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 TOBACCO, SNUFF, CIGARS, AND CIGARETTES SEC. 2060. TAX FOR VIOLATING SECTIONS 2057 AND 2059. Upon all leaf tobacco sold, removed or shipped by any dealer in leaf tobacco in violation of the provisions of section 2059 or in respect to which no report has been made by such dealer in accordance with the provisions of section 2057, 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. Part IV-Definition and Requirements of Peddlers of Tobacco SEC. 2070. DEFINITION. Any person who sells or offers to sell and deliver manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, traveling from place to place, in the town or through the country, shall be regarded as a peddler of tobacco: Provided, That manufacturers of, jobbers, and wholesale dealers in, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, and cigarettes, and the agents or salesmen of such manufacturers, jobbers, and wholesale dealers, traveling from place to place, in the town or through the country, and selling and delivering or offering to sell and deliver such products only to dealers, shall not be construed to be peddlers. SEC. 2071. REGISTRATION. Every peddler of tobacco shall register with the collector of the district his name, or style, place of residence, trade, or business, and the place where such trade or business is to be carried on. SEC. 2072. STATEMENT. Every peddler of tobacco, before commencing to peddle tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, shall furnish to the collector of his district a statement accurately setting forth the place of his residence, and, if in a city, the street and number of the street where he resides; the State or States through which he proposes to travel; also whether he proposes to sell his own manufactures or the manufactures of others, and, if he sells for other parties, the person for whom he sells. SEC. 2073. BOND. Every peddler of tobacco shall give a bond in the sum of $500, to be approved by the collector of the district, conditioned that he shall not engage in any attempt, by himself or by collusion with others, to defraud the Government of any tax on tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes; that he shall neither sell, nor offer for sale, any tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, except in original and full packages, as the law requires the same to be put up and prepared by the manu- facturer for sale, or for removal for sale or consumption, and except such packages of tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, as bear the manufacturer's label or caution notice, and his legal marks and brands, and genuine internal revenue stamps which have never before been used. SEC. 2074. CERTIFICATE. Every peddler of tobacco shall obtain a certificate from the col- lector of his collection district, who is authorized and directed to issue the same, giving the name of the peddler, his residence, and the fact of his having filed the required bond; and shall on demand of any officer of internal revenue produce and exhibit his certificate. SEC. 2075. SIGN. Every peddler of tobacco traveling with a wagon, shall affix and keep on the same, in a conspicuous place, a sign painted in oil-colors, or gilded, giving his full name, business, and collection district. SEC. 2076. RESTRICTIONS ON SALES. For restrictions on sales, see sections 2104 and 2170 (a) (2). 227

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