Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-03-20
The Great Tax ,OOO,-
600 TO be IsRised---Taxes On
Every tTiiug.


The GTent FAX RiIl---&IOO ,OOO.-
600 TO be IsRised---Taxes ON
Everything.
I The following is an abstract Of the tax
Jili reported to Congress.
it provides FOR the appointment by the
President Of n Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, with salary of'S5, 900 per
annum, bis Office be in the Treasury be
partmeni, With suitable number Of
clerks.
The country is to be divided, as the
President may direct, into convenient
collection distiicts, with an assessor and
collector, appointed by the President, for
each district, who shall have power to
appoint such deputies as may be neoss-
sary. -.
The bill provides for a tax on spifit-
uous lquors Of 15csIssf aaiian;- ale or or
porter 81 per barrel Stem and leaf to-
bacco &c. per pound, to add, when man.
nfacturcd, &C., and on cigars 5, 10 and
90. per pound, according to value. On
lard and linseed oil, burning fluid and
coal oil DC. per gallon; refined oil 1Oc.
per gallon; gas, per 1000 feet 25c.--
Bank-note paper DC. per pound; printing
paper 3 mills per pound. Soap 5 mills
per pound; salt 4c. per 100 pounds; sole
leather lc. per pound upper leather tc.
per pound. Flour Zoe. per barrel. All
other manufactures 3 per centum ad ua-
torem. On railroad passengers 2 mills
per mile of travel; commutation tickets
per cent. Steam boat travel / mill per
mile; omnibusses, ferry boats and horse
railroads 3 per cent. on gross receipts
from passengers Advertisements 5 per
cent. on amount Of receipts annually
For the use Of carriages annually, from
81 to $40, according to value. Gold
watches 81, silver watches soc. Gold
plate SOC. per ounce; silver plate &c. per
ounce. Billiard tables $40. On slaugh.
tered cattle 30 cents each hogs 10c. each;
sheep Sc. each Licenses-For bankers
500 anctioneers $50: wholesale deal
egs 30; rectifers 500. Hotels, inns and
taverns graduated according to rental,
from s. to 5000. Eating houses SO.
Commercial brokers $50; other brokers
$50. Theatres 500. Circuses S50.-
Bowling alleys s. each alley. Whole
sale peddlers $50; other peddlers from
So to S25. Coal oil distillers $40. In
come per cent. on all over 5000, de-
ducting the income derived from divi-
dends, ETC., which are taxed separately
Railroad bonds and dividends of banks
and savings institutions, 3 per cent
Payments Of all salaries of officers in the
civil, military or naval service of the
United States, including Senators and
members of Congress, per cent. Leg
acies and distributive shares of personal
property of deceased persons, from l to
D per cent, according to the degrees of
relationship, and stamp duties on all
kinds of legal and commercial papers, all
patent medicines, telegraphic messages,
and all goods by Express.
The tax bill comprises over one thous-
and pages Of foolscap, and contains one
hundred and eight sections. 1t was de-
livered to the printer Immediately on be-
ing presented to the House, and in his
hands it still remains with an Injunction
/ oil secresy until the committee have revised
the proof-sheets. 1t will be printed by
/ Wednesday. The bill reaches every class
of property, except real estate, and is so
constructed as to tax property in hansitu
from one hand to another: For instance,
all cattle slaughtered are taxed 80 cents
per head hogs 10 cents, and sheep 3
cents. On spices a tax Of l cent per
pound is levied and on refined sugar
three mills. There is a generel system
Of license, in which is included hotels,
inns. bar-roOms. etc, These licenses are
graduated according to rental on the
highest rent is q license of 5000, and on
the lowest So per year. Photographers,
ambrotypists and professions of that ma
ture, pay SO per year. On salt there is
tax Of t cents per hundred pounds.
The bill is expected to yield revenue
Of 500, 900, 900. which the committee
think will be felt less than an indirec
high tariff measure.