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CODIFICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS SEC. 2033. BOND. Every person before commencing the manufacture of cigars or cigarettes, shall give bond, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, in such penal sum as the collector may require, not less than $100, and the sum of said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties required, at the discretion of the collector, or under the instructions of the Commissioner. Said bond shall be con- ditioned that he shall not engage in any attempt, by himself or by collusion with others, to defraud the Government of any tax on his manufactures; that he shall render correctly all the returns, state- ments, and inventories prescribed; that he shall stamp in accordance with law, all cigars or cigarettes manufactured by him before he offers the same or any part thereof for sale, and before he removes any part thereof from the place of manufacture; that he shall not knowingly sell, purchase, expose, or receive for sale, any cigars or cigarettes which have not been stamped as required by law; and that he shall comply with all the requirements of law relating to the manufacture of cigars or cigarettes. SEC. 2034. SIGN. Every cigar or cigarette manufacturer shall place and keep on the side or end of the building within which his business is carried on, so that it can be distinctly seen, a sign, with letters thereon not less than three inches in length, painted in oil-colors or gilded, giving his full name and business. SEC. 2035. FACTORY NUMBER. Every collector shall cause the several manufactories of cigars or cigarettes in his district to be numbered consecutively, which number shall not thereafter be changed. SEC. 2036. INVENTORY. Every person engaged in the manufacture of cigars or cigarettes shall make and deliver to the collector of the district a true inventory, in such form as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, of the quantity of leaf tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, stems, scraps, clippings, and waste and of the number of cigar and cigarette boxes and the capacity of each box, held or owned by him on the first day of January of each year, or at the time of commencing and at the time of concluding busi- ness, if before or after the 1st of January; setting forth what portion and kinds of said goods were manufactured or produced by him, and what were purchased from others and shall verify said inventory by his oath indorsed thereon. The collector shall make personal examina- tion of the stock sufficient to satisfy himself as to the correctness of the inventory; and shall verify the fact of such examination by oath to be indorsed on the inventory. SEC. 2037. BOOKS. Every person engaged in the manufacture of cigars or cigarettes shall enter daily in a book, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Commissioner, an accurate account of all the articles enumerated in section 2036 purchased by him, the quantity of leaf-tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, stems, cigar or cigarette boxes, of whatever description, manufactured, sold, consumed or removed for consumption or sale, or removed from the place of manufacture. SEC. 2038. MONTHLY ABSTRACTS. Every person engaged in the manufacture of cigars or cigarettes shall, on or before the tenth day of each and every month, furnish to the collector of the district a true and accurate abstract from the book required under section 2037 verified by his oath, of all such purchases, sales, and removals made during the month next preceding. 224