Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-23
XXXIXth Congress
WASHINGTON, May %.


HOUSE.
Mr. McCLURG, of Missouri, intro
duced bill to amend the civil appropria-
ton bill for 1859, giving the Secretary of the
Treasury the power to appoint Collectors in
certain cases. The bill was passed.
The bill to appoint an Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, to act during the absence Of
Mr.. Fox, was passed.
The bankrupt bill was then taken up and
after considerable discussion and fruitless
effort TO postpone, the bill was passed. Yeas
6S; nays 5S.
Mr.. ELLIOTT, from the Select Committee
on Freedmen, reported back the bill to con-
tinue in force for three years or to amend
the act establishing the Freedmen's Bureau.
While the bill was being read the morning
hour expired, and the bill went over till
to morrow.
Mr.. briggs introduced a bill to punish
attorneys and others tor Withholding mon-
les collected for officers, soldiers and sailors,
which was read twice aud referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. DAWES in the Chair, and re-
sumed the consideration Of the tax bill,
commencing at the paragraph imposing a
tax of two cents pound on cotton upon
which no tax had been levied, and the
Paragraph imposing tax Of five per cent,
on all manufactures not otherwise provided,
was on motion of Mr.. Spaulding amended
by adding the following Provided further,
that brown earthcn and common grey
stone shall be subject to 4 tax OF
q per cent. ad valOrem and no more.
The paragraph in reference to workers
| in gold and silver, on motion of Mr.. KEEL
LY, was amended by adding proviso that
the stamping provision should not apply to
the re-working Of old gold or silver in lump,
bar or ingot.
The paragraphs relating to tobacco were
amended by adding as a new paragraph on
smoking tobacco, sweetened, stemmed or
butted a tax of 10 cents per pound, and by
adding to the words con smoking tobacco
| of all kinds" the words "not sweetened,
nor stemmed, nor butted." The tax on
| this is 20 cents per pound.
On motion of Mr.. SCHENCB the latter
paragraph was amended by reducing the
tax from 90 to 10 cents per pound, SO that
/ is now reads "on smoking tobacco Of all
| kinds not sweetened, stemmed or butted,
including that made of stems or in part Of
! stems or limitations, tax OF 10 cents per
pound
Mr.. MYERS moved to amend by impos-
| ing in lieu Of the duties on manufactured
tobacco and cigars, a tax Of 20 cents per
pound on tobacco in the leaf Rejected.
Mr.. SCHENCK moved as a substitute for
the paragraph relating TO cigarettes, OF
| small cigars, the amendment modified and
| printed in the House proceedings of the
| 10th of May; the paragraph relative tc
| gold and silver, to be amended by adding
| the prOviso that the stamping provision
| shall not apply 10 the re-working of old
| gold or silver; the paragraphs about to-
| bacco, to be amended by adding the new
paragraphs; in smoking sweetened and
| butted tobacco, q tax of 40 cents per pound
and by adding to the words "on smoking
tobacco of all kinds the words "nOi
sweetened, nor stemmed, nor butted-" Ht
said the tax on this is 90 cents, but by
the amendment would be reduced to II
cents.
The amendment offered on the 10th o
| Nav was moved as q substitute for the par
agraph relative TO cigarettes.
| Considerable debate ensued, when th'
! following amendment to this amendment
was accepted
On all other cigars 81 per thousand, ant
40 per cent. ad valorem, exclusive Of tax
provided that, in assessing said ad valorem
the duty of the first ten dollars valuation
| shall not be assessed without the coming
vote.
The House took recess until evening.
At the evening session the tax bill wa
discussed.
The cigar and tobacco paragraph wa
taken up and discussed by Messrs- HUB
BARD. DEMING, HOOPER, MORRILL,
lGRISWOLD, WASHBURN, Of Massachu
sets, and PAINE. A vote was taken OF
the clause amended so that on eigarett, ,smal
cigars, cheroots, short skies, not valued a
over eight dollars per thousand, a tax Q
four dollars: and those not valued at owe
twelve dollars per thousand, tax Of fort!
per cent advalorem additional.
Mr.. MORRILL, viii offer an amendmen
imposing the same duties on all importe
and domestic cigars
The paragraph relating to brokers, banks
and bankers had several verbal and imms
terial amendments in it.
Mr.. COOKE moved to add 10 it the follow
ing proviso. Provided that in the estimated
sales of goods, wares or merchandise 70
the purposes Of this section any sale mad
by or through another broker upon whicl
a tax has been paid, shall not be estimate
and included as sold by the broker for whor
the sale was made. After some discussle
the amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. GRISW0LD, moved to amend tn
paragraph relating to carriages, &c, b
striking out gold watches, and gold an
silver plate. Rejected.