Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-28
SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1866.
THE NEW TAN ILL-CHANGES
AGREED ON BYTHE COMMITTEE.

turing less than $50 barrels per year, shall
pay $50; brewers 10 pay Sl00, instead Of
$50 those making less than $500 year, 10
paw $50 insurance agents, 10 pay SO tax i;
when the receipts does not exceed 500, he
shall pay S5; any person who peddles jewel
~, distilled spirits, fermented liquors or
wines, to pay $50 license; express carriers,
TO pay $40 Incense; builders and contrac-
tors, TO pay $40 instead Of S25. No tax TO
be imposed upon apothecaries, confectioners,
keepers Of eating houses, or keepers OF ho-
tells, inns or tayerns, OK tObacconists, or re-
tail dealers in spurious or malt liquors,
when their annual gross receipts on sales
shall not exceed 81, 600.
On Illuminating, lubricating or other min
eral oils, the product Of distillation or the
refining Of crude petroleum, 20 cents gal
Ion; and a. coal oils between the specific
gravity by the Beaumetist of 3G and 55 de-
grees inclusive, shall be deemed refined IL
Eliminating coal oil. Such oil refined and
produced by distillation of Goals, asphalt
tum or shale exclusively, shall pay a tax Of
10 per cent. gallon only produced by the
same materials, peat or other bltuminous
substances, 10 cents gallon.
Spirits Of Turpentine, 10 cents a gallon.
Molasses from sugar cane, 3 cents gallon
Syrup Of mOlasses or sugar cane juice, when
removed from the plantation, concentrated
molasses, or Milado and cistern bottoms of
sugar, produced from sugar cane, and not
made from the Sorghum or lmphce, tax of
Of per cent.
Sugars above No. II and not above No.
lS duties standard in color, tax of Z cent
per pound. On sugars above No. iS, du-
ties standard in color, p cents per pound.
On all soaps valued at above cents a
pound. not perflmed, and on all salt water
soap made Of cocoanut oil tax Of , cent
per pound On all salt tax of 3 cents per
100 pounds. On all other perfumed soaps,
, cents per pound. On reapers, mowers,
scales, brooms and wooden ware, 3 per cent.
dd ral0rem On tin ware Of all descriptions
not otherwise provided for, D per cent. dd
gnlorcm. The duty on railroad iron of s. a
tun; on tubes made Of wrought iron, 50 per
tnn; copper. zinc and brass nails or rivets,
shot, sheet lead and lead pipes 5 per cent.
al uaiorem On articles Of clothing manu-
factdred or produced for sale by weaving or
knitting, and on hats, bonnets and hoop
skirts, and on articles manufactured, parts
Of clothing, or for trimming or ornamenting
the same and on articles Of wearing apparel,
manufactured or produced for sale, from
india rubber, gutta percha or paper, or
from fur or fur skin dressed with fur, cents
ad pai0rcm
On boots and shoes per cent, ad raio-
rem, to be paid by every person making,
manufacturing or producing for sale boots
and shoes, or furnishing the materials or
any part thereof, or employing others 10
make, manufacture or produce from them
provided that any boot or shoemaker max
ing boots or shoes TO order as custom work
only, and not for general sale, and where
the work does not exceed annually in value
$1,000, shall be exempt from the tax. On
ready-made clothing and gloves, mittens,
moccasins, and other articles Of dress for
the wear of men, women, and children, not
otherwise assessed and taxed, per cent. I'D
wiorcn, 10 be paid 10y every person manu-
featuring or producing for sale clothing,
gloves, mlttens, mOccasins, caps, or other
articles Of dress, or furnishing the materials,
or any part th ercOf, or employing Others 10
make, manufacture or produce them; pro-
vided that any tailor, or any maker ofgloves,
mittens, mOccasins, caps, and other articles
of dress 30 order as custom work only, and
not for general sale, and whose work does
not exceed annually in value 1000, shall be
exempt from this tax, and articles of dress
made or trimmed by milliners or dress
makers for the wear Of women, shall also
be exempt from this tax.
The charge on smoking tobacco, Of all
kinds and limitations thereof shall be 2jcts
per pound, instead Of 35 cents. On smoking
tobacco made exclusively of stems 10 cents
instead of IL cents a pound; on cigarettes or
small cigars, made of tobacco enclosed in a
wrapper or binder and not over B inches
in length, the market value of which, tax
included, is not over Sc per 1000 a tax Of
- per 1000; when themarket value is over
50, and not over $40 per 900, tax included;
and on cherotts and cigars Known as short
skies, and ON any cigars made with or with
ont pasted or twisted heads, the market value
Df which, tax included, is not oner SO per
J 900. tax Of 81 per 1000; on all other
cigars cherotts and cigarettes, made wholly
Of tobacco or of any other substitute there
for $40 per 900
SIC. %. Provides that all sales made by
brokers and bankers doing business as
brokers, whether made for the benefit
of others or on their own account at the rate
of . cents on every 500, and on sales and
contracts for sale Of stocks, bonds, foreign
exchange, gold aud silver, bullion and coin,
unCurrent money, promissory notes, or other
securities. , cents for every 500 of the
amount of such sales or contracts and on
all sales and contracts for sale negotiated and
made by any person, firm or company-nOt
taxed as a broker or banker-of any gold or
silver bullion, coin, mcurrent money, pro
missory notes, stocks, bonds or other securi-
ties not his own property, tax at the rate
of 3 cents for every 500 of the amount of
such sales or contracts.
All of Schedule A" is stricken out ex-
cepting billiard tables, and carriages valued
above $500 In other words, these are the
only articles in that schedule now returned
for taxation.
II is provided that on and after the LIST
day of Jnly, 1866, receipts derived from
Transporting property for hire, shall be ex-
empt from the tax imposed by the l03d sec
lion. but such exemption shall not apply TO
any receipts ferries or bridges, nor to trans
portation Of mails of the United States upon
contracts made prior TO the passage of this
act. The tax on express companies is in
creased from three 20 five per cent. on gross
receipts; where gross receipts do not exceed
one thousand dollars, they are exempt. The
banking section is amended by adding the
deposits in associations or companies known
as provident institutions or savings banks
having no capital stock or doing other bu-
siness than receiving depoSitsto be loaned or
invested for the sole benefit Of the parties
making such deposits without profit or COM
pensation 10 the association or company,
shall be exempt from tax or duty on so much
of their deposits rs they have invested in
securities Of the United States, and all de-
posts less than three hundred dollars made
in the name of one person, the income tax
is five per cent. ON excess of one thousand
dollars in lieu Of the former tax. Deduc-
tious are about the samoa underth the present
law. Stamp duty on gaugers, measurers'
and weighers' returns, and all receipts are
stricken out Of schedule b, and the follow
ing inserted in lieu O! same:
Receipts FOR any sum of money, or for the
payment Of any debt exceeding $50 in
amount, not being for the satisfaction of any
Judgment, or 4 decree OF any Court, or by
the Endorsement on any stamped abrogation
in acknowledgment its ful6llment, for each
receipt two cents; provided, that when
more than one signature is attached 10 the
same paper, one or more stamps may be ai-
fixed thereto, represcntingthe whole amount
of the stamp required for such signature.
There is to be one grade Of tax on play
ing cards, namely. FIVE cents, and one and
two cents ON canned and preserved meats,
vegetables &c, according 10 value, ground
coffee, or any compound or mixture ground
or prepared for sale a. a substitute ior coffee
one cent per pound, and one cent for each
pound in excess OF one pound, provided that