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the time when the same became liable to duty. And when goods, wares, and merchandise are sold by the manufacturer or producer, or the agent thereof having the charge of the business, the following deductions only may be allowed, viz.:—

First. Freight from the place of deposit at the time of sale to the place of delivery.

Second. That [The] reasonable commission, not exceeding three per centum, and other expenses of sale bona fide paid; and no commission shall be deducted when the sale is made at the place of manufacture or production: Provided, That no deduction shall be made on the market value at the place of manufacture or production, on goods, wares, and merchandise consigned to auction or commission merchants for sale, or placed on shipboard to be removed from the United States, or when consigned to other than agents having charge of the business of such manufacturer or producer, nor when used or consumed by the manufacturer, producer, or agent thereof.

. And be it further enacted, That any person, firm, company, or corporation who shall now be engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, snuff, or cigars, or who shall hereafter commence or engage in such manufacture, before commencing, or, if already commenced, before continuing, such manufacture for which they may be liable to be assessed under the provisions of law, shall, in addition to a compliance with all other provisions of law, furnish to the assessor or assistant assessor a statement, subscribed under oath or affirmation, accurately setting for[th] the place, and if in a city, the street and number of the street, where the manufacturing is, or is to be, carried on, the name and description of the manufactured article, the proposed market for the same, whether foreign or domestic, and if the same shall be manufactured for, or to be sold and delivered to, any other person or party, the name and residence and business or occupation of the person or party for whom the said article is to be manufactured or delivered, and generally the kind and quality manufactured or proposed to be manufactured; and shall, within the time above mentioned, apply to, and obtain from, the assessor or assistant assessor of the district in which said manufacture is carried on, or proposed to be carried on, in addition to the license required by existing laws, a permit in writing, to be signed by said assessor or assistant assessor, in such form as shall be prescribed by the commissioner of internal revenue, which permit shall be kept by such manufacturer suspended in some open and conspicuous place in the principal room in which such manufacturing is so carried on. And such manufacturer shall also give notice to the assessor [or] assistant assessor, in writing, of any and every change or removal made, accurately setting forth, as hereinbefore mentioned, the place where the said manufacture is to be carried on; and whenever such change or removal takes place, before it shall be lawful to commence such manufacture, a new permit in writing shall be applied for and obtained in manner aforesaid. And the assistant assessor of the proper assessment district shall be entitled to demand and receive from such manufacturer for each pe[r]mit so granted the sum of twenty-five cents. And if any person or agent of any firm, company, or corporation shall manufacture for sale tobacco, snuff, or cigars of any description without first obtaining the permit herein required, such person or agent shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a penalty of three hundred dollars, and in addition thereto shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the court.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the assistant assessor of each district to keep a record in a book or books, to be provided for the purpose, to be open to the inspection of any person upon reasonable request, in which shall be arranged alphabetically the name of any and every person, firm, company, or corporation who may