Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
The Tax Bill.

thu credit Of the Government, has been
introduced. bat they may not know its
lsaling features. We copy some Of its
most important provisions from q New
York paper.
ItProviles for the appointment by. the
President Of a commissioner of internal
revenue. with salary Of So. 600 per annum.
his Office to DO in tho Treasury Department.
with suitable number Of clerks.
The country is to DO divided, as the
President may direct. into convenient col
lection districts. with an assessor and col
lector appointed by the President for each
district. who shall have power to appoint
such deputies as may be necessary.
The bill provides for duty on spiritu-
ous liquors Of Is cents per gallon: ale and
beer. 81 per barrel: stem or leaf tobacco,
3 cents per pouna--to add. when manu-
facturedl. cents. AMI on cigars. 5. 10 and
20 cents per pound. according to value: on
lard and linssed oil. burning iluii and coal
oil, 5 cents per gallon; refined coal oil. 10
cents per gallon: gas. per 1000 feet. Is
cents; bank note paper. 5 cents per pound;
printing paper. 3 mills per pound: soap.
S mills per pound: salt. 4 cents per 100
poards: sole leather. l cent per pound: up
per leather ons half cent per peuni:' -four
10scsnts per barrel; all other manufactures.
8 per ecnsnm al valorem. on railroad pas
sengers. 2mills per mile Of travel: com
mutation tickets. per cent: steamboat
travel. Until per mile. omnibuses.i ferry
amt horse railroads. 8 per cent. on gross
receipts from passengers; advertisements.
) per cent on amount of receiPts annual
ly:sfor tho use Of carriages. annually. from
81 to $40. according to value; gold watch
es, 81; silver watches. 80 cents; gold,
plate. SO cents per ounce; silver plates cents
per ounce: billiard tables. $50: ION slaughter
Ell cattle. so cents each; hogs. 10 cents
each; sheep. 5 cents each. Lieenses--for
bankers. 500; auctioneers. $50; whole
sale dealers. $50: retail dealers in liquors.
$40; retail dealers in goods. SO; pawn
brokers. $50; rectifiers. 800: brewers.
$50: hotels. inns and tavsrns. graduated
according to rental. from IS to 5000; eat
ing houses. $40: commercial brokers.
ESQ; other brokers. $50; theaters. 800;
circuses. $50; bowling alleys. So each al
leg; wholesale pedlers. $50: other peldlers.
from So to 20; coal oil distillers, $50.
Iucoms--shree per cent on all over $500,
deducting the income derived. from divi-
dsnds. &C., which. are taxed separately;
railroad bonds an! dividends OF banks
and saving institutions. 3 per cent; pay
ments Of all salaries of officers in the civ
il. military or naval service of the United
States. including Senators and members
ofCongress. 2 per cent. legacies and dis
tributiye shares Of personal property Of
deceased persons. from l to 5 per cent. &C.
eosding to the degrees Of relationship. and
stamp duties on all kinds of legal and
commercial papers, oil patent medicines,
teleenphic messages, and AL goods BY sx-
press. tair 11af7srg4- 81 -. fft
This bill. IL is calculated. Gays the In
dianaPolis Journal. on what data we are not
informed. will produce about 500. OOO.-
900 annually, an amount sufficient, with
4ha sums realized from customs and ether
sources Of revenue. to pay our current ex-
penses, clear OF the interest on the war
debt. and establish sinking fund to d.
mi iish the principal If it does that 1t
will do all that is needed The Treasury
notes. resting upon this solid foundation
Of taxes. viii need no legal tender proyis-
100 TO pass IS gold. and United States
stocks Will command premium at once.
Tho taxes levied by this bill are not such
~ win be severely felt. as general thing
Thsy will operate in the main as customs
do. toincresse thsprices Of articles taxed.
but Will not. like ordinary State OF county
taxes. take out of mans pocket the whole
annual amount at cue grab in cash. They
will go ont like mans cigar or shaving
expenses. in little sums that will hardly
be noticed At the moment. and the full
value Of which. and of the addition they
mako 70 the revenue. can only be appreci-
sted by lunping them together at the end
of the year. except of course. the tax on
incomes. and the licenses. which will be in
al cases. as Traddels says. s'pull."
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The tax on liquors is benefit in any
view. of its operation II is said that
600. 900. 900 Of gallons Of liquors are made
IN this country annually. We don't be-
liers the q santity exceeds half Of this gi-
ga,tic- estimate. bat allowing it to be cor
rect. We shall get from the liquor tax a
rsvsnas Of $50. coo. 900. or say $4,000
600. allowing for heavy Delinquency
This. sf course. is most exaggerated esti-
mate. but We should think that liquors Of
al kinds. .distiiied snd malt. would pro-
dqee fully half and probably more than
hall, Of the entire rsvsnus. IF the whole
Of 4 eould be fastened on this. and similar
ussischievous means Of indulgence to the sa-
wing 81 necessariss. It would &c stiIl better.
but that is out Of the question
Ths bill will probably undergo some
iut6f1St nod ktations. before il is passed .
. > : pultitnis Of details. making up an
e4pEimsat MEYER befere tried. there must
be<nnny shings that fuller infornation or
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