The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-05-29
auaL lL. PORTLAND MORNING. MAY 1866
Corn shelters and wooden ware were added

Corn shelters and wooden ware were added
to the Tree list, with reaping machines.
a new section was added, viz: that this
act be printed in one German newspaper in
each State"
proviso was added to the paragraph re-
lating to tobacco, that persons exposing cigars
for sac shall be deemed manufacturers.
A provisO was added to section 33d, making
the tax on brandy distilled from grapes, apples
or peaches one dollar and fifty certs per gal
lon.
The committee rose AMI reported the bill
and amendments to the House.
Air. Farnsworth moved as an amendment
an additional section that all Assessors, Col
lectOrS and revenue agents shall be appoint
ed by the President, with the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate and that no officer shall
be removed without consent of the Senate
unless for malieasance during the recess OF
Congress-.
An amendment was offered that the special
Commissioner OF Revenue be appointed by
the President with the consent Of the Senate
instead OF by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The previous question on the bill and the
amendments was called, and Mr.. Morrill, clos
ed the debate.
The first vote was ON the amendment strik-
ing out the following proviso: provided that
no appeal shall be allowed to any party after
he snail have been duly assessed and the an
nual list containing his assessment shall have
been transmitted to the Collector of the Dis
trict.'
The amendment was rejected and the pro-
yiso remains in the bill.
The next vote was on the amendment
striking out the paragraph imposing a tax OF
ten per cent on wines.
The amendment was rejected and the para
graph remains in the bill
The next vote was on the amendment in
serting in the paragraph requiring monthly
reports from cigar makers, prOviSo that jour-
neymen cigar makers and apprentices who
work for others, shall not be included,
The amendment was agreed to.
The amendment striking out the sentence
authorizing gas companies to add the tax to
the price OF gas sold, was agreed to.
The amendment striking out mowers and
reapers' machines, brooms and wooden ware
froln the paragraph taxing them three per
cent, was agreed to. These articles were
therefore added to the free list.
Bunting and flags OF the United States, and
banners made Of bunting of domestic manu-
facture, We're added to the free list.
The amendment to reduce the tax on smok-
ing tobacco of all kinds not sweetened nor
stemmed, or butted, from twenty to ten cents
per pound was rejected, and the tax remains
at twenty cents.
The amendment was agreed to making the
tax on cigarettes, worth not over eight dollars
per 1000, two dollars; over eight dollars and
not over twelve dollars, four dollars and forty
per cent. ad valorem, to be assessed on the eY-
cess beyond twelve dollars per 1000.
The amendment placing on the the free list
cordage and rigging for vessels, was rejected.
The amendment taking from the Secretary
Of the Treasury the appointment of special
Commissioner OF Revenue, and giving it to
the President by and with the consent of the
Senate, was rejected.
The amendment striking out the section
providing for the appointment OF special
Commissioner of the Revenue, was rejected.
The amendment adding proviso that as
SCISSORS lists of incomes shall be open to the
public for inspection, but not furnished for
publication, nor allowed to be copied for pub
hcation, was rejected.
The amendment that all assessors, etc., shall
be appointed by the President with the con-
sent of the Senate, and not to be removed,
except for malfeasance, during the recess of
Congress, was rejected.
All the other amendments were agreed to
IN gross anu the bill was passed. Yeas Ill,
nays II. 81
The title of the bill was amended by max
ing it read, "a bill to reduce the Internal Rev
enue, &c." ss,t, soar ID
A resolution inquiring of the Secretary of
the Treasury relative to the sales and purchas-
es of U. S. bonds by the Treasury since the
1st of january, was offered and laid over until
tomorrow.
Messages from the President covering re-
ports from the Secretary of War relative to the
operations OF the Freedmen's Bureau, and
from the Postmaster General relative to the
proposed mail steamship service to Brazil were
received. Adjourned.