Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-27

IL Orcer 10 collect this Il Is further prOFid-
ed that the President shall divide the States
and Territories into convenient districts, and
shall nominate by and with the adVice Of the
Senate an assessor and collector for each
district. Ifthe appointments or any OF them
are not made during the present session Of
Congress the President may make them dur
! ing the recess, the commissions 80 Issued to
expire at the end OF the next session.
The collectors are TO execute q bond for
such amount IS the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall direct with sureties TO be approved as
sufficient By the Solicitor Of the treasurer
fhe principal assessor OF each district Is 70
/ appoint assistants, and all are 90 be governed
/ by regulations 10 be prescribed by the Seere
tary of the Treasury il carrying out the
| provisions of the bill = 'E .-l1I-
The tax is to be laid upon all lands ana
lots Of ground, with their Improvements,
dwelling houses, chattels and slaves The
bill provides that any person who shall give
a fraudulent list OF property under bis
charge, or owned by him, shall be fined in
4 sum not exceeding Eve hundred dollars,
and pay all costs and charges Of prosecution.
From the valuation of the Board of Assess
ors there is to be no appeal, but they are in
any case when 1t is demanded 70 give a
careful hearing to the parties claiming re-
doction of valuation. .....
This bill is, in most respects, similar TO
the one passed in 1919, but more tersely ex-
4 pressed, and more carefully drawn. By the
| bill of 1913, the several States were divided
into collection districts by the provisions OF
/ lhe bill itself, but in this case the work is
left to the discretion Of the President. The
utmost care is exercised in guarding the pub
lie interest The State Collector is required
to give bonds in the full amount of the taxes
70 be collected by him, and each Assistant
4 Collector is required to give bonds for the
/ full amount represented in his several lists
1 giving three receipts, Que TO be deposited
| with The Secreim of tbe Treasury, another
to be filed with the First Controller, and the
third with the principal collector. The sew
eral collectors are farther required, at the
expiration of every month, 10 transmit to. The
/ Secretary of the Treasury, a statement Of
the collections made by them respectively
within the month, and 70 pay over quarterly,
or sooner, if required by the Secretary Of the
! Treasury, the money BY them respectively
collected.
other spirituons liquors u Il ee;iplss -ils-3-sAA
| Ion OF Cnldllllf AsA0
neT GALLON on ali spirituous liquors. In or
der to furnish the proper data for assessin g
such tax, distiIlers will be Oblige1 to Keep
II current record of the amount distilled nom
td:y to day.
4 Il a farther proposed 70 lay tax upo1
carriages the amount Of tax to be proper
! TONED 10 the value Of the carriage. kron
this. al vehicles used exclusively ioF ~
/. TRANSPORTATION Of merchandise are 70 be ex
empted. On Ell Others not exceeding u
.. valne $50, it is proposed to lay tax Q. y
/ exceedinq $50 in value. but not over slog,i
{ ta1 of 81 above s2oo, bnt not sxceealn
, $500 tsx of SIC shove $500 b1l not e
g ceeding $500, a tax Of s22 above $500, OI
s not exceeding $500, a tax Of ssoi aoov
/ $500, but net exceeding $1,000, taI
e $40: above 81, ,OO0, in value, a taXlof sou.
I This bill viii be submitted at the Garlic
/ possible day. Though in some unimportal
L features It may differ from the sy nopsls g.
v en-. IL will in the main correspond with q
4 indications here given.-R. 7. Tribune.