers:
A bill regulating the transportation
by interstate commerce carriers OF
manufactured tobacco, cigars and
snuff.
Be it enacted by the House Of Rep
resentatives and Senate of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled.
Section THAT from and after the
passage of this act it snail be unlawful
for any caIaier of interstate commerce
to transport orsaccept for transporta-
ton, the product or output, or any
part thereof, of any mandatory of
tobacco, cigars or snuff which is own
ed. controlled or operated by any per-
son, firm, corporation or association OF
persons who have formed themselves
into or are in any way interested In
any trust, combination or agreement
between themselves, or with any per-
son or persons to restrain the trade IN,
or create a monopoly of, or fix the
buying and selling price of the raw
material used in the manufacture of
tobacco, cigars and snuff, or the manu-
featured article of the same, or who
since the passage of this Act in the
conduct of said business have violated
any # the provisions of an act of Con-
gress approved February 9TH, 1887, en-
titled IAN Act to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraint
and monopoly" or any other law of
the United States enacted for the same
purpose.
Section 2.-That it shallsbe unlawful
for any carrier of interstate commerce
to accept for transportation any of the
product or output any ma utacto.
of tobacco, cigars or snuff, until the
president, secretary or general mana
ger of the corporation or association
of persons operating the same, or if
operated by an individual himself,
shall have filed with said carrier, and
with the United States district attor
ney for the district werein said manu-
factory is located, an affidavit. to the
effect that the owners, controllers, or
operators of said mandatory have
not, since the passage of this Act
violated any of the provisions of an act
of Congress of February 4th, 1887, en-
titled IAN Act to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraint
and monopoly" or any other law of
the United States enacted for the same
purpose, and that the owners, controll-
ers and operators of sale mandatory
have not formed themselves into, and
are not in any way interested in, any
trust, combination or agreement be-
tween themselves or any other person
or persons TO restrain the trade in. or
to create monopoly of, or to fix the
buying and selling price of the raw
material used in the manufacture of
tobacco, cigars and snuff, or the manu-.
facture of tobacco, cigars and snuff, or
the manufactured article of the same.
Section 3-It shall be the duty Cf
the department of Justice to prescribe
the form of the affidavit required to
be filed with the carrier, and the dis
trict attorney by Section 2 Of this Act.
After the first affidavit has been filed
like affidavit shall be FLED on or be-
fore July first, and on or before De-
cember thirty-irst of each year with
the carrier to which said mandatory
offers its product or output for trans
porta ton, and the district attorney of
the district wherein said factory is
located setting forth that since the
fling of the last affidavit the owners,
controllers or operators of said manu-
factory have not been guilty of any of
the acts denounced by Section of this
Act.
Section 4.-That any officer or agent
or employee of carrier of interstate
commerce who is a party to any viola
tion of this act, and any person who is
required by the provisions of this Act
to file the affidavit hereinbefore de-
scribed, and who shall fail to do so.
and whoever knowingly shall make
any false statement in any atfidavit re-
quired to be filed by this Act shall be
punished for such offense by fine of
not less than two thousand dollars, and
not more than ten thousand dollars, or
be imprisoned for not less than one
year, or. by both said fine and i'm
prisonment at the discretion of the
court.