The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-25
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
CONGREGATIONAL Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Jane %.

| SENATE-Mr Ramsey lntTOuuCtu d Dii
IN secure the speedy completion ofltb'
Northern Pacific Railroad, which wa
referred .s IFU.t.L
The Joint resolution authorizing tn,
hiring of buildings for temporary. &C
commodatien of the Department o
State was passed; also, joint resolution
to provide for the publication of al
official history of the rebellion.
Mr.. Stewart called up a bill to establish
q land Office and appoint Register il
the territory of Idaho, which waspassed
Mr.. Sprague called up Joint resolu
tion to reimburse Massachusetts, for ex
penses incurred in harbor defenses.
Pending discussion OH the above, the
tax bill was taken up and its reading
wascommenced from whereit Terminated
yesterday D.. y - 3
Mr.. Cowan; from the Committee OIL
Patents, reported the House bill re
qniring parties appealing from the pri
mary examiners in patent cases to pay
a fee of ten dollars, which was passed
Mr.. Wilson called up the joint resOlu
ton to provide for the publication of al
official report of the rebellion. 1t repeals
q resolution passed during the last ses
sion of Congress on the subject and au
thorizes the Secretary of War to appoint
a competent person to review and pre-
pare an official document for publication
whose salary shall be $500 per annnnI
and shall not be paid for more than two
years, which was passed and goes to the
| House .
! Mr. Stewart called up the House bill
to establish land agency in Idaho, and
provides for the appointment OF reg
ister was passed and goes to the Presi
dent
The Senate took up the tax bill
| The salary of the Commissioner of In,
| ternal Revenue was fixed at IS 900.
The employment of fifty-fve fe male
clerks as copyists, was agreed to.
The last amendment of the committee
was inserted as follows: That all provis
ions of said act shall be in force for collect
ing all taxes, duties and licences properly
assessed, or liable to be assessed, or accru.
ing under the provisions of acts, the
right to which has already accrued, or
| which may hereafter accrue under
said act, and for maintaining and con,
| tinuing liens, fees, penalties and for
| FIXTURES incurred under and by virtue
| thereof, and for carrying out and com.
pleting proceedings which have already
commenced or may commence, to en-
force such penalties or criminal proceed.
| inos under said act, and for punishment
of crimes which any party shall be or
| has been found guilty. Provided further,
| that whenever the duty imposed by any
existing laws, shall cease in consequence
of any limitation therein contained be-
fore the respective provisions OF this
act shall take effect, the same duty shall
! be, and is hereby continued until such
| provisions of this act shall take effect,
| and when any act is hereby repealed, no
duty imposed thereby shall be held to
cease in consequence of such repeal until
the respective corresponding provisions
of this act shall take effect. And pro
vided further, that all manufactures
and productions on which duty was
imposed by other acts repealed by this
act which shall be in the possession OF
| manufacturers and producers, or his
agent, on the day on which this act takes
| effect, duty imposed by any such former
act not having been paid shall be held and
he deemed to have been manufactured
or produced after such date; whenever
by terms of this act duty Is imposed
ON any articles goods or merchandise
| manufactured or produced on when ho
| duty was imposed by either OF SAID form
or acts, it shall apply to such as are
manufactured or produced, and not re-
removed from the place of manufacture
or production on tue day on which this
| act takes effect The above was agreed
| to-
Mr.. Fessenden moved to amend 10y add
ing the following proviso to the tax on
| furs, Provided that on all articles made
of fur, the retail price of which shall
not exceed twenty dollars, duty OF two
| per cent. shall be paid Adopted
| Mr. Fessenden offered an amendment
| TO one of the sections, as follows; Provi
ded that when such imported articles
| except lucifer and friction matches. cigar
| lighters and wax tapers, shall be sold il
| unbroken packages, the person so selling
such articles shall not be subject to any
penalty on account Of the want of prop
or stamps. Adopted.
! Mr.. Fessenden' offered an amendment
| taxing steel made directly from nut bars
three dollars per ton. Adopted.
Mr.. Edwards offered the following
which was agreed to: But this tax shall
not be assessed upon nor collected from
| any such converted bank or converted
banking association, where the total
| average circulation, including State
| bank notes as we'll as national currency
shall not exceed the amount of circula
! tion.
The above is added to the bill with
the following provision:
Provided, further, That whenever any
State Bank or banking association has
OF shall be converted into a national
banking association, or has ceased to do
its usual banking business, including
the making of loans and the receiving o.
deposits, there shall be assessed and
collected in addition to the tax already
| imposed, q tax of from one fourth to one
per cent each month upon the average
amount of the outstanding circula
ton of any such State Bank ol
State banking association.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle offered as an amend
ment, the following:
That section l0i be amended by strik'
ing out the word "cn" after the euacting
clause, and inserting in lieu the follow
ing: That persons doing express bust
ness shall be subject to pay tax of thres
per cent. on the gross amount of the
receipts of such express business in ex
cess of all amounts paid to any Railroad
Company for the, transportation of car
or freight.