Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-17

IS per thousand: (e) IL manufactured
Or imported to retail at more than 20
cents each, 81 per thousand: Provided.
that the word retail as used in this
section shall mean the ordinary retail
price OF a single cigar, and that the
commissioner of internal revenue
may. by regulation, require the manu-
facturer or importer to affiX to each
box or container conspicuous label
indicating by letter the clause of this
section under which the cigars therein
contained have been taX-paid. which
must correspond with the tax-paid
stamp on said box or container; t) on
cigarettes made OF tobacco, or any
substitute therefor, made in or inn
ported into the United States. and
weighing not more than three pounds
per thousand, 80 cents per thousand
weighing more than three pounds per
thousand. $1.20 per thousand.
Every manufacturer OF cigarettes
0ncluding small cigars weighing not
more than three pounds per thou
sand) shall put up all the cigarettes
and such small cigars that he manu-
factures or has manufactured for him,
and sells or removes for consumption
or use in packages or parcels con-
tanning five eight, ten. twelve, fifteen,
sixteen. twenty. twenty-four. forty,
each. and shall securely affix to each
OF said packages or parcels a suitable
stamp denoting the tax thereon and
shall properly cancel the same prior
70 such sale or removal for consump-
ton or use under such regulations as
the commissioner of internal revenue,
with the approval Of the secretary Of
the treasury, shall prescribe; and all
cigarettes imported from foreign
country shall be packed stamped, and
the stamps Cancelled in a like manner,
in addition to the import stamp ind
eating inspection Of the custom house
before they are withdrawn therefrom.
Section 4O1. That upon all tobacco
and snuff hereafter manufactured and
sold. or removed for consumption or
use. there shall be levied and collected,
in addition to the tax now imposed by
law upon such articles, tax Of 5
cents per pound, to be levied, collected,
and paid under the provisions of ex-
listing law.
In addition to the packages provided
for under existing law, manufactured
tobacco and snuff may he put up and
prepared by the manufacturer for sale
or consumption, i'm packages of the
following descriptions: Packages con-
taining one eighth, three -eighths, five
eighths, seven-eighths, one and one
eighth. one and three -elghths one and
five-eighths. one and seven-eighths
and five ounces.
Section 4O2. That sections 400. 401,
and 4O4, shall take effect thirty days
after the passage of this act: Pro-
vided that after the passage Of this
act and before the expiration of the
aforesaid thirty days, cigarettes and
manufactured tobacco and snuff may
be put up in the packages now pro-
vded for by law or in the packages
pro sled for in sections 400 and 40I.
Section 403. That there shall also
be levied and collected. upon all man.
ufactured tobacco and snuff in excess
of one hundred pounds or upon cigars
or cigarettes in excess Of one thousand,
which were manufactured or i'm
ported and removed from factory or
custom house, prior to the passage Of
this act bearing tax-paid stamps af-
fixed TO such articles for the payment
of the taxes thereon. and which are.
on the day after this act is passed,
held and intended for sale by any
person, corporation. partnership. or
association, and upon all manufac-
tured tobacco, snuff, cigars. or cigar
cites. removed from factory or GUS
toms house after the passage OF this
act. but prior to the time when the
tax imposed by section 400 or section
401 upon such articles takes effect, an
additional tax equal to one-half the
tax imposed by such sections upon
such articles.
Section 404. That there shall be
levied. assessed, and collected upon
cigarette paper made up into pack
ages, books, SETS or tubes. made up
in or imported into the United States
and intended for use by the smoker In
making cigarettes the following taxes:
On each package. book, or set. con-
tanning more than twenty-five but not
more than fifty papers. one half Of
cent; containing more than fifty but
not more than 100 papers. cent: con-
tanning more than 100 papers, cent
for each 100 papers or fractional part
thereof; and upon tubes, cents for
each one hundred tubes or fractional
part thereof.
Title 5.-War Tax on Facilities Fur
nished by Public Utilities,
and Insurance.
Section 500. That from and after
the first day of November. 1917, there
shall be levied, assessed. collected, and
paid (a) a tax equivalent to per
centum per annum OF the amount paid
for the transportation by rail or
After q Hearty