New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10
THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW.
Passage Of nm Important An,endatery Aes
Hts Provisions.
WAsHINGroN, Tuesday, Dec. .,

! . WASHINGTON, Tuesaay, Dec. O. le62.
The bill which passed the house to-day, amends.
tory of the act TO provide Internal Revenue sup
port the Government and pay the interest on Ito
public debt, approved July 1, 1862, authorizes me
assessors aud collectors and assistants, and deputies
to administer oaths and sfirmatons in all cases
where they are required, but no fees are 70 bs
charged or allowed therefor.
The Commits soner of Internal Revenue 10 author.
lied to furnish TO the assistant treasurers or co..
lectors Of the United States at San Francisco ard
Portland, Oregon, with adhesive stamps or STAMPED
paper, vellun or parchment, according TO the pro-
visions of the Internal Revenue Laws under such
regulations and conditions. He may, from time 10
time, prescribe, and without requiring payment in
advance therefor provided no greater commission
shall be allowed than is now provided by law.
Any stamp appropriated to denote The duty
charged on any particular instrument, and bearing
the name of such instrument on the face thereof,
which may have been used, or which shall here
alter be used for denoting any other duty OF The
same amount, shall be deemed aud taken to be good
ami valid, provided the provisions Of this section
shall moi apply to any stamp appropriated TO deroe
the duty charged proprietary articles. All insiTn-
ments, documents and papers subject to duty, used
by the officers OF the United States Government,
where tho United States would be chargeabe W tn
the duty or stamp thereon; and all instruments,
documents and papers of the Executive Department
of the several States subject to duty, where any
State would be chargeable with the duty and
stamp thereon, and also all Instruments, documents
and papers relating TO the procurement OF county
land and other bountes pensions and orders OF ray
by or for officers soldiers and seamen, or other egaJ
representatives, who have been or may be in the
service of The Uuited States are exempt fIou
duty.
The nneiy-hlth section Of the Internal Revenue
act Of July 1862, is SO amended that no ins,ra.
ment, document or paper, made, signed, or issued
prior to the lst OF March, 1863 without being duly
stamped, or having thereon an adhesive stamp to
denote the duty imposed thereon shall for tina, cause
be deemed invalid aud of no effect, provided that
section seventy-iour of the act, entitled An act ~
creasing temporarily the duties on imports and for
other purposes, approved July Ia, 1862, is hereby
repealed All goods, wares and merchandise, ari-
ccs produced or made, and finished ready for rae,
and removed for consumption prior to the let day OF
September, 1862 whether actually removed or not
from the place Of manufacture, shall be aud hereby
are exempt from duty upon proof beng MADE 70 inc
satisfaction Of the Assessor of the District who shall
hear and determine the same that they were 90
made and flushed ready for sale and removal
for consumption, and where any duties shall have
been and collected upon such goods wares,
and merchandise or articles so made and finished -
aforesaid, the same shall DO and hereby RENTED,
and. if actually collected refunded by the Comms.
sioner of Internal Revenue, under such regulations
as he may prescribe.
Hotels, inns, or taverns, and eating houses, hsv.
ing taken out the license provided therefor, shall not
be required to pay any other license for the sale u
any articles customarily furnished by hotels inns,
or taverns and eatinghouses and not prohibited BY
the laws of any State Territory where the same
NAV be located, in violation thereof