, 1862-04-04

fakc nsth that be has not borne arms in tho
6 TelpIlIep, nor given aic or comfort thereto.
Mr.. TRUAiBuLL of Ill moved to add that
such oath Of allegiance party TO the petition
and amendment adopted
Mr. BROWNING If Ill moved to amend
that, providing that the average price OF
slave shall be $500 instead Of $500, one-ha1f to
be retained By the Secretary Of the Treasury
to be paid to the person liberated if he emf
CRATES to another country. Rejected by yeas
liz. COLIAMER offered an amendment
that the owners Of persons held to service
shall put upon file the name and description
OF the person liberated by the bill within 90
days aiaer making claim for payment, or with
IN such time as the commissioners may limit,
under the penalty of forfeiture of the claim
and that the clerk Of the court shall issue Ger
hfcates Of n1anumiss1on to the persons liber-
Ated. Amendment adopted.
Nlr. DOOLITTLE offered IN amendment
appropristing slO0, COO to aid in the voluntary
emigration of the persons liberated by the
blI, and other persons Of color liberated in
The District OF Columbia, to say Liberia, or
Some other country: Adopted ayes 81 Noes
Chandler, Clark, Fess sender, Foster, Grimes,
The question was then taken on the passage
Of the bill, and it passed, as follows: Ycas-
"a. Nces-Dayard,D Davis, Henderson. Iathau
Doo1tue, Nesmith, Powell, Salisbury. Stark,
Wiley, Wilson Of No., Wright and Car
li1e-4. Adjourned.
EorsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tic House took up the Tax bill.
Ihc following amendments relating to
marine and inland insurance was made: When
the amount insured does not exceed S1,9oo,
the tax upon the same shall be % cents; When
more than 81, 900 md not exceeding S5,o0o, the
tax shall be 50 cents; when exceeding 5000,
one dollar. -
The following amendment vas also made
does. not exceed 5000, the tax shall be 50
cents; and when exceeding IS, 600, one dollar
In regard to the amounts, it was agreed that
with the value or consideration insured does
not exceed $10e, or the mortgage does
rot exceed the amount, there shall be no
stamp duty imposed.
The following proyiso was rejected: That
any such mortgage given to secure the pay
meDt Of purchase money for estate, shall be
exempt IRON any such charge
An amendment was adopted that the stamp
duty On any note, check, money, and other
specified protests, shall be twenty-five cents.
An amendment was offered, debated and re-
jectcd, imposing tax Of one dollar on each
passenger travelling on roads within the United
States. 4 proyiso was adopted that stamp du-
ii S on nanlfests, bills Of laling and passenger
tickets, provided for in schedule B, shall not
apply to steamships plying between ports in
the United States, but between those ports
and British North America,
In amendment was also adopted that no
wit, summons, or other process issued by
justice Of the peace in any criminal law or
or equity suit, commenced by the United
States Or :lny State, shall be subject to the pay
merit Of stamp duty.
The medicine schedule was altered so rs to
provide that medicines, cosmetics and per
tumery, By whateyer name the same has been,
or shall hereafter be called or distinguished,
shall pay when valued and sold for twenty-five
cents, Il tax Of one cent; not exceeding fifty
ccEts, two cents; not exceeding screnty~fiye,
three cents not exceeding one hundred, four
cents, and for every fifty cents, or fractional
Tart thereof, over aud above one hundred, two
cents.
Playing cards arc to be taxed twenty cents
pack.
The consideration Of the income tax, passed
over yesterday, was now resumed An
amendment was adopted including the tcle-
s::sph, gas and express companies, or corpora
tons under the income tax.
It Was also provided that the net gains on
profits AID incomes only shall be estimated,
and tlat tile duties On incomes shall be pay
able on or before the 30th Of June, 1868, and
then each year thereafter until and including
the year 1866, and 10 longer
Among other amendments made was that
turs Of all descriptions when made up, shall
Iay duty cf three per cent dd palorcnl. All
the sections were acted upon except the tTo
relating to the appropriations aud allowances
and draw backs. The committee rose and the
House adjourned