Chapter 102. To authorize the Director of the Census to collect and publish additional statistics of tobacco
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CHAP. 102.— An Act To authorize the Director of the Census to collect and publish additional statistics of tobacco.April 30, 1912.[[H. R. 13988](/us/bill/62/hr/13988).][[Public, No. 144](/us/pl/62/144).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Tobacco statistics.Semiannual reports of leaf tobacco in hands of dealers, etc., to be made.*Post*, p. 477. That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish, in addition to the tobacco reports now being made by him, statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in the United States in the possession of all persons who are dealers or manufacturers, other than the original growers of tobacco, to be summarized and returned by the holder to the Director of the Census as of the dates Quantities exempt.of October first and April first of each year, provided that the Director of the Census shall not be required to collect statistics of leaf tobacco from any manufacturer of tobacco who in the preceding calendar year, according to the returns to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, manufactured less than fifty thousand pounds of tobacco, or from any manufacturer of cigars who during the preceding calendar year manufactured less than two hundred and fifty thousand cigars, or from any manufacturer of cigarettes who during the preceding calendar year manufactured less than one million cigarettes, or from any dealer in leaf tobacco who, on the average, had less than fifty thousand pounds in stock at the ends of the four quarters of the preceding calendar Amounts to be reported.year, and every manufacturer of tobacco who, in the preceding calendar year, according to the return of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue manufactured more than fifty thousand pounds of tobacco, and every manufacturer of cigars who, during the preceding calendar year, manufactured more than two hundred and fifty thousand cigars, and every manufacturer of cigarettes who, during the preceding calendar year, manufactured more than one million cigarettes, and every dealer in or manufacturer of leaf tobacco who, on an average, during 107 the preceding calendar year, had more than fifty thousand pounds in stock:, at the ends of the four quarters of the preceding calendar year, shall, under oath, make written reports of the amounts held by them, as herein provided.
Sec. 2. That the Director of the Census shall specify the types ofTypes to be specified. tobacco to be included in the reports of the holders thereof, and he shall specify the several types separately in making his reports. In securing reports by types, the Director of the Census shall follow substantially the classification of general types as recognized and adopted by the Department of Agriculture. That the Director ofBlanks, etc. the Census shall prepare appropriate blanks upon which such reports shall be made and shall send a copy of same to any person subject to make reports under this Act, not more than fifteen nor less than ten days prior to the first days of October and April in each year, together with a written or printed demand that such person make the report required.
Sec. 3. That all persons subject to the provisions of this Act shall,Reports required. within ten days after the first day of October and first day of April in each year, make written report to the Director of the Census the number of pounds of each of the several types of leaf tobacco owned by him as of the said dates, respectively. If any such personPenalty for failure. shall fail to make said report within the time prescribed, ho shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars.
If any such person so liable to make such reports shall fail to make the same within the dates above specified, and thereafter the Director of the Census shall demand such report in writing, which demand shall be forwarded by registered mail, then if such person shall fail to make such report within twenty days after such demand so made, he shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, in the discretion of the court.
The depositing of the notice by the DirectorNotice. of Census in any post office shall be held to be prima facie evidence of the delivery of the notice to the holder of tobacco, from which date the period of twenty days shall begin to run. The president,Officers liable. general manager, or other chief officer of any corporation failing to make such reports as required by this Act shall be subject to the same penalties as are herein prescribed. Sec. 4. That any person who shall make a false report to thePunishment for false reports, etc.
Director of the Census as to the types or amounts of tobacco held or owned by him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, in the discretion of the court. The president, generalOfficers liable. manager, or other officer of any corporation making such false report shall be subject to the same penalty as prescribed in this section. Sec. 5. That the word “person” as used in this Act shall be held“Person” construed. to embrace also any partnership, corporation, or association.
Sec. 6. That the information furnished under the provisions of thisInformation not to be divulged. Act shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is supplied. No publication shall be made by the Director of the Census whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment can be identified, nor shall the Director of the Census permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Census Office to examine the individual reports. Sec. 7. Cooperation of Census and Internal Revenue officials.
That the Director of the Census shall have access to the records of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the purpose of obtaining the information herein required, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall cooperate with the Director of the Census in effectuating the purposes and provisions of this Act. 108 Sec. 8. Publication.That the Director of the Census shall make his first report under this Act as of the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twelve, and he shall publish the same and all subsequent reports at a date as early as practicable after the first day of October and the first of April in each year.
Approved, April 30, 1912.