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therefor, it shall be lawful for such collector, or his deputies, to proceed to collect the said duties or taxes, with ten per centum additional thereto, as aforesaid, by distraint and sale of the goods, chattels, or effects of the persons delinquent as aforesaid. And in case of distraint, it shall be the duty of the officer charged with the collection, to make, or cause to be made, an account of the goods or chattels distrained, a copy of which, signed by the officer making such distraint, shall be left with the owner or possessor of such goods, chattels, or effects, or at his or her dwelling, or usual place of business, with some person of suitable age and discretion, if any such can be found, with a note of the sum demanded, and the time and place of sale; and the said officer shall forthwith cause a notification to be published in some newspaper within the county wherein said distraint is made, if there is a newspaper published in said county, or to be publicly posted up at the post office, if there be one within five miles, nearest to the residence of the person whose property shall be distrained, and in not less than two other public places, which notice shall specify the articles distrained, and the time and place for the sale thereof, which time shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty days from the date of such notification, [and] the place proposed for sale not more than five miles distant from the place of making such distraint. And in any case in which any person, bank, association, company, or corporation required by law to make return to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall refuse or neglect to make such return within the time specified, the amount of circulation, deposit, and capital, or either, shall be estimated by the proper assessor or assistant assessor, and shall be certified by him to the Commissioner. And in all cases in which the person, bank, association, company, or corporation required by law to make payment of taxes to the Commissioner shall neglect or refuse to make such payment within the time required, the Commissioner shall certify the amount of tax due by such person, bank, association, or corporation, with all the penalties, additions and expenses accruing to the collector of the proper district, who shall collect the same by distraint and sale, as in other cases. And the same proceedings may be had to enforce the collection of taxes which have already accrued and which still remain unpaid. And if any person, bank, association, company, or corporation liable to pay any duty shall neglect or refuse to pay the same after demand, the amount shall be a lien in favor of the United States from the time it was due until paid, with the interests, penalties, and costs that may accrue in addition thereto, upon all property and rights to property; and the collector, after demand, may levy or by warrant may authorize a deputy collector, to levy upon all property and rights to property belonging to such person, bank, association, company, or corporation, or on which the said lien exists, for the payment of the sum due as aforesaid, with interest and penalty for non-payment, and also of such further sum as shall be sufficient for the fees, costs, and expenses of such levy. And in all cases of sale, the certificate of such sale by the collector shall have the same effect as is prescribed by the one hundred and nineteenth section of the act to which this is an amendment. And all persons and officers of companies or corporations are required, on demand of a collector or deputy collector about to distrain or having distrained on any property and rights of property, to exhibit all books containing or supposed to contain evidence or statements relating to the subject or subjects of distraint, or the property or rights of property liable to distraint for the tax so due as aforesaid: Provided, That in any case of distraint for the payment of the duties or taxes aforesaid, the goods, chattels, or effects so distrained shall and may be restored to the owner or possessor, if prior to the sale payment of the amount due or tender thereof shall be made to the proper officer charged with the collection of the full amount demanded, together with such fee for levying, and such sum for the necessary and reasonable expense of removing, advertising, and keeping [the] goods, chattels, or effects so distrained, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of

Internal Revenue; but in case of non-payment or tender as aforesaid, the said officer shall proceed to sell the said goods, chattels, or effects, at public auction, and shall and may retain from the proceeds of such sale the amount demandable for the use of the United States, with the necessary and reasonable expenses of distraint and sale, and a commission of five per centum thereon for his own use, rendering the overplus, if any there be, to the person whose goods, chattels, or effects shall have been distrained: Provided, further, That there shall be exempt from distraint the tools or implements of a trade or profession, one cow, arms, and provisions, and household furniture kept for use, school books, and apparel necessary for a family.

That section thirty-eight be amended by striking therefrom the words "thirty-five," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "thirty-six."

That section forty be amended by inserting after the words "appointment of a successor" the words: "Provided, That in case it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that the interest of the government shall so require, he may, by his order, direct said duties to be performed by such other one of the said deputies as he may in such order designate."

That section fifty-two be amended by inserting before the words “That all assessors," the words "And be it further enacted;" by inserting after the word 'deputies," the words "revenue agents;" and by striking out after the word "charged" the word “and,” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "or."

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That section fifty-three be amended by inserting after the word "distiller," where it first occurs, the words "before distilling any spirits;" by striking out after the word "any," and preceding the words "still or stills," the word "additional;" by striking out after the word "used," and preceding the words “shall be erected," the words "as aforesaid," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "for distilling;" and by inserting after the words "shall be erected," the words "or used."

That section fifty-four be amended by striking out the words "the same," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "and owning the same, and owning the building used as a distillery, and the land on which the same is located, and if the building or land is leased, the terms and conditions of the lease;" and by striking out the word "one," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three.”

That section fifty-five be amended by inserting after the words "said duties shall be a lien," the words "on the spirit distilled and;" and by adding at the end of the first proviso the words "except when made and used in the manufacture of vinegar or acetic acid, in which case the duties shall be collected on the basis of the actual proof."

That section fifty-six be amended by adding at the end of the section the following words, to wit: "and in all sales of spirits hereafter made, where not otherwise specially agreed, a gallon shall be taken to be a gallon of first proof, according to the standard set forth and declared for the inspection and gauging of spirits throughout the United States."

That section fifty-seven be amended by striking out the words "twenty-five,” in the last proviso, and inserting "fifty" in its place; and by adding to the said proviso the following words, "and distilled from apples or peaches, shall pay one dollar and fifty cents per gallon."

That section fifty-nine be amended by striking out the words "so inspected and," and also " forthwith," in the last clause of the first sentence; and by adding to the said sentence, after the word "warehouse," the words "before the day prescribed by law for making return of the same;" and by striking out the words "one hundred," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three hundred." That section sixty-one be amended by striking out after the words "and all," the words "refined coal oil," and inserting in lieu thereof the words " distilled or refined coal oil, distillate benzoine or benzole ;" also by inserting after the word "warehouse," and before the words "and no drawback," the following

words, "and the same fees shall be paid for exports as are charged to exporters for like services in the custom-house;" and by inserting after the words "redistilled" and before the words "for export" the words "or canned."

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That section sixty-eight be amended by inserting after the word "suits" the words "and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; " and that the proviso to said section be amended by adding after the words forfeiture shall have" the word "been ; and by striking out the word "the" where it occurs the second time before the word "" nature." That section seventy-four be amended by striking out the word or "after the word “with," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the word " one;" and by striking out the words "and hold the same until the license is produced," and inserting in lieu thereof the words " and the assessor of the district in which the seizure has occurred may, on ten days' notice, published in any newspaper in the district, or served personally on the peddler, or at his dwelling-house, require such peddler to show cause, if any he has, why the horses, wagon, and contents, pack, bundle, or basket so seized shall not be forfeited; and, in case no sufficient cause is shown, the assessor may direct a forfeiture, and issue an order to the collector or to any deputy collector of the district for the sale of the property so forfeited; and one-half of the same, after payment of the expenses of the proceedings, shall be paid to the officer making the seizure, and the other half thereof to the collector for the use of the United States."

That section seventy-nine be amended by inserting in the first paragraph, after the words "claim agents," the words "patent agents;" by striking out, in the same paragraph, the words "carrying on such," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "may carry on;" by striking out, in the same paragraph, the words "may transact such business;"" Provided, That no license shall hereafter issue until the managers of a lottery now existing shall give bond, in the sum of one thousand dollars, that the person receiving such license shall not sell any ticket, or supplementary ticket of such lottery, which has not been duly stamped according to law;" by inserting, in paragraph nine, after the words "other securities," the words "for themselves or others;" by striking from said paragraph the words "and shall make oath or affirmation, according to the form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, that all their transactions are made for a commission;" by striking out the proviso at the end of paragraph "twenty-eight;" by adding to paragraph thirty-two the following proviso: "Provided, further, That no man between the ages of twenty and forty-five who is not enrolled for military duty, or regularly exempted from enrolment or draft for physical disability, shall be entitled to a license as a peddler."

By striking out all of paragraph "forty-nine," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:

Forty-nine. Miners shall pay for each and every license the sum of ten dollars. Every person, firm, or company who shall employ others in the business of mining for coal, or for gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, zinc, spelter, or other minerals, not having taken out a license as a manufacturer, and no other, shall be regarded as a miner under this act: Provided, That this shall not apply to any miner whose receipts from his mine shall not exceed annually one thousand dollars.

"Fifty. A license of ten dollars shall be required of every person, firm, or company engaged in the carrying or delivery of money, valuable papers, or any articles for pay, or doing an express business, whose gross receipts therefrom exceed the sum of six hundred dollars per annum. But one license fee of ten dollars shall be required from any one person, firm, or company, in respect to all the business to be done by such person, firm, or company on a continuous route, and the payment of such license fee shall cover all business done upon

such route by such person, firm, or company, anywhere in the United States; and such license fee shall be required only from the principal in such business, and not from any subordinate.

"Fifty-one. Substitute brokers shall pay one hundred dollars for each and every license, and in addition thereto ten dollars for each substitute procured by him and actually mustered into the military service of the United States. Every person who shall furnish or offer to furnish, for pay, fee, or reward, volunteers, representative recruits, or substitutes for men drafted or liable to be drafted, for the military or naval service of the United States, shall be deemed a substitute broker under this act: Provided, however, That persons appointed by any State, county, city, township, or district, or the officers thereof, to procure the enlistment of volunteers or substitutes to fill the quota of such State, county, city, township, or district, for the military service of the United States, under the call of the President of the United States, shall not be considered substitute brokers: And provided, further, That such person or agent shall receive no compensation except that which is given by such State, county, town, city, or district.

"Fifty-two. Insurance brokers shall pay twenty-five dollars for each license. Any person who shall negotiate or procure insurance in behalf of another person or party, for which he shall receive any pay, commission, or compensation, shall be regarded as an insurance broker under this act; " and the licenses herein provided for shall take effect on the first day of May next.

That section eighty-one be amended, by striking therefrom the words "seventy-three," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "seventy-four," and by striking out the words "to vinters," and inserting in lieu thereof the words “ nor to vintners."

That section eighty-three be amended, by inserting after the words "within his district, monthly," the words "within ten days from the twentieth day of each month," and by inserting after the words "such duties within" the word "said," and by striking out after the words "ten days," following the words "after demand in writing, delivered to him in person, or left at his house or place of business, or manufactory, or sent by mail."

That section eighty-four be amended by striking out the words "eighty-first," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "eighty-second," and by striking out the words "eighty-fourth," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "eighty-fifth.”

That section eighty-six be amended by striking out the words "deposit at the time of sale," after the words "freight from the place of," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "manufacture," and in the next following paragraph by striking out the word "that" where it first occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the."

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That section eighty-seven be amended by striking out after the words "accurately setting" the word "for," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "forth,' and after the words "description of the manufactured article," by striking out the words "the proposed market for the same, whether foreign or domestic," and by inserting after the word "assessor," and preceding the word "assistant," the word "or."

That section ninety be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That any person, firm, company, or corporation, now or hereafter engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, snuff, or cigars of any description whatsoever, shall be, and hereby is, required to make out and deliver to the assistant assessor of the assessment district a true statement or inventory of the quantity of each of the different kinds of tobacco, snuffflour, snuff, cigars, tinfoil, licorice, and stems held or owned by him or them on the first day of January of each year, or at the time of commencing business under this act, setting forth what portion of said goods was manufactured or produced by him or them, and what was purchased from others, whether chewing,

smoking, fine-cut, shorts, pressed, plug, snuff-flour, or prepared snuff, or cigars, which statement or inventory shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of such person or persons, and be in manner and form as prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and every such person, company, or corporation shall keep in a book, in such manner and form as said commissioner may prescribe, an accurate account of all the articles aforesaid thereafter purchased by him or them, the quantity of tobacco, snuff, snuff-flour, or cigars, of whatever description sold, consumed, or removed for consumption or sale, or removed from the place of manufacture; and he or they shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, furnish to the assistant assessor of the district a true and accurate copy of the entries in said book during the preceding month, which copy shall be verified by oath or affirmation; and in case the duties shall not be paid within five days, after demand thereof, the said collector may, on one day's notice, distrain for the same, with ten per centum additional on the amount thereof, subject to all the provisions of law relating to licenses, returns, assessments, payment of taxes, liens, fines, penalties, and forfeitures, not inconsistent herewith in 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 tinfoil or other material 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 tinfoil or other materials 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, further, That manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, whether of domestic manufacture or imported, may be transferred, without payment of the duty, 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 or other security as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, said bonds or other security to be taken by the collector of the district from which such removal is made; and may be transported from such a warehouse to a bonded warehouse used for the storage of merchandise at any port of entry, and may be withdrawn from bonded warehouse for consumption on payment of the duty, or removed for export to a foreign country without payment of duty, in conformity with the provisions of law 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."

That section ninety-one be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That all manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, whether of domestic manufacture or imported, shall, before the same is used or removed for consumption, be inspected and weighed by an inspector appointed under the fifty-eighth section of the act to which this is an amendment, who shall mark or affix a stamp upon the box or other package containing such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, in a manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, denoting the kind or form of tobacco and the weight of such package, with the date of inspection and the name of the inspector. The fees of such inspector shall in all cases be paid by the owner of the manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, so inspected and weighed. And the penalties for the fraudulent marking of any box or other package of tobacco, snuff, or cigars, and for any fraudulent attempt to evade the duties on tobacco,

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