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the case of other manufacturers; and such duty shall be paid by the manufacturer, or the person for whom the goods are manufactured, as the assessor may deem best for the collection of the revenue: Provided, That it shall be the duty of any manufacturer or vender of tin-foil used in covering manufactured tobacco, on demand of any officer of internal revenue, to render to such officer a correct statement, verified by oath or affirmation, of the quantity and amount of tin-foil sold or delivered to any person or persons named in such demand; and in case of refusal or neglect to render such statement, or of cause to believe such statement to be incorrect or fraudulent, the assessor of the district may cause an examination of persons, books, and papers to be made in the same manner as provided in the fourteenth section of this act: Provided, That manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars may be transferred, without payment of the duty, directly from the place of manufacture to a bonded warehouse established in conformity with law and treasury regulations, under such rules and regulations, and upon the execution of such transportation bonds, as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; said bonds or other security to be taken by the assessor of the district from which such removal is made, and may be transported from such warehouse to a bonded warehouse used for the storage of merchandise at any port of entry and withdrawn therefrom for consumption or [on] payment of the duty, or removed for export to a foreign country without payment of duty, in conformity with the provisions of this act relating to the removal of distilled spirits; all the rules, regulations, and conditions of which, so far as applicable, shall apply to tobacco, snuff, or cigars, in bonded warehouse. And no drawback shall in any case be allowed upon any manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, upon which any excise duty has been paid either before or after it has been placed in bonded warehouse.

. And be it further enacted, That every manufacturer of tobacco, snuff, or cigars of any description, as hereinbefore mentioned, or his chief workman, agent, or superintendent, shall, at the end of each and every month, make and sign a declaration, in writing, that no such article or commodity, as aforesaid, has, during such preceding month or time when the last declaration was made, been removed, carried, or sent, or caused, or suffered, or known to have been removed, carried, or sent from the premises of such manufacturer other than such as have been duly assessed and the duties imposed by law paid thereon, on pain of forfeiting for every refusal or neglect to make such declaration, one hundred dollars. And if any such manufacturer, or his chief workman, agent, or superintendent, shall make any false or untrue declaration, such manufacturer or chief workman, agent, or superintendent, making the same, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit three hundred dollars, or, at the discretion of the court, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

. And be it further enacted, That if any person other than the manufacturer shall sell, or consign, or remove for sale, or part with the possession of any manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, upon which the duties imposed by law have not been paid, with the knowledge thereof, such person shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every offence. And any person who shall purchase or receive for sale any such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, which has not been inspected, branded, or stamped, as required by this act, or upon which the tax has not been paid, if it has accrued or become payable with knowledge thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every offence. And any person who shall purchase or receive for sale any such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, from any manufacturer who has not a permit to manufacture, shall be liable for each and every offence to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, a forfeiture of all the articles, as aforesaid, so purchased or received, or the full value thereof.

. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares, and mer-