Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-15
THE REVENUE.

whole on the remaining proposition OF the
committee of Ways and Means.
The prep stion respecting the duty on
tistillaiion Ito repeal the duty on The guam
,ity of spirits disabled. and to adi 100 per
cent. to the present tax on the capacity Of
tn stiil) first came up.
Mr.. Thrcop moved TO amend the pro-
position by striking oat 100 and inserting
so in Gu thereof, so as to reduce the adj
ditional capacity tax from 100 to so per
cent. on the existing duty.
This motion was decided without debate
by the following vote:
For the amendment ~
Against it 20
S0 the amendment WAS agreed to.
Mr.. & scarborough then moved further
to amend the res I've so as to exempt from
this addition to the capacity-tax on stills,
such stills as shall be wholly employed in
the dis illation of spirits derived from fruit
and roots.
This motion was opposed by Mr..
Lowndes and Mr.. Ross (by the latter on
the ground of the iropossibiiity Of gasrdig
the duly, thus modified, from evasion and
was negatived, by Yeas and Nays, i07 to
So.
This debate lasted some time and, when
it TERMINATED
the main question on the proposition Of
the financial committee.
Saturday. Fec. 10.
On motion IF Mr.. Mike,
ReSoiUed, That the President of the u.
States be requested to have laid before this
House, such of the accounts Of James Tho
mas, late deputy quarter master general
of the United Suites, as related to purCha-
SEES mad, or expenses incurred, under l.
NY order of General Smythe, in the years
1912 and '13, together with all the evil
dence relating to such accounts, and the
manner in which the said accounts were
settled, and the principles established in
the settlement thereof.
The Speaker laid before the house Il
report from the S cretary of War, Oh the
| memorial of William latham, which was
| referred to the committee on Military AT
fairs.
On motion of Mr.. Root,
| Kesokved, That The committee OH the
| copper coin be instructed to enquire into
the expediency Of increasing the alloy, or
reducing the weight of the small silver coin
| Of the u. States.
THE REVENUE.
The house then resumed the considera-
! ton of the report of the committee OF WAYS
and Means, being the seventh resolution
! thereof, as amen1ed by the committee
of the whole house as follows:
| ReSolved, That it is expedient to repeal
the acI to provide additional rev, nues for
defraying The expenCes of the government
and maintaining the public credit, by laying
duties on spirits distilled within the United
ties and the territories thereof, and by
amending the act laying duties on licenses
to disullers Of sD rituous liquors, passed or
the 21st CT December, 1914, excepting on
" the 16tl, 18th, 10Th and oath section.
thereof, from and after the first day of r.
pril next, and from the same day to ado
50per cent. to the amount of the dut,
viii Il all stills now subject to duty arc liza.
be to pay and that the act Imposing du
ties on cences granted for periods o.
time less than year, shall be paid for il
proportion to the time for which they are
granted
On the adoption of this resolution The
question was decided in the affirmative
by yeas and nays, without further debate
as follows
For the resolution 105
Against it 81
The House then proceeded to the con
sderation ofthe ninth resolution repor,ec
by the committee of Ways and Means, q:
follows
| Resolved, That it is cxpedient to rcpea,
the act entitled " an act to provide add.
tionaI revenues for dcfraying the expense.
OF government and maintaining the public
credit, by laying duties on household fur
niture and gold and silver Watches" pass
ed on the 18th of January, 1915.
Mr. Jackson, of Va. moved to amend
the resolution SO as to make It read as fol-
lows Resolved, That it is exped chi
to continue the act laying duties OF
household furniture and gold and silver
watches and SO to amend the said act
Gas to insare the faithful execution there
of, and to guard against its violation, by
specifying the articles liable to taxation
tx the amount to be levied on each article
by requiring a valuation 10 be made
by The owner or both.'
To support his proposition Mr.. Jackson
entered INTO concise but pretty general
examination Of the subject, and enforced
the propTiety OF retaining the tax by argu-
ments to shew thatits aledged unprod1c-
tiveness had arisen from evasious of the
law, which might easily be prevented in
future. He was in favor of the contjnu-
ance OF the duty, because it was tax up
on luxury, was Of easy collection and equi-
table and the revenue arising from this
source, he was convinced, would be so am
pie as % authorize the repeal of another
tax much more obi ctionabie, &c.
Mr.. Lunpkin foIlowcdin support of the
motion, and, IN concise speech, urg d
the equity and proprety Of Continuing the
tax.
Mr.. Lowndes opposed the motion, and
| AGAIN Ma upT the tr1,fcf,