Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-08-15
An Act 10 Provide Increased
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An Act TO Provide Increased
Revenue.
Congress has passed an act to increase
the revenue from imports, and to pay the
interests on the public debt, and for 9TH
or purposes.
Among its provisions are rates of duty
as folows
On raw sugars, 2 cents per pound; on
unrciiued sugars, p cents: refined sugars,
4 cents; cloved and tinctured sugars, g.
cents; molasscs cents per gallon teas
15 cents almonds, 4 cents shelled al
monds, 6 cents; crude lime stone, S3 per
ton, rolled limestone, So; coffee, 4 cents
per pound, cocoa, 2 cents; cocoa berries
and she Is 2 cents; chocolate, o cents;
cas- sia, 10 cents cassia buds, 10 cents;
cinnamon, 20 cents; cloves 8 cents; cay
enne pepper cents; cayenne pepper,
ground, s cents; currants, 5 cents; tartarc
acid and Rochelle salts, 10 cents; dates,
2 cents; eggs cents;ginger root, 3 cents
ginger ground, 5 cents; mace and nut
megs, 25 cents; nuts cents: pepper, 6
cents primcnto,6 cents; plumbs, prunes,
and raisans, 6 cents; Russia hemp, $40
per ton; Manila and other hemps, $50;
lead, in pig, 81, so per cwt.; lead in sheets
1926 per cwt.; white and read lead, S2,-
25 per cwt.; salt, in sacks, Is cents per
cwt salt, in bulk, II cents; soda ash, !
cent per pound; bicarbonatc of soda, l
cent; sal soda, J cent; caustic soda, cent;
refined saltpetre, 2 cents turpentine 10
q cent cents per gallon; oil OF cloves, 70
cents pr pound; brandy, is per gal
a Ion; spirits of grain, 90 cents per gallon
T. gum copal and similar gums 10 cts. pei
pound; chloride of lime, 80 cts. per cwt.
crude saltpetre, 2 cent.
The following articles are alse rated a
so much per centum, al valorem.
Arrow root, 20 per cent; preserved
4. ginger, 80 per cwt.; lines, bananas, ant
4 other trophical fruits, 20 per cent; rags
10 per cent; feathers, 30 per cent; hides
10 per cent; sole leather, 80 per cent
India raw, 20; India rubber, manufactur
ed, 80 per cent; vegetables and unmanu
factured ivory, 10 per cent; all wines, 81
per cent; gum silk and partly manufac
tured silk, 80 per cent; silk and partly
velvet silks, So per yard, or 30 per cent
silk ribons, &C., 40 per cent all i'm
portations beyond the Cape of Goot
Hope 10 per cent.
is All gools in store, or in bonded ware
house, will be subject to these duties l
" not withdrawn in three years, to be takel
by the government and sold. a
DIRECT TAX.
The bill also apportions direct tax o
$40, ,000,0 among the State. Th
amount apportoned to Ohio is about 50,
ic 100000. The levy is made on real es
tate almost exclusively, so that farmer
will have most Of the tax to pay.
The President will divide the countr,
into collection districts and appoint col
ectors, and after the second Tuesday il
IN February, the Secretary of the Treasur,
shall establish regulations to govern tn
assessment and collections. Attempt
to evadc the act or commit fraud will b.
r. punished The salary Of the assessor
re ranges from 2 to So perday. In the even
&c of refusal to pay the taxes, the collector
Y shall collect it by distraint and sale o
h the goods, chattles, or effects of the per
;, sons delinquent as aforesaid at public
# auction. The distraint does not include
tools or implements OF a trade or profcs
,r sion, beasts of the plough necessary for thu
cultivation ofimpi owed land, arms, house
IL hold furniture, and necessary apparel.
l. Any collector guilty of oppression, il
co Justice, or extortion, shall be liable to
ul fine of $4,000. Any person guilty o
perjury shall be liable to fine of $500
e. All incomes over 5000 per annum ar
i. j. to be taxed 3 per cent on the surplus owe
$500; when such income is derived fron
ry interest on treasury notes, the tax shal
be II per cent. This tax goes into eilec
y on January 1st 1862. All taxes no
e. paid June 30, 1862, shall draw interes
n, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum.-
al Neglect or refusal to pay this tax render
in the offender liable to Imprisonment unit
en- the tax is paid, Should any of the peo
@. pie be in actual rebellion at the time thi
al act goes into effect, the President shal
cause its provisions to be executed withi
such limits whenever the government au
-- thority is reestablished. All taxes thu
;" collected shall bear interest.
The act authorizes tho appointment G
commissioner of taxes in connection
b. with the Treasury Department, who shal
~ ~, be appointed by tho President on tn
g. nomination of the Secretary, and receiv
salary of $4,000 per annum, and shaI
H. have number of clerks, whose aggre
u, gate salaries do not excede $4,000.
of After tho bill went to the Senate
e, was slightly amended from the above
d; but not any important particular.
ls swear Him.
he Salmon =. Chase, Secrctaiy of tn
'g Treasury, ought to &c required to TAX