New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-23
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
TIE BANKRUPTCY BILL.


Five thousand copies OF the Bankrupt bill
reported yesterday were ordered to be printed anC
bound in pamphlet form
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr. VOORHEES, Dem., Iud) asked that telegram
received by him Vocrhees) today be read 1t had
hearing on personal explanation. He wOuld not now
Indulge in any remarks, because the gentleman Gar
fed) who recently read letters PuPortng to have been
written BY the Hon. John q. Davis and Judge Ecklcs
not in his seat Consent having been given, the
TssRs HArrr, April 81, 1864.
The letter yarporting,o be written By me to John c. BrecI
sadse used Cen Garfield utterly fasea b..e forgery
The letter alleged 10 have been written by Mr. Davis
recommended young man formerly in the Union army
30 MI. breckenridge for position in the Rebel army.
TIE INTERVAL TAX BILL.
On motion Of Nj. MORRILL, CUn.. VT the coryider-
alton 81 the Internal Tax bin is 70 he continued through
out the morning AID evening session.
The House went into Committee oil the Whole OF
The subject.
adopted that wholesale dealers in liquors whose annual
sales do not exceed $4,000 shall pay license Of $50
and 81 every 81 900 over 10000 Every person who
shall sell or offer for sale any distilled spirits fer
mented liquors in quantities than three GALLONS
be regarded a wholesale dealer.
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Mr.. MORRILL, offered an amendment that commercial
brokers whose annual sales do not exceed $4,000 shall
pay license OF go and those exceeding $2J OOO 81 FOR
FERNANDO WOOD Dem, n. " enumerated various
classes of brokers in clothing tobacco coffee etc and
moved that all other brokers' in addition 10 the com.
Ynereal brokers, pay the same license The amend.
nent tins modified was adopted.
The bill was further modified that all steamers and
vessels upon the waters Of the United States on board
Of which passengers travellers provided with food
or lodging shall pay Sos license.
Mr.. THAYEB (Cn., Pa offered amendment re-
curing hotel aud tavern keepers 10 take a special
license at charge Of sj for selling liquors to be drank
IN the premises.
Mr. STEVENS CUn., Pa.) said that the present law
did not require the taking out Of two licenses Tavern
Keepers heavily taxed by this bill the license being
increased according 20 the yearly rental and scarcely
respectable hotel could escape with less than thousand
dollars tax.
Mr. FRANK Gun. n " said this question Of hotel
licenses had repeatedly been before this House. but II
mystifod and twisted up that there was not II
clear understanding of the subject He trusted that
this defect would now be remediod and that the amend
Inent OF the gentleman from Pennsylvania Clbayer
large Of would thus be received by the
Government. which realized about million Of dollars
from thai class Of licenses last year.
Mr. HRAYER replied to Mr. Stevens and showed that
che drinkiE houses, whore the most crime is commit
Sed. should not escape with the patry tax Of $40.
Nj. BOUTWELL, ON. haSs.) called attention 20 the
JuliDg Of the Internal Revenue Bureau, and quoted
trom the law 20 show that where persons carry diff
feIent branches IT business in tie place license
must be taken cut for each.
Mr.. STEVENS replied, saying that house did not
carry on two branches Of business by selling liquor.
This privilege was included in NE license
Mr.. ThGyor's amendment was adOptcd-yeas, n;
Nays not counted
Tho license for bowling alleys and billiard was
increased from 90 10 $40 and the same amount for each
additional table
MI 1sssoS Nnl Iowa. moved that two VI the