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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. 109 ounces, fourteen oimces, and sixteen ounces: Provided, That snuff rnay, at the option of the manufacturer, be ut up in bladders and in ` jars contamintglsnot exceeding twenty gmundg. “All caven ° h, lu, and twist to acco, in wooden packages not fofVl‘5Q1‘g°*;wP¤°k¤$°¤ exceeding two hundred pounds net weight. ’ . " And every such wooden package shall have printed or marked M*““”¤ ’°*1“i’°d· thereon the manufacturer’s name and lace of manufacture, the registered number of the manufactory, and the oss weight, the tare, and the net weight of the tobacco in each pacirage: Promkled, That £'£§°Z'excepwa. these limitations and descriptions of packages shall not apply to · tobacco and snuif traneslported in bond for exportation and actually exported: And promkl further, That perique tobacco, snuff flour, ,,,225, §§,kP}’§§“§; iine—cut shorts, the refuse of fine—cut chewing tobacco, refuse scraps, '~¤¤- clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, may be sold in bulk as material, and without the payment of tax, by one manufacturer directly to another manufacturer, or for export, under such restrictions, rules, and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe: And promkied further, That wood, metal, paper, or p_,Y,§},_'§§gf“"*°“ °* other materials may be used separately or in combination for packing tobacco, snuff, and cigars, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may establish/’ ' ‘ Sec. 31. That section thirty-three hundred and sixty-eight of the §§“,§f,_*§,,{,,, ,,_,_,,8_ Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, be, and the same ¤¤r{$¤i<1§d· ’ is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ° 2’ P` S6` "Sr:c. 3368. Upon tobacco and snuff manufactured and sold, or ba§g*yggggg{,¤d ur removed for consumption or use, there shall be levied and collected ` the following taxes: " On snuff, manufactured of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco, 8******- ground, dry, damp, pickled, scented, or otherwise, of all descriptions, when prepared for use, a tax of eight cents per pound. And snuff , flour, when sold or removed for use or consumption, shall be taxed as snuff, sind shall be put up in packages and stamped in the same manner as snu. " On all chewing and smoking tobacco, fine-cut, cavendish, plu, or ,n°¤°***¤¤ md ¤¤¤°k· twist, cut or granulated, of every description; on tobacco twisted by g` hand or reduced into a condition to be consumed, or in any manner · other than the ordinary mode of drying and curing, Prepared for sale or consumption, even if ygepared without the use o any machine or instrument, and without eing pressed or sweetened; and on all iinecut shorts and refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, a tax of eight cents per pound/’ Sec. 32. That section thirty-three hundred and ninety-two of the §{*§‘f";;,c_,,3,2,p_6,,,,L Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by section thirt — ¤¤g·g{d;g- 619 two of the Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, ge 'p` ' amended to read as follows:. _ " Sec. 3392. All ci_ ars weighing more than three ounds per N°“'b°‘°"°q““""· thousand shall be pacliied in boxes not before used for that pu se containing, respectively, five, ten, twelve, thirteen, twenty-fiveriifity, one hundred, two hundred, two hundred and fifty, or five hundred _ cigars each; and every person who sells, or offers for sale, or delivers, ,,S{°,,‘;“,}§}},'§$,{,‘,f,S,,f{§,{ or offers to deliver, any cigars in any other form than in new boxes as above described, or who packs in any box any cigars in excess of or less than the number provided by law to befppt in each box, respectively, or who falsely brands any box, or a es a stam on any box denoting a less amount of tax than that required byllaw, shall be fined for each offense not more than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not more than two years: Pmmkled, That nothing 11;;<§;¤;h“ in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale of cigars at retail by retail dealers from boxes acked, stamped, and branded in _ the manner prescribed by law: Ind provided further, That every §;°{,°,}§,§*,equ,,,d_ manufacturer of cigarettes shall put up all the cigarettes that he