Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-08-03
THE TAX BILL.
STATEMENT OF ALL
THE IMPOSTS IN THE NEW
REVENUE BILL


The tar on ArticLee Of Lurlry and Necessity
Large Advance on 1obacco-Net0 rates
on Incomes, Manufactures, Trades, PTefes-
sions, and Amusements-1Rs TazOn Drugs
Lisuors, Je.Oels, Clothing, Groceries, Con.
.fect0nqry, Stationery, Pottery, Paints,
Fi1rs, Hats, Ships, and all Articles thai
can Be bought, Sold, or Given asOay.
AvALuABLE TABLE FOR REFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, June &c, 1864.
The following is the Tax Bill as report
ed by the Committee of Conference. Ii
has Just been completed, passed by both
Houses and only awaits the signature of
The President to become law:
80 TABLE 1. --
Auction sales-in gross amount-f of
l per cent.
Bankers-using capital not exceeding
$50, 900, for each license-Sl00.
Bankers when using capital exceedin 6
$50, 900, for each additional 81, 900 in ex.
cess of $4,000, 81.
Barytes-sulphste of, per 100 lbs, u
cents.
Beer-lager-beer. ale, porter, and SINH.
lar fermented liquors, per barrel, if not
more than 81 gallons, 81.
Benzine-re6ned, produced by the dis
tillation of coal, asphaltum, peat, shale,
petroleum or rock oil, per gallon 20
cents.
Benzole-refned, produced by distilla'
ton of coal. asphaltum, peat, shaIe, pc.
troleum, or rock oil, per gallon 20 cents.
Bicarbonate of sodas, per pound. FIVE
mills.
Bill heads and printing cards, per
cent.
Boots and shoes, S per cent.
Brass, per cent. 80.
Brass rolled, per cent.
Bricks, per cent.
Candles, per cent.
Candy, sugar valued at not over 20 cts
per pound, 2 cents.
Candy, exceeding 20 and not exceed
ing 40 cents per pound, AGENTS,
Candy, exceeding 40 cents per pound
or sold otherwise than by the poundf II
per cent.
Caps, S per cent.
Cassia, ground, and oil limitations, pei
pound, cent.
Cement, Roman or water 3 per cent.
Chemical productions, alluncompound
ed, not otherwise provided for, 5 pei
cent.
Chocolate. prepared, per pound, II cts
Cigarettes made of tobacco, enclosed
in q paper wrapper valued at not ovel
seven dollars per hundred packages, eacl
containing more than twenty-five cigar
esLes, one dollar per hundred packages.
Cigarettes made wholly of tobacco, anC
also on cigars known as cheroots, or shor
sizes, valued in each case at not over 81,
dollars per thousand, three dollars pc
thousand.
Cigars valued at over six dollar
and not over fifteen dollars per thousand
eight dollars per thousand.
Cigars valued at over thirty dollars pc
thousand, and not over forty-ive dollars
twenty-five dollars per thousand.
Cigars at over forty-ive dollars pc
thousand, forty dollars per thousand
and the valuation of the cigars hereil
mentioned shall in all cases be the valu
of the cigars exclusive of the tax.
Clocks and timepieces, and clocl
movements, when sold without bein
cased, per cent.
Cloths, and all textile of knitted an,
felted fabrics of cotton, wool or other ms
terial, before the same has been dyed
printed or bleached, and all cloth pain
ed, enameled, shirred, tarred, varnishe
or oiled, 2 per cent.
Clothing made to order, in excess owe
six hundred dollars, three per cent.
Clothing, ready made, five per cent.
Cloves, ground and all limitations, pc
pound, one cent.
Glove stems, ground and all limitations
per pound, one cent.
Coal, minerals, except pea coal an
dust coal, per ton, cents.
Coal tar, produced in the manufactur
of illuminating gas, and the products {
the redistillation of the coal tar thus pr
duced, exempt. Il lrae1 7zs.E $500
Cocoa, prepared per pound, II cents
Coffee, ground, and all grouud SUI