Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-03
proposed Licenses and other Take,


The tax bill, which the Committoeo
WAYS and Means has reported 10 The
House, contains provisions for ever I,
,enses for trade than the present revenue
law. bat the tax Is increased in some
Instances.
Distillers and brewers will pay 500
instead of $50 as now, and distiller, o.
apples, peaches and grapes, distilliDg 0,
manufacturing less than $50 barrels 8
wear. will be licensed for $50, the samea,
brewers who make less than 800 bblS az,
nually. Insurance agents will pay Sl4M
only half of that if their business doe
not exceed 500. Express carriers sol
builders and contractors will also py
$40, being a reduction from S25 in be
latter case. Every peddler of ieweN
distilled spirits. 'clrmented wines Of u
uors will be required to pay fifty do.
lars.
No tax will be imposed upon apoths
carries, coniectioners, keepers of eati1.
houses, hotels, tobaCConistS, or any It,
tail dealers Except retail dealers in spE
ituous and malt liquors. when their au.
nual gross receipts do not exceed TIT
sum of $1,000. The same exemption a.
plies to custom boot and shoe makers
and to manufacturers Of ready-maiy
clothing, gloves, mittens, caps ond othe,
articles of dress. On annual sales over
$1,000 boots and shoes, custom as vel
as for general sale, will be taxed per
cent. ad valorem and clothing, &c,
per cent.
The charge on smoking tobacco 0. al
kinds and limitations will be % cents a
pound, instead of So; on smoking to.
bacco made exclusively of stems u
cents pound instead of Is cents Oh
cigarettes, or small cigars made OF To-,
bacco, inClosed in wrapper or binder
and not over three and half inches ID
| length, the market value of which, taxi
included, is not over S. per Thousand ]
tax Of 81 per 1000; when the mar5e
value is over IS and not over SO perl
1000 tax included, and on cheeroOt ald
| cigars known as short skies, and on any
cigars made with or without twistei
or pasted heads, the market value d
which, tax included, is not over $40 PEI
thousand, a tax Of 81 per thousand a
all other cigars, cheroots and cigare@
made wholly Of tobacco or any subs
tute therefor, SO per 900.
Savings banks, having no caNa
stock, and doing no other business tbs,
receiving deposits to be loaned Or d
vested for the sole benefit Of the parts
making such DEPOSITS, without profit q
compensation to the bank, will be 81
empt from tax or duty on so muci 4
their deposits as they have invested 4
securities of the United States and Of
all deposits less than $500 made IN t1I
name OF one person.
The tax on Illuminating, lubricati1!
or other mineral oil, the product 0. i
tillation. redistiliatiOn, or the Tetin,Eo
crude petroleum, will be 20 cents ga II
lon; and all coal oil between the sP7aS
gravity of Sc and So degrees inc.uss
will be deemed refined illuminating
oil, and will pay 10 cents gallon.
all soaps valued at more than ce1s
pound, not perfumed, and on a. Vii
water soap, made of cocoa nut oil. IN
of half a cent a pound will be .da
on all other perfumed soaps three F1SI
a pound.
Some Of the other proposed taxes at
On reapers, mowers, scales, brOoms all
wooden ware per cent. ad valorem ol
tin ware Of all descriptions not otla'
wise provided for, per cent, ad v'o
rem; on copper, zinc, brass nails anJ
on rivets, and on shot, sheet lead any,
lead pipes, per cent. ad valorem. Il1
duty on railroad iron remains s FL
ION tubes made of wrought iron WI
be taxed IS per ton.
Every receipt for more than SZO WI
require two, cent stamp for eacn "
nature. Some of the other artiCIs
from which the tax is taken of entIs:
and which have not been preVlo'S'
mentioned, are the following:
Clutches, and artificial limbs ''
and teeth.
Feather beds, mattresses, bolster' ~
pillows.
Fertilizers Of all kinds. Il
Photographic or any other SUI
lures, which are copies of engra Flpz
works of art, when the same ar' ~
by the producer at wholesale, at s. y
not exceeding 10c each, or are ustu
the illustration Of books, and on poV,
graphs so small in size that stamp"
not be affixed.
Parafine and Illuminating gas MAJ.
featured by educational institutions
their own use exclusively.
Re-rolled iron, provided that the Z.
re-roiled shall apply to re-manuiaC'~
ana not to new iron.