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TOBACCO AND SNUFF °*
“(¢) Sales or shipments of leaf tobacco by a dealer in leaf tobacco shall be
in quantities of not less than a hogshead, tierce, case, or bale, except loose leaf
tobacco comprising the breaks on warehouse floors, and except to a duly regis-
tered manufacturer of cigars for use in his own manufactory exclusively.
“Dealers in leaf tobacco shall make shipments of leaf tobacco only to other
dealers in leaf tobacco, to registered manufacturers of tobacco, snuff, cigars or
cigarettes, or for export.
“(d) Upon all leaf tobacco sold, removed or shipped by any dealer in leaf
tobacco in violation of the provisions of subdivision (c), or in respect to which
no report has been made by such dealer in accordance with the provisions of
subdivision (b), there shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid a tax ‘equal
to the tax then in force upon manufactured tobacco, such tax to be assessed and
collected in the same manner as the tax on manufactured tobacco.
“(e) Every dealer in leaf tobacco—
“(1) who neglects or refuses to furnish the statement, to give bond, to keep
books, to file inventory or to render the invoices, returns or reports required by
the Commissioner, or to notify the collector of the district of additions to his
places of storage; or
“(2) who ships or delivers leaf tobacco, except as herein provided ; or }
“(3) who fraudulently omits to account for tobacco purchased, received, sold,
or shipped;
shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500, or imprisoned not more than
one year, or both.
“(f) For the purposes of this section a farmer or grower of tobacco shall not
be regarded as a dealer in leaf tobacco in respect to the leaf tobacco produced
by him.”
- [Title IV. Revenue Act of 1917 51
Sec. 401. That upon all tobacco and snuff hereafter manufactured and sold,
or removed for consumption or use, there shall be levied and collected, in addi-
tion to the tax now imposed by law upon such articles, a tax of 5 cents per
pound, to be levied, collected, and paid under the provisions of existing law.
In addition to the packages provided for under existing law, manufactured
tobacco and snuff may be put up and prepared by the manufacturer for sale or
consumption, in packages of the following description: Packages containing
one-eighth, three-eighths, five-eighths, seven-eighths, one and one-eighth, one and
-hree-eighths, one and five-eighths, one and seven-eights, and five ounces.
Src. 402. That sections four hundred, four hundred and one, and four hun-
jred and four, shall take effect thirty days after the passage of this act:
Provided, 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 provided for by law or in the packages provided for
in sections four hundred and four hundred and one.
SEC. 403. That there shall also be levied and collected, upon all manufactured
tobacco and snuff in excess of one hundred pounds or upon cigars or cigarettes
in excess of one thousand, which were manufactured or imported, and removed
from factory or customhouse prior to the passage of this act, bearing tax-paid
stamps affixed 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 jany
person, corporation, partnership, or association, and upen all manufactured
tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, removed from factory or customs house
after the passage of this act but prior to the time when the tax imposed by
section four hundred or section four hundred and one upon such articles takes
effect, an additional tax equal to one-half the tax imposed bv such sections upon
such articles.
— EIS OS
5 Repealed by sec. 1400 (a), Revenue Act of 1918 (effective date of act Feb. 24, 1919
8.55 np. m.). See chapter 23.