Evening star., 1949-06-05

For Cigarette Sellers
10 Be Mailed June Is
Applications for new licenses to
sell cigarettes will be mailed 10
businessmen begin
ning June is. Supt. OF Licenses
Chatham r. Nottingham disclosed
.ast night.
No person may sell cigarettes
here after August | without a one
cent tax stamp afTixed TO the
package and no stamps viii be
void TO businessmen who do not
have a license. The licenses will
cost retailers S5 and Wholesalers
not more than $50.
Each police precinct Is now
o list OF business houses
and other establishments that sell
cigarettes. A preliminary report
OF this canvass win be turned over
TO Mr.. Nottingham early this week
but he does not expect TO have the
complete list Until June II.
There are about IS 900 business
houses licensed In the District
now. Mr.. Nottingham declared. Snd
he estimates about 10 per cent OF
them sell cigarettes.
To Rush Printing.
Mr.. Nottingham said he VIII
place a rush order with printers
for the applications and licenses
his department viii need rs soon
as the complete police report Is In.
Retailers selling cigarettes then
will Ill out the application and
mail II back 10 the License Super
intendent along with the S. license
fee. On receiving the application
and the fee, Mr.. Nottingham .
staff viii mail out the license.
Each merchant viii have 10
show one OF these licenses before
he can buy tax stamps or be per
mitted 10 make tax stamp impress
sions. No package OF cigarettes
may be sold In the District after
August without a stamp.
The stan OF tax collector Guy
w. Pearson viii sell the stamps
TO businessmen at q rate OF 81
worth OF stamps for 90 cents, II
Ia up 10 the merchants themselves
to collect the one-cent tax pre-
scribed by Congress.
Problems Remain.
Details on buying the stamps
will be announced later.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Nottingham
said there are stiii some unsoivcd
problems In connection with H.
censing Of wholesale cigarette
dealers and the operators OF Gig
arctic vending machines.
The omnibus revenue bin re-
Gently passed by Congress speci-
fies that the maximum fee for
wholesalers viii not exceed $50,
II provides that the wholesaler
can decide whether he wiahes to
buy and afIix the tar stamps him.
self and collect m equal amount
from hts retailer customers.
II the wholesaler elects not 10
buy and aflix the tar stamps. the
retailer will have 10 do 30 be-
fore cigarettes can be sold 10
consumers.
Mr.. NOTTINGHAM kaid II has not
been decided how 70 determine
the exact cost a d wholesalers
license. He pointed out. however
that license fees are calculated 10
cover the cost Of inspection and
regulation services. The lsw gives
the Commissioners the right 10 Nm
the license fee at q rate not 70
exceed SO.
vsndinx Machine Talks Set.
Mr.. nottingham plans 10 con-
fer tomorrow with Representatives
Of the q. n Maeke verding Ma
chine Corp. In an effcrt 10 de-
trrmine the best way 10 license
such companies.
The Law provides that each ma
chine must be covered with q %
annual license. The ConmskNscas-
Iers may specify that . - ncens<
be bought for each individual ma
chine o. permit q blanket license
for o group Of machines. II
blanket licenses are issued 10 each
vending machine company. ths
law would permit q nzrksr "a
be piaeed on each machine inds-
Iestlnx that q license has hren
bcsagft.
vsclatcws Of the cigarette tAx
law naay ~ puutstaed win . ane
|cf mot more than - 30 Or ~
|impyiscnunent fay not innTrr thaE
one year. or both.