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Stamp r e q u i rein ents.

4 9 Stat. 9 0 1. Stamp payment. 48 Stat. 319. D. C. Code 25102.

48 Stat. 319. D. C. Code 25102.

PUBLIC LAW 460-MAR. 31, 1956

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(5) and a tax of $1.25 on every wine-gallon of alcohol and a proportionate tax at a like rate on all fractional parts of such gallon." SEC. 302. (a) The second sentence of subsection (e) of section 23 of said Act (D. C. Code, sec. 25-124 (e)) is amended to read as follows: "Upon taxable beverage imported or brought into the District of Columbia by any wholesaler licensed under this Act, the stamps required by this Act shall be affixed before the removal of the beverage from the place of business or warehouse of the said wholesaler for delivery to a purchaser." (b) The last sentence of subsection (k) of section 23 of said Act is amended by striking out "and nontaxable light wines". SEC. 303. Within ten days after the effective date of this title, every holder of a retailer's license under said District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall file with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board a sworn statement on a form to be prescribed by the Commissioners showing the number of each kind and denomination of stamps denoting the payment of beverage taxes held or possessed by such licensee or anyone for him on the day on which this title becomes effective, or on the following day if the effective date be a Sunday, other than stamps affixed to the containers of beverages manufactured in or imported into the District prior to the effective date of this title, and shall, within fifteen days after the effective date of this title, pay to the Collector of Taxes, the difference between the amount of tax represented by such stamps at the time of purchase from the Collector of Taxes and the amount of tax imposed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act as amended by this title, represented by such stamps. SEC. 304. Within ten days after the effective date of this title, every holder of a manufacturer's license, class A, and every holder of a wholesaler's license under the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall file with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board a sworn statement on a form prescribed by the Commissioners showing the amount and kind of all beverages, except (1) beer, (2) wine containing 14 per centum or less of alcohol by volume other than champagne, sparkling wine and wine artificially carbonated, and (3) beverages upon which required stamps have been affixed, held, or possessed by him in the District at the beginning of the day this title becomes effective and shall state the number of each kind and denomination of stamps necessary for the stamping of such beverages so held or possessed. Every such licensee, within ten days after the effective date of this title, shall also file with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board a sworn statement on a form to be prescribed by the Commissioners showing the number of each kind and denomination of stamps denoting the payment of beverage taxes (other than stamps denoting the payment of beverage taxes on alcohol and other than stamps affixed to the containers of beverages manufactured in or imported into the District prior to the effective date of this title) held or possessed by such licensee or anyone for him at the beginning of the day on which title becomes effective. Every such licensee shall within fifteen days after the effective date of this title pay to the Collector of Taxes for all stamps not necessary for the stamping of beverages shown on the sworn statement hereinbefore required to be filed with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board the difference between the amount of tax represented by such stamps at the time of purchase from the Collector of Taxes and the amount of tax imposed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended by this title, represented by such stamps. Should the number of any kind of denomination of stamps so held by a licensee be less than the number necessary for the stamping of the beverages shown on said sworn statement, the Collector of Taxes is authorized and directed to sell to such licensee, at the rates prescribed for such stamps prior

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