The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-03-21
Thc Na,ionni TAX Biri.


The following 10 an abstract Of the tax
billrccently reported to tho House OF
Representatives:
II provides for the appointment bv tho
Pres dent Of Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, with a salary Of $4,000 por en-
mum; his office to be in tho Treasury
Department with suitable number Of
clerks.
The country is 70 be divided % tho
President may direct, into convcniont
collection districts with an assessor and
collector appointed by the President FOR
each district, who shall have power to ap-
point such deputies ac nuy be necessary:
/ Tho bill provides for duty on spirithous
/ liquors Of 10 cents per gallon.
] Ale and porter 81 per barrel. St,m
aud leaf tobacco cents Per pound, to
add, when manufactured. o cents, on ei-
| gars, 3, 10 and 80 cents per pound, &c
cording TO value. On lard und Hnseed
oil, burning fluid, and coal oil, cent.
per gallon. Gas, per i,oC0 feet, % ccnty.
Bank note paper cents per pound
Printing alor 3 mills per pound. Soap
b mills per pound. Salt cents per 100
pounds. Sole leather cent per pound.
Upper leather ono-hnlf cent per p und.---
Flour 10 cents per barrel. All other
manufactures 3 per centum I'D valorcm.
On railroad passengers 2 mills per mile
81 travel Commutation tickets 3 per
cent. Steamboat travel mill per mile.
Omnil u's,s, ferry boats, and horse rail-
reads, per cent on gross receipts from
passengers. Advertisements per cent.
on en otnt OF rccciit' n!Lunlly. Fur tho
use ofcGrringcs, annually, from 81 to $40,
laceoriing 10 value. Gold watches ST.
Sivtr watches 90 cents. Gold plate 80
cents per cunc'. Silver plate S cents y +
ounce. Billiard tables $40. On slau,h-
tered cattle 80 cents each. Hogs 10 cents
each. Sheep B cents each. licensc,-
for b. nkcH, Sl0S; Ructionecrs, SEQ;
Wholesale dealers, 500; retail dealers,
in liquors, $40; retail dcalcra in goods,
$40; pawnbrokcrs, 500; rcctiGcrs, Sl0);
brewers, $50. Hotels, inns aud tayerh,.
graduated according 10 rental, from Sj
to $500. Eating houses, $40. Commer-
cial brokers, SO, other brokers, $40
i Theatres, $l00. Circuscs, 500. Bowl
ing alleys, 50 each alley. Wholesale
pcddlcrs, S5C; other pcdllcrs, from SO to
sac, CuHl oil distillors, $40. Income
Ia per cent on all over 5000, dcductiuQ
the income derived from dividends, etc..,,
which arc taxed separately. Railroad
bonds snd dividends of banks and savnr.i
institutions, 3 per cent. Pavmcn..-. o. -,t
, salaries OF o iiccr. - inc icivil, militury
or .."vrl service of the United States in-
, cluding Senators and Members Of Con-
gress, pei cent. Legacies and distrb-
utivo shares of personal property Of do.
ceased persons, from TO per cent, ac-
cording TO tho degree of relationship and
, stamp duties on all kinds Of legal and
comm rcial papers, all patent medicines.
telcgraphic messages, and oil goods by
express.
The tax bill comprises over I 900 pa
ges offoulscap, and contains loS sections.
II was dcliverodto the printer Immediate
ly on being presented to the House, and
: ia Lis hands, is still remains, with an III
! junction Of secresy until the committee
, have revised the IroUf sheets. II will be
printed by "Wednesday. The bill reach
es every class of property except real cs-
tate, and is so constrs sted as 70 tax prop
e'ty in transitu from one hand TO another;
for instance, all cattlo slaughtered are
taxed 80 cents per head; hogs, 10 cents;
sheep, cents. On spices tax of I cent
: per pound is levied, and on r, fined sugar
; three mills. There is general system
/ Of license, in which is included, hotels,
. inns, bar rooms, etc. These licenses arc
: graduated according to rental; ON the
, highest rent is license Of 5000, and on
the lowestS5 per year. Photographers,
ambrotypists and professions of that ma
,ure, pay ten dollars per year. On salt
there is tax Of cents per 100 pounds.
The bill is expected to yield revenue
| of Sl9o,Coo,0OO, which the committee
think will be felt less Than an indirect
/ high tariff measure.