Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-13
THE PROPOSED TAX BILL.


of what was proposed. The following account
of the principal assessments OF this tax bill is
more accurate -
Licenses TO bankers 500 per annum,
brokers $50 TO $50, auclioneers $50, liquor
dealers SO to $50, rectifers $50, brewers
$780, hotel Keepers So to $500, according 10
their annual rent, eating houses SO tobacco
uists $40, c0nlectiouers SO, Gil cuses $50, the.
aters 500, bowling alleys So for each alley,
aputhecaries $40, photographers SO, peddlers
So on foot $40 TO $50 with horses, horse deal
ers So soap makers $40, tallow chambers
$40, coal oil diStiliers SO, manufacturers of
all kinds $40
Manufactured articles are to pay an endless
variety of rates Candles ! to l cent per
pound, oil cents per gallon, coal oil refined
10 cents, burning fluid cents, gas for illumin-
ating Is cents per 1000 feet where manuiac
tured by companies tree for street lamps or if
made on ones own premises), ardent spirits
re-dstilled first proof % cents per gallon, wine
made OF grapes 10 cents, vinegar cents,
ground coffee or substitutes, ground pepper,
cloves and ginger, prepared cocoa or choco-
late, all l cent per pound, saleratus mills,
sugar 2 mills, sugar candy cents. starch TO
6 mills, snuff and tobacco to 3 cents, cigars
10 to 20 cents per pound, gunpowder l to
cents, white lead % cents per cwt., oxide OF
zinc so cents, sulphate Of barytes so cents,
printers and other Ink per cent, corn brooms
10 cents per dozen, wooden pals 10 cents,
straw, palmeaf, and grass hats, caps, AND bon
nets, 20 to 30 cents per dozen, hats and caps
of fur, felt, wool, and silk, % cents TO
81 80 per dozen, hoop skirts 81 to 81
per dozen, clocks 70 to so cents, Plus
5 to 10 cents per dozen papers, umbrel-
las 10 to % cents each, parasols 5 to 10 cents
each, wood screws l to J. cents per pound,
railroad iron 81 so per ton, bank ncte paper 8
cents per pound, writing paper 2 cents, print
ing paper unsized 8 mills, printing paper sized,
colored, or caendered uncoored, and hanging
paper mills pasteboard, binders board and
wrapping paper 3 mills, soap mills to cents
per poand, salt cents per cwt, pickles, can
ned fruits, meats and shell fish per cent
shoe or boot backing per cent, glue and ce-
ment per cent varnish 70 cents per gallon,
leather to cents per pound, morocco, goat
or kid skins 10 cents per dozen, sheep skins %
cents, wheat flour 10 cents per barrel unless
made al a mill for customers Tor their own
consumption, articles not otherwise specified
OF cotton, wool, silk, wOrsted, flax, hemp, jute,
india rubber, gutta percha wood, glass, pot
terry ware, leather, paper, iron, steel, lead, tin,
copper, zinc, brass, gold and silver horn, Two.
ry, bone, bristles. wholly or i'll part, or of 9th.
er materials, excepting printed publications Of
all kinds (which sre not counted as manutac.
tures) per cent, patented articles 5 per cent,
Slaughtered cattle so cents per head hogs
10 cents, sheep 6 cents; but exempt il slaugh-
tered by any person for home consumption.
Pleasure carriages kept for or hire 81 TO
$40, gold watches 81, silver watches 90 cents,
piano fortes S4, billiard tables $50 gold plate
so cents per ounce, silver plate cents per
ounce, forty ounces silver plate or spoons,
belonging TO one person to be eXempt).
Steam railroads mills per mile each pas
senger Those carried tree to be exempt COM
fipk ats NOR nd v lo SfD
boats, except ferries, mill per mile each pas
senger, horse railroads, Omnlbuses and ferry
boats per cent on gross receipts passage
tickets by any vessel from any port in the
United States TO foreign ports so cents to 81.
Advertisements or other published matter
for which pay is received by newspapers, mag
azines, reviws, etc, per cent OF gross re-
ceipts. Teegraphic dispatches cents each,
excepting those lor telegraph railroad com
panies and police or fire departments, which
are tree Express packages, boxes or bundles
OF any description, conveyed by common
carrier, TO 10 cents.
Patent medicines cents fur each box, vial
or package costing % cents at retail, cents
if costing so cents 10 cents if costing ST. and
cents Tor each 80 cents cost above 81.
Banks and savings institutions, insurance
companies, and railroad bonds bearing interest,
3 per cent on all dividends or profits.
An income duty OF per cent on all annual
gains, profits, or income exceeding 5000 of
residents of the United States, and per cent
on the whole income OF persons residing out
of the United States. Income from United
States securities pays u per cent. In estimat
ing incomes, all lawful national, state, and
local taxes are first TO be deducted, also saa
ries paid by the federal government to its Off
GERS, including congressman, interest on stocks
and bonds otherwise taxed The act of last
summer, taxing incomes exceeding $500, is
superseded.
Stamp duties on agreements or contracts {
to ten cents each, bills OF exchange to q
cents, pTomissOry notes, checks, drafts, ant
orders 2 cents, bills OF ladiug to 10 cents
bonds % to 80 cents, certificates of stock
profits, deposit etc, 2 10 % cents, charte
party for vessels So TO SO, deeds, leases
mortgages, conveyances etc, so cents to 81
entries at the custom house 80 cents to 81
manifests OF cargo Is cents to So, warehouse
receipts % cents, policies of Insurance. life
fire, and marine 80 cents to 50 so, nutarial
acts 70 cents, powers OF attorney 10 cents Il
81, probates o. wills so cents 10 $40, lega
documents, such as writs summons, subpenas
appeals, etc, 90 CENTS"
The bill is TO take effect on and after May
l, 1862 The committee do not expect that il
will be passed without considerable amend
ments. 1t is proposed for discussion and, at
ter such notifications as congress may see Fl
TO adopt will become a law. Should the bill
pass as it now stands, newspapers would &c
considerably more than their share of taxa
tion, and not few newspaper establishment
would find the tariff absolutely prohibitory
The bill levies a tax on the paper on whicl
newspapers are printed, on their telegraph
dispatches, on their advertisements, on thei
express business, and on other portions of thei
business. No other business is taxed quar-
ter as much Some strong newspaper estab
lishment may be satisfied to see the weaker
ones killed of by such taxation but this is
very selfish satisfaction. There are many
particulars in which the bill needs modifica
ton and there are some articles that might
be added To the list For instance there
should be tax on cotton
There is general objection to that nortop
Of the bill which creates special army of
officials for assessing and collecting this tax
One of the best expressions of this objection i.
the following THE bill provides for iii,
appointment Of a swarm of unnecessary Ia,
gatherers, distributed all over The land in con
venienly small districts. This work can b.
done more easily, speedily and cueaply b,
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