, 1864-04-28

The Rouee having resume1 Tue c6QslGefAtl0n OIL
the tar bill III. Morrill, moved TO 90 back to aee-
tiole heretofore reserved
The tax On lower grades Of brown sugar was, BY
vote Of 60 to Is fixed at two cents per pound In
stexd of cent 2ccnts is the existing tax but the
bill as reported BY the Committee Of Ways and
Means reduced it to one cent.
The tax on tho higher grades Of brown sugar is
fixed at cents, and on clarified drehned cents.
An amendment wss adopted prohibiting the re-
cording OF any instrument until duly stamped and
dEics were entered, Us 1olowe: Bills OF sale Of
VESSELS 50 instead ofa5 cents for each $500 Of con-
sidcration money certificates OF profits Is cents
for c.ch $I00; conyeynnces md mortgages Of real
cstate are 1ed ut 50 cents for each $500: policies
Of insurance 10 cents, where the premium does
exceed SO, Is cents where the premium is over
SO and under $50. and 30 cents where 1t is orer
n!ry dollars
Instead OF fixed rate Of s5 cents on passage
tickets to foreign ports, one dollar for each afty
dollars
Warehouse receipts for dour, grain, and meatB,
5 CENTS for dfty barrels OF 1ees, 10 cents for more
than fifty and less than hundred, and 10 cents
for each additional one hundred Receipts for
so]ted neate, TO cents for dfey ie1ces less one
dollar for more than fifty and less than one hum
cred, and 80 cents for each additional one hundred.
Friction matches are to pay one cent each hun
d{tG. &0d wax t&pcFb AHQ EsEhI A-Aho AVs AAAAs
Fith eulphur, two cents per hundred.
L number Of legal documents Tere added to the
liEt.
Neither Of theee duties are to take effect TN the
!st Of next July.
The duties on playing cards are fixed on scale
ranging from fre to twenty cents, instead Of from
:wo to ten ceote, provision allowing drawback.
One dollar and thirty cents On petroleum, 10 cor
rcspond with the tax Of one doltaf On the crude ar
:,cle adopted
new section repeating previous tax laws, and
another imposing per cent oil salcs Of Ice, were
added.
Th.d. Stevens, not from the committee, moved
to strike out the section reE4ving direct tax-
The motion was opposed by Ar. Morrill,, who
argued that the Law was necessary means OF get
ling hold ol tebe, real estate and was also support
ported by Mr. Wilson Of Iowa, who made strong
argument against the alleged inequality.
M..pawes OF mss. warmly maintained thst other
provisions Of the bill bore with unequal severity
upon rich States, 1uf which the direct tar Ia only
partial Offset
Tho House by an Overwhelming majority adopted
stcrens' motion as modified by Holman, 10 ~ to
eoht'nac IN fell force, Section .19 Of Act Of july,
'ses- by winch direct tax Ia Suspended till April
lst, lsc5.
Mr. binane, Of Maine, succeeded IN inserting IN
aooa'1onai section providing that tax Of two per
cent on bulls Of vessels ehould not BE- held to apply
10 veeecls exclusively propelled by sails.
- - vppoeloon generally voted In the negative,
but Haines argument That this tsr 1vona hrinr the
thtp building interest Of New Epgland into mia.
vosae!e coapetation with the Bsitiah Pror1nce.
carried the day.
Coz opened his lips for the G.st time sfnee the
bill *as taken up, to Enove thai 1t .cmafn In fu1l
force only until june, 1866. '11'