Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-05

An amendment was also sdopsed that machine
betting Of all kinds and hose Of all kinds Tor con-
veying water shall be taxed three per cent. adta
loren.
The allowances and drawback section was
amended TO read zs follows:
From and after the date upon which this act
takes effect there shall be an allowance or draw.
back on articles manufactured on which any IN
ternal duty or tax shall have been paid equal IN
amount 70 the tax paid thereon, and no more !:
the evidence that any such duty or tax has been
paid 70 be furnished 20 the satisfaction Of the
commissioner Of internal revenue by such person
or persons as shall claim the allowance or draw
back. and the amount shall be ascertalned under
such regulations as shall from time 20 time be
procured by the commissioners under the direc
ton Of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
sum shall be paid BY the warrant of the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury on the Treasury of the
United States out Of any money arising from in
ternal duty not otherwise appropriated provided
that no allowance or drawback shall be made OF
had for any amount claimed or due Of less than
twenty dollars
All the original sections having been acted
upon new one was added providing persons and
penalties fer fraudulent practices IN regard to
drawbacks.
The amendment providing for tax of two
dollars per head on slaves was rejected by n vote
OF AZ 20 e.
The bill to establish a branch mint at Denver
was passed
Mr.. Blair Of Missouri offered the following new
section to the tax bill:
That any person who shall claim the services
or labor for life OF any person held to service or
labor under the law of any State shall pay on the
service or labor of such person the sum Of two
dollars. He argued that some sections had hard
ly anything else on which a tax can be imposed.
Mr.. Wickliffe expressed his surprise that this
proposition. having some time ago been rejected
should again be offered. Kentucky will pay
several hundred thousand dollars, but If this
amendment be adopted three hundred thousand
dollars more viii be required of that State. Such
tax would be unjust aud unequitable and was
unconstitutional.
Mr. Mallory in opposing the amendment char
acterized il as burdensome. offensive AMI unjust
because it was intended to apply only to particu-
lar sections.
Mr.. Benham opposed the amendment on Con-
sttutional CIR unds, urging that taxes paid he ap-
portionei among the people according TO the
votes of Representatives, and when apportioned
collected without respect 10 particular persons but
in taxable wealth. This was just and equitable.
Mr. DIN showed that in slave States the entire
profits from agriculture were mostly invested in
negroes.
Mr.. Arnold sustained the amendment He
could not SEQ why this peculiar interest should
have advantage over the agricultural interest
OF the West
Mr.. Menzes opposed the proposition and offer
ed amendment that every person owning a
horse shall in consideration Of the service thereof
pay one dollar
Mr.. Blair raised the question that this was out
OF order.
The Chair sustained the objection, regarding
that il could be in order only a new section.
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling said if this amendment
should be defeated it would be by the union of the
extreme sentiments Of the House. 1t said
by the friends of the Institution that such tax
would be grossly unjust.
Mr. Blair, of Missouri. briefly answered the
objections to bis proposition, saying this was not
capitation tax, but merely tax on the service
of the class of persons.
After some further proceedings the question
was taken on Mr. Blair's amendment, which was
rejected-67 to CD.
The committee rose. when Mr.. Cotax, after
occupying the chair during the three weeks while
the bill was under consideration, reported the
same with amendments to the House. They were
ordered to be printed. and the further considera-
ton of them postponed till Monday.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union. Mr. Webster in the
chair.
On motion of Mr. Stevens, the bill to establish
a branch mint at Denver, in Colorado Territory.
was tBken up.
Mr.. Beaman expressed his views in favor of
establishing Territorial Governments in the so
called Confederate States.