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further, That the cane or beet sugar so used shall not 

 *be in excess of ten per centum of the weight of wines 

 to be fortified under this act." 



TOBACCO MANUFACTTKK. 



SEC. 69. Every person whose business it is to 

 manufacture tobacco or snuff for himself, or who em- 

 ploys others to manufacture tobacco or snuff, whether 

 such manufacture be by cutting, pressing, grinding, 

 crushing, or rubbing of any raw or leaf tobacco, or 

 manufactured or partially manufactured tobacco or 

 snutf, or the putting up for use or consumption of 

 scraps, waste, clippings, stems, or deposits of tobacco, 

 or by the working or preparation of leaf tobacco, to- 

 bacco stems, scraps, clippings, or waste, by sifting, 

 twisting, screening, or any other process, shall be re- 

 tranled as a manufacturer of tobacco. 



Every person shall also be regarded as a manu- 

 facturer of tobacco whose business it is to sell leaf 

 tobacco in quantities less than a' hogshead, case, or 

 bale ; or who sells directly to consumers or to persons 

 other than dulv recognized dealers in leaf tobacco or 

 dulv registered manufacturers of tobacco, snuff, or 

 cigars, or to persons who purchase in packages for 

 export ; and all tobacco so sold by such persons shall 

 be regarded as manufactured tobacco, and such manu- 

 factured tobacco shall be put up and prepared by 

 such manufacturer in such packages only as the 

 Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval 

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe: 

 Provided, that farmers and growers of tobacco who 

 sell leaf tobacco of their own growth and raising shall 

 not be regarded as manufacturers of tobacco ; and so 

 much of section 3244 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States, and acts amendatory thereof, as are in 

 conflict with this act are hereby repealed : Provided 

 further, That section 27, chapter 1244, page 863, Vol- 

 ume I of supplement to the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States be amended by striking out all after 

 the word " repealed " in line 5 of said section, as fol- 

 lows: "Provided, however, That it shall be the duty of 

 every farmer or planter producing and selling leaf 

 tobacco, on demand of any internal-revenue officer or 

 other authorized agent of the Treasury Department, 

 to furnish said officer or agent a true and complete 

 statement, verified by oath, of all of his sales of leaf 

 tobacco, the number of hogsheads, cases, or pounds, 

 with the name and residence, in each instance, of the 

 person to whom sold and the place to which it is 

 shipped; and every farmer or planter who willfully 

 refuses to furnish such information, or who know- 

 ingly makes false statements as to any of the facts 

 aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 

 be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars." That section 3361 of the Revised Statutes 

 is hereby repealed. 



SEC. 70. That the act of June 20, 1876 (Nineteenth 

 United States Statutes, page 60), be amended by in- 

 serting after the words " imported into the United 

 States by such firm or partnership" the following: 

 ' Or for any other purpose connected with the general 

 transaction of business at any customhouse." 



RECIPROCITY TREATIES. 



SKC. 71. That section 3 of an act approved Oct. 1, 

 1890, entitled "An Act to reduce the revenue and 

 equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," 

 is hereby repealed, but nothing herein contained 

 shall be held to abrogate or in any way affect such 

 reciprocal commercial arrangements as have been 

 heretofore made and now exist between the United 

 States and foreign countries, except where such ar- 

 rangements are inconsistent with the. provisions of 

 this act. 



SKC. 72. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent 

 with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, 

 but the repeal of existing laws or modifications there- 

 of embraced in this act shall not affect any act done, 

 or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or pro- 

 ceedings had or commenced in any civil cause before 

 the said repeal or modifications, but all rights and 



liabilities under said laws shall continue, and may be 

 enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or 

 modifications had not been made. Any offenses com- 

 mitted and all penalties for forfeitures or liabilities 

 incurred prior to the passage of this act under any 

 statute embraced in or changed, modified, or repealed 

 by this act may be prosecuted or punished in the 

 same manner and with the same effect as if this act 

 bail not been passed. All acts of limitation, whether 

 applicable to civil causes and proceedings or to the 

 prosecution of offenses, or for the recovery of penalties, 

 or forfeitures embraced in or modified, changed, or 

 repealed by this act, shall not be affected thereby, 

 and all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether 

 civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or 

 committed prior to the passage of this act, may be 

 commenced and prosecuted within the same time and 

 with the same effect as if this act had not been 

 passed: And provided further, That nothing in this. 

 act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of section 

 3058 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the act 

 approved Feb. 23, 1887, in respect to the abandon- 

 ment of merchandise to underwriters or the salvors, 

 of property and the ascertainment of duties thereon. 



TRUSTS. 



SEC. 73. That every combination, conspiracy, trust, 

 agreement, or contract is hereby declared to be con- 

 trary to public policy, illegal and void, when the 

 same is made by or between two or more persons or 

 corporations, either of whom is engaged in import- 

 ing any article from any foreign country into the 

 United States, and when such combination, con- 

 spiracy, trust, agreement or contract is intended to 

 operate in restraint of lawful trade or free competi- 

 tion in lawful trade or commerce, or to increase the 

 market price in any part of the United States of any 

 article or articles imported or intended to be imported 

 into the United States, or of any manufacture into- 

 which such imported article enters or is intended to 

 enter. Every person who is or shall hereafter be en- 

 gaged in the importation of goods or any commodity 

 from any foreign country, in" violation of this section 

 of this act, or who shall combine or conspire with 

 another to violate the same, is guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and, on conviction thereof, in any court of 

 the United States, such person shall be fined in a 

 sum not less than one hundred dollars and not ex- 

 ceeding five thousand dollars, and shall be further 

 punished by imprisonment in the discretion of the 

 court for a term not less than three months nor ex- 

 ceeding twelve months. 



SEC. 74. That the several circuit courts of the 

 United States are hereby vested with jurisdiction to 

 prevent and restrain violations of section 73 of thi* 

 act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district at- 

 torneys of the United States, in their respective dis- 

 tricts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to- 

 institute proceedings in equity to prevent and re- 

 strain such violations. Such proceedings may be by 

 way of petitions setting forth the case and praying 

 that such violations shall be enjoined or otherwise 

 prohibited. When the parties complained of shall 

 have been duly notified of such petition the court 

 shall proceed as soon as may be to the hearing and 

 determination of the case ; and pending such petition 

 and before final decree the court may at any time 

 make such temporary restraining order or prohibition 

 as shall be deemed just in the premises. 



SEC. 75. That whenever it shall appear to the court 

 before which any proceeding under the seventy- 

 fourth section of this act may be pending that the 

 ends of justice require that other parties should be 

 brought before the court, the court may cause them 

 to be summoned, whether they reside in the district 

 in which the court is held or "not; and subpoenas to 

 that end may be served in any district by the mar- 

 shal thereof. 



SKC. 76. That any property owned under any con- 

 tract or by any combination'or pursuant to any con- 

 spiracy (and being the subject thereof) mentioned in 





