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such package, shall be fined fifty dollars for each package _in re- 
spect to which such offense is committed. 
Sec. 9. That upon all filled cheese which shall be manufactured 
there shall be assessed and collected a tax of one cent per pound, 
to be paid by the manufacturer thereof; and any fractional part of 
w pound in a package shall be taxed as a pound. The tax levied 
by this section shall be represented by coupon stamps; and the 
provisions of existing laws governing the engraving, issue, sale, 
accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps relating to 
tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to apply 
to stamps provided for by this section. 
Sec. 10. That whenever any manufacturer of filled cheeese sells 
or removes for sale or consumption any filled cheese upon which 
the tax is required to be paid by stamps, without paying such tax, 
it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
within a period of not more than two years after such sale or re- 
moval, upon satisfactory proof, to estimate the amount of tax which 
has been omitted to be paid and to make an assessment therefor 
and certify the same to the collector. The tax so assessed shall be 
in addition to the penalties imposed by law for such sale or removal. 
Sec. 11. That all filled cheese, as herein defined, imported from 
foreign countries shall, in addition to any import duty imposed on 
the same, pay an internal revenue tax of eight cents per pound, 
such tax to be represented by coupon stamps; and such imported 
filled cheese and the packages containing the same shall be stamped, 
marked, and branded, as in the case of filled cheese manufactured 
in the United States. 
Sec. 12. That any person who knowingly purchases or receives 
for sale any filled cheese which has not been branded or stamped 
according to law, or which is contained in packages not branded 
or marked according to law, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty 
dollars for each such offense. 
Sec. 13. That every person who knowingly purchases or receives 
for sale any filled- cheese from any manufacturer or importer who 
has not paid the special tax herein provided for shall be liable, 
for each offense, to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and to w for- 
feiture of all articles so purchased or received, or of the full value 
thereof. 
Src. 14. That whenever any stamped package containing filled 
cheese is emptied it shall be the duty of the person in whose 
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