Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-08-03
among the respective States

In order to collect this it is further pro.
vided that the President shall divide the
States and Territories into convenient dis
tricts, and shall nominate by and with the
advice of the Senate an Assessor and Col
lector for each district. If the appoint
ments or any of them are not made during
the present session of Congress, the Presi.
dent may make them during the recess, the
commissions so issued to expire at the end
of the next session. ..
The tax to be laid on all lands and lots
of ground with their improvements, dwell
ing houses, chattels and slaves. The bill
provides that any person who shall give q
fraudulent list of property under his
charge, or owned by him, shall be fined in
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars,
and pay all costs and charges Of prosecu-
ton. From the valuation of the Board of
Assessors there is to be no appeal, but they
are in any case, when it is demanded, to
give a careful hearing to the parties claim
ing reduction of valuation. ....-...
The bill is, in most respects, similar TO
the one passed in 1913, but more tersely
expressed and more carefully drawn. By
the bill of 1918, the several States were
divided into collection districts by the pro-
visions of the bill itself, but in this case
this work is left to the discretion of the
President. The utmost care is exercised
in guarding the public interest The State
Collector is required to give bonds in the
full amount Of the taxes to be collected by
him, and each Assistant Collector is obi.
ged to give bonds for the full amount rep.
resented in his several lists, giving three
receipts, one to be deposited with the Sec.
retary of the Treasury, another to be filed
with the First Comptroller, and the third
with the principal Collector. The several
Collectors are further required, at the ex-
piradon Of every month, to transmit to the
Secretary of the Treasury statement of
the collections made by them respectively
within the month, and to pay over quar-.
terly, or sooner, if required by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, the moneys by them
respectively collected. s.. ...t. I-
1t is proposed to tax all stills boilers and
other utensils employed in the distillation
of spirituous liquors Is cents on every gal.
lon of capacity, and to lay tax of five
cents per gallon on all fermented and malt.
ed liquors, and Of ten cents per gallon on
all spirituous liquors. In order to furnish
the proper data for assessing such. tax,
distillers will be obliged to keep correct
record of the amount distilled from day to
day.
1t is further proposed to lay tax upon
carriages, the amount Of tax to be propor-
toned to the value of the carriage. From
this all vehicles used exclusively for the
transportation of merchandise are to be
exempted. On all others not exceeding in
value $50, it is proposed tax of 81; ex.
ceeding $50 in value, but not over 500, a
tax of "a; above $500, but not exceeding
s4oo, a tax of SIG; above $500, but not
exceeding 5000, tax of s22; above 5000
but not exceeding $500, a tax of $50;
above $500, but not exceeding 81 900, a
tax of $40; above 81 900 in value, tax
of $50.
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