Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-26
wAsHINGToN DIkPA1CMKs.
4aE LICENSE AnENDnEsrs tend rPvAsD.

TIE LICENSE AMEEDMESrs TExD rPwARD.
All the amendments made 10 tue com.
mittee of the whole, Friday. To the prOvi.
siohs 10 the tax bill concerning licenses.
were iu the direction of increase. R.,uil
dealers in liquors, selling 10 qualities OF
three gallons or less, not to be drank on
the premises, Psy S25 instead of $50
oe'sfa' IutlIe EFFORTS were made 10 raise
the license still higher, 10 $40 or san
new paragraph from The ways adj mes
COMMITTEES cuarReS wholesale dsai.rs -
liquors, whose AunuAl sales do NOT rxrs..i
$50 900, $50 instead of The SIS license i'm
posed on DINER wholesale dealers. mt 81
more tor each additional thousand dui,.r.
OF sales. Hotel keepers musI paw, mad.
dIIlOn 10 SO Tor each 500 rsu ri S.5 tor
the privilege OF selling liquor TO be drank
on the premises. TINS last auepdment
Was carried overwhelmingly, against
| the vehement oppOsitIJn OfTUAJ. S.sVans
who has had u standing quarrel with the
Internal revenue bureau on the cOnstrue.
ton OF the old law upon this UOIuI. On
motion of Mr.. Boutwell, an Imnortsnt
amendment was adopted, rtQuirIup bro
kerS IN coin or stocks TO take Uut IN, sama
license, SIS, When doug business for
themselves a. when doug IL Iur oth.r,
OAt'Ie brokers' aud produce brokers ARE In
pay $40, where their GuuuaI sAI.s do No,
exceed $40 900, aud 81 aduillooal Tor sscb
additional thousand dollars of sales a
ueW paragraph requires Commercial bro.
kers, including ali not otherwise DruvI1sd
for 10 pay $40 where their annual s.i.s
do hot exceed $25 QUO aud 81 ADDITIONAL
for each additional thou sand uullsrs of snIpe-
Peddlers' licenses are raised IA toilows.
SaO Tor those travelling with mUre thAntwo
n0Tses; S25 for those with Two bor.es
$50 for those with Que horse and SIN ~.
loot peddleFs. The paragraphs r.Suirin,
lisenues from talloW chaudIers ANN snap,
makers aud PsrsOus doing general busi.
ness are stricken out Bowling ailrys and
billiard tables are required to Jay $40 In,
stead Of SIS, for eacn table anu s,I+v-
Builders aud Contractors are to Usy SIS
where the abuuAI sales do mot e1c.,
$40 900 and 81 additional on each .dJi.
l0uat thUusaud dollars OF sae s.
TAX on COAL, OILS, Gas, IROS, Ero.
At the evening session proposition TO
make the tax on mineral coal ten cents
Instead Of i've cents per ton was rejected.
fbe clause authorizing gas COMPANIES %
sdu toe tax ON gis SO The bill OF cUusum.
ers was stricken out after spirited de.
bate. The duty on wood screws wus
made ten cents instead of Owe cent.,-
a clause was added taxing Roll to.I
50 per troy ounce. Tue Iax on
coal Illuminating oils, refined b. mime and
oenzone, was raised from 20 cents 10 rs
cents per gallon, aud upon oil produced Ly
distillation of coal, Hsphaltum or shois
from 20 cents to 10 ceuus u gallon. On
motion Of Mr. KassC n clause ives a :ded
by u vote of b5 to ~ imposing "a duty Of
81 per barrel on crude petroleum. The
clause taxing grave Stones per cent. was
stricken out. The duly GU soda aud other
artificial beverages was reduced from 10 10
per cent. After nine o'clock u spirited
discussion sprung up on mutton 10 raise
the tax OF 81 "a tou on pig irou TO 50. winch
was adopted by vote oil ~ u 70 Tee
duty on blooms, slabs or loops made di-
rectly from ore is fixed at 81 per ton To-.
stead of 81 SO. Pending motion to raise
the tax on railroad iron from So to So,
after REJECTING a motion TO RAISE 1t to So.
the House adjourned.