FILLED CHEESE
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any manner contrary to law, or who falsely brands any
package or affixes a stamp on any package denoting a less
amount of tax than that required by law, shall upon con-
viction thereof be fined for each and every offense not less
than fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars
or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than
one year.
Sec. 7. That all retail and wholesale dealers in filled
cheese shall display in a conspicuous place in his or their
sales room a sign bearing the words “ Filled cheese sold
here” in black-faced letters not less than six inches in
length, upon a white ground, with the name and number
of the revenue district in which his or their business
is conducted ; and any wholesale or retail dealer in filled
cheese who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall on conviction thereof be fined for each and
every offense not less than fifty dollars and not more than
two hundred dollars.
Sec. 8. That every manufacturer of filled cheese shall
securely affix, by pasting on each package containing filled
cheese manufactured by him, a label on which shall be
orinted, besides the number of the manufactory and the
district and State in which it is situated, these words:
“ Notice.—The manufacturer of the filled cheese herein
contained has complied with all the requirements of the
law. Every person is cautioned not to use either this
package again or the stamp thereon again, nor to remove
the contents of this package without destroying said
stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such cases.”
Every manufacturer of filled cheese who neglects to affix
such label to any package containing filled cheese made
by him or sold or offered for sale by or for him, and every
person who removes any such label so affixed from any
such package, shall be fined fifty dollars for each package
in respect to which such offense is committed.
Sec. 9. That upon all filled cheese which shall be manu- 608
factured there shall be assessed and collected a tax of Jex on prod
one cent per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer
thereof; and any fractional part of a pound in a pack-
age shall be taxed as a pound. The tax levied by this
section shall be represented by coupon stamps; and the
provisions of existing laws governing the engraving,
issue, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of
stamps relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable,
are hereby made to apply to stamps provided for by this
section.
Signs of whole-
ale and retail
Healers.
Coupon stamps.
See R. S. sections 3218 (sec. 147, U. 8. C.), 3369 (sec.
i74, U. 8. C.), 3445, and 3446 (secs. 1171 and 1170, U. 8. C.).
Filled cheese for export to be tax paid. (Cornell o.
Coyne, 192 U. 8., 418: T. D. 757.)
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