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law regulating or supervising such institutions, nor upon redelivery or retransfer by any such transferee or successor thereto.

(5) From a bankrupt or person in receivership due to insolvency to the trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, from such receiver to such trustee, or from such trustee to such receiver, nor upon redelivery or retransfer by any such transferee or successor thereto.

(6) From a transferee under paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, to his successor acting in the same capacity, or from one such successor to another.

(7) From a foreign country or national thereof to the United States or any agency thereof, or to the government of any foreign country, directed pursuant to the authority vested in the President by section 5 (b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (40) Stat. 415), as amended by the First War Powers Act (55 Stat. 838) [50 U. S. C. App. 5.]

(8) From trustees to surviving, substituted, succeeding, or additional trustees of the same trust.

(9) Upon the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entireties, to the survivor or survivors.

No exemption shall be granted under this section unless the delivery or transfer is accompanied by a certificate setting forth such facts as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may by regulation prescribe.

[For exemptions from the tax imposed by section 3481, see section 1808 (e) and (f).

For inapplicability of section 3481 to the transfer of securities of carriers under section 20b of the Interstate Commerce Act, see paragraph (12) of that section (62 Stat. 167; 80th Cong., Pub. Law 478).]

SEC. 3482. CONVEYANCES.

Deed, instrument, or writing (unless deposited in escrow before April 1, 1932), whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction, when the consideration or value of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale, exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 55 cents; and for each additional $500 or fractional part thereof, 55 cents. This section shall not apply to any instrument or writing given to secure a debt.

[For exemptions from the tax imposed by section 3482, see section 1808 (e) and (f).

For inapplicability of section 3482 to the making or delivery of conveyances under section 20b of the Interstate Commerce Act, see paragraph (12) of that section (62 Stat. 167; 80th Cong., Pub. Law 478).]

SEC. 3483. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

Sections 1808 and 1809 of subchapter A of chapter 11 and subchapters B, C, and E of such chapter shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter, be applicable in respect of the taxes imposed by this chapter.

SEC. 3490. TAX.

CHAPTER 32-SUGAR

SUBCHAPTER A-MANUFACTURE

(a) RATE. Upon manufactured sugar manufactured in the United States, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a tax, to be paid by the manufacturer at the following rates:

(1) On all manufactured sugar testing by the polariscope 92 sugar degrees, 0.465 cent per pound, and, for each additional sugar degree shown by the polariscopic test, 0.00875 cent per pound additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion;

(2) On all manufactured sugar testing by the polariscope less than 92 sugar degrees, 0.5144 cent per pound of the total sugars therein.

(b) EXEMPTION.-No tax shall be required to be paid upon the manufacture of manufactured sugar by or for the producer of the sugar beets or sugarcane from which such manufactured sugar was derived, for consumption by the producer's own family, employees, or household.

SEC. 3491. RETURNS AND PAYMENT OF TAX.

(a) RETURNS.-The manufacturer shall file on the last day of each month a return and pay the tax with respect to manufactured sugar (1) which has been sold, or used in the production of other articles, by the manufacturer during the preceding month (if the tax has not already been paid) and (2) which has not been so sold or used within 12 months ending during the preceding calendar month, after it was manufactured (if the tax has not already been paid).

For the purpose of determining whether sugar has been sold or used within 12 months after it was manufactured, sugar shall be considered to have been sold or used in the order in which it was manufactured.

(b) PAYMENT OF TAX.-Except as otherwise provided, the taxes imposed by this chapter shall be collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the direction of the Secretary. Such taxes shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.

(c) PLACE FOR FILING RETURN AND PAYMENT OF TAX.-Any person required, pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 3492, to file a return may be required to file such return with and pay the tax shown to be due thereon to the collector for the district in which the manufacturing was done or the liability incurred.

SEC. 3492. PERSONS CLASSED AS MANUFACTURERS.

Any person who acquires any sugar which is to be manufactured into manufactured sugar but who, without further refining or otherwise improving it in quality, sells such sugar as manufactured sugar or uses such sugar as manufactured sugar in the production of other

articles for sale shall be considered for the purposes of sections 3490 and 3491 the manufacturer of manufactured sugar and, as such, liable for the tax under section 3490 with respect thereto.

SEC. 3493. EXPORTATION.

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(a) REFUND OF TAX PAID.-Upon the exportation from the United States to a foreign country, or the shipment from the United States to any possession of the United States except Puerto Rico, of any manufactured sugar, or any article manufactured wholly or partly from manufactured sugar, with respect to which tax under the provisions of section 3490 has been paid, the amount of such tax shall be paid by the Commissioner to the consignor named in the bill of lading under which the article was exported or shipped to a possession, or to the shipper, or to the manufacturer of the manufactured sugar or of the articles exported, if the consignor waives any claim thereto in favor of such shipper or manufacturer: Provided, That no such payment shall be allowed with respect to any manufactured sugar, or article, upon which, through substitution or otherwise, a drawback of any tax paid under section 3500 has been or is to be claimed under any provisions of law made applicable by section 3501. (b) PERIOD FOR FILING REFUND CLAIM.-No payment shall be allowed under this section unless within two years after the right to such payment has accrued a claim therefor is filed by the person entitled thereto.

[For postponements by reason of war, see section 3804.]

SEC. 3494. USE AS LIVESTOCK FEED OR FOR DISTILLATION OF

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(a) REFUND OF TAX PAID.-Upon the use of any manufactured sugar, or article manufactured therefrom, as livestock feed, or in the production of livestock feed, or for the distillation of alcohol, there shall be paid by the Commissioner to the person so using such manufactured sugar, or article manufactured therefrom, the amount of any tax paid under section 3490 with respect thereto.

(b) PERIOD FOR FILING REFUND CLAIM.-No payment shall be allowed under this section unless within one year after the right to such payment has accrued a claim therefor is filed by the person entitled thereto.

[For postponements by reason of war, see section 3804.]

SEC. 3495. ADDITION TO TAX IN CASE OF NONPAYMENT.

If the tax is not paid when due there shall be added as part of the tax interest at 6 per centum per annum from the date the tax became due until the date of payment.

[For postponements by reason of war, see section 3804.]

SEC. 3496. OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE.

All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to the taxes imposed under subchapter A of chapter 29, shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, be applicable in respect to the tax imposed by section 3490.

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SEC. 3497. REGULATIONS.

The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out all provisions of this chapter, except subchapter B.

SUBCHAPTER B-IMPORTATION

SEC. 3500. RATE OF TAX.

In addition to any other tax or duty imposed by law, there shall be imposed, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Customs shall prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary, a tax upon articles imported or brought into the United States as follows:

(1) On all manufactured sugar testing by the polariscope 92 sugar degrees, 0.465 cent per pound, and, for each additional sugar degree shown by the polariscopic test, 0.00875 cent per pound additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion;

(2) On all manufactured sugar testing by the polariscope less than 92 sugar degrees, 0.5144 cent per pound of the total sugars therein;

(3) On all articles composed in chief value of manufactured sugar, 0.5144 cent per pound of the total sugars therein.

[For exemption of articles imported for use of members of armed forces of United Nations, or for prisoners of war or civilian internees or detainees, see the joint resolution of June 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 461-462; 50 U. S. C. App. 791-795).]

SEC. 3501. ASSESSMENT AND PAYMENT.

Such tax shall be levied, assessed, collected, and paid in the same manner as a duty imposed by the Tariff Act of 1930, 46 Stat. 590, 672 (U. S. C. Title 19, c. 4) and shall be treated for the purposes of all provisions of law relating to the customs revenue as a duty imposed by such act, except that for the purposes of sections 336 and 350 of such act (the so-called flexible-tariff and trade-agreements provisions) [46 Stat. 701; 48 Stat. 943; 19 U. S. C. 1336, 1351] such tax shall not be considered a duty or import restriction, and except that no preference with respect to such tax shall be accorded any articles imported or brought into the United States.

SUBCHAPTER C-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 3506. PENALTY FOR OFFICIALS INVESTING OR SPECULATING IN SUGAR.

No person shall, while acting in any official capacity in the administration of this chapter, invest or speculate in sugar or liquid sugar, contracts relating thereto, or the stock or membership interests of any association or corporation engaged in the production or manufacturing of sugar or liquid sugar. Any person violating this section shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

SEC. 3507. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this chapter

(a) PERSON. The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.

(b) MANUFACTURED SUGAR.-The term "manufactured sugar" means any sugar derived from sugar beets or sugarcane, which is not to be, and which shall not be, further refined or otherwise improved in quality; except sugar in liquid form which contains nonsugar solids (excluding any foreign substance that may have been added or developed in the product) equal to more than 6 per centum of the total soluble solids, and except also sirup of cane juice produced from sugarcane grown in continental United States.

The grades or types of sugar within the meaning of this definition shall include, but shall not be limited to, granulated sugar, lump sugar, cube sugar, powdered sugar, sugar in the form of blocks, cones, or molded shapes, confectioners' sugar, washed sugar, centrifugal sugar, clarified sugar, turbinado sugar, plantation white sugar, muscovado sugar, refiners' soft sugar, invert sugar mush, raw sugar, sirups, molasses, and sugar mixtures.

(c) TOTAL SUGARS.-The term "total sugars" means the total amount of the sucrose (Clerget) and of the reducing or invert sugars. The total sugars contained in any grade or type of manufactured sugar shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed in paragraphs 758, 759, 762, and 763 of the United States Customs Regulations (1931 edition).

(d) UNITED STATES.-The term "United States" shall be deemed to include the States, the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

SEC. 3508. TERMINATION OF TAXES.

No tax shall be imposed under this chapter on the manufacture, use, or importation of sugar or articles composed in chief value of sugar after June 30, 1953. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3490 or 3500, no tax shall be imposed under this chapter with respect to unsold sugar held by a manufacturer on June 30, 1953, or with respect to sugar or articles composed in chief value of sugar held in customs custody or control on such date.

With respect to any sugar or articles composed in chief value of sugar upon which tax imposed under section 3500 has been paid and which, on June 30, 1953, are held by the importer and intended for sale or other disposition, there shall be refunded (without interest) to such importer, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Customs with the approval of the Secretary, an amount equal to the tax paid with respect to such sugar or articles composed in chief value of sugar.

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