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upon process or renovated butter, when manufactured or sold or 

 removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected 

 a tax of one-fourth of one cent per pound to be paid by the manufac- 

 turer thereof, and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a 

 pound. The tax to be levied by this section, shall be represented by 

 coupon stamps, and the provisions of existing laws governing engrav- 

 ing, issuing, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps 

 relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to 

 apply to the stamps provided by this section. 



That the provisions of sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, 

 fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and 

 twenty-one of "An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and 

 regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of 

 oleomargarine," approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty- 

 six, shall apply to manufacturers of "adulterated butter" to an extent 

 necessary to enforce the marking, branding, identification, and regu- 

 lation of the exportation and importation of adulterated butter. 



SEC. 5, Act of May 9, 1902: 



All parts of an act providing for an inspection of meats for exporta- 

 tion, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and of 

 an act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the car- 

 casses and products thereof which are the subjects on interstate com- 

 merce, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and 

 of amendment thereto approved March second, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety -five, which are applicable to the subjects and purposes described 

 in this section shall apply to process or renovated butter. And the 

 Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a 

 rigid sanitary inspection to be made, at such times as he may deem 

 proper or necessary, of all factories and storehouses where process or 

 renovated butter is manufactured, packed, or prepared for market, and 

 of the products thereof and materials going into the manufacture of 

 same. All process or renovated butter and the packages containing 

 the same shall be marked with the words "Renovated Butter" or "Pro- 

 cess Butter" and by such other marks, labels, or brands and in such 

 manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no 

 process or renovated butter shall be shipped or transported from its 

 place of manufacture into any other State or Territory or the District 

 of Columbia, or to any foreign country, until it has been marked as 

 provided in this section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make all 

 needful regulations for carrying this section into effect, and shall cause 

 to be ascertained and reported from time to time the quantity and 



