The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-09-05

;1teruaI revenue to support the Govern
ment TO nav interest on the public debt,
and for other purposes, approved June
30 lS64, and acts amendatory thefroi'
CONTINUED
VALUATION IN LEGAL TENDERS.
That an act entitled IAN act to declare
the meaning of certain parts of the internal
revenue act approved June thirty, eighteen
hundred and siXty-four, and tor othef pur- |
noses" approved March tenth, eighteen nun
dred and sixty-six, be amended by striking |
ont sections three. four, and five of said act
and inserting in lien thereof the following;
That it shall be the duty of all persons re-
ouired to make returns or hsts OF income
and articles or objects charged with an IN
ternal tax to declare i'll such returns OF Ilsts
whether the several rates and amounts
therein contained are stated according TO
their values in legal tender currency or aC-
cordinp to their values in coin money; ana In
case of neglect or refusal so to declare to the
satisfaction of the assistant assessor recelN-
ing such returns or lists, such assistant as
9 ,ssor is hereby required to make returns OF
lists for such persons so neglectmg or re-
fnsing. as in cases of persons neglecting or
refusing to make the returns or lists re-
ouired by the acts aforesaid, and to assess
the tax thereon, and to add thereto the
amount of penalties imposed by law In cases
of such neglect or refusal. And when the
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| or lists as aforesaid shall be stated III coined
money. it shall he the duty of each assessor
receiving the same to reduce such rates
| and amounts to their equivalent III legal
/ tender currency, according to the value of
such coined money in said currency Tor the
time covered by said returns And the lists
required by law to be furnished to collectors
bv assessors shall in all cases contain the
! several amounts of taxes assessed, estimated,
or valued in legal tender currency only.
! EXEMPTED ARTICLES.
SEC. 10 Ind be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act the articles
and products hereinafter enumerated shall
be exempt from internal tax;
Alum; aluminium aluminous cake, patent
alum, sulphate of alumina, and cobalt;
Aniline and aniline cOlors'
Animal charcoal, or carbon;
Anvils;
Articles manufactured in institutions for
the blind, and in institutions for the deaf
and dumb, which are sold to aid in their
support, or the support of the pupils
Barrels and casks, other than those used
for the reception of fluids packing boxes
made of wood; and boxes of wood or paper
for friction matches, cigar lights, and wax
tapers;
Beeswax, crude or unTelned;
Bi-chromate and prussate of potash
Bleaching powders
Blue vitrol
Brass not more advanced than rods or
sheets
Brick fire-brick draining tiles, cement,
drain and sewer pipes, earthen and stone
water-pipes, retorts and tiles made of clay;
Bristles;
Brooms made from corn. brush, or palm
leaf
Building stone of all kinds, including
slate, marble freestone, and soapstOne, and
rock and orOuD6 OVDSum.
Bunting and flags of the United states,
and banners made of hunting of domestic
manufacture;
Burrstones, millstones, and grindstOnes,
rough or wrought;
Candle wicking;
! ChronometerS
Collins and burial cases
! Copperas;
Copper, lead, and tin, in ingots, pigs. OF
bars;
Copper and yellow sheathing metal not
more advanced than rods or sheets
Crates, and grain OF farm baskets made OF
sphnts;
Crucibles of all kinds;
Clutches and artificial limbs, eyes, and
teeth;
Deer-skins, smoked, or not addressed;
Feather beds, mattresses, palliasses, boil
sters, and pillows;
Fertilizers of all kinds;
Flasks and patterns used by founders =
, Flax and the manufactures thereof;
i Flavoring extracts solely for cooking pur-
I poses;
German silver in bars or sheets
4 Gold leaf and gold foil;
I Hemp and jute prepared for textile oil
felting purposes
Hulls of ships and other vessels;
Illuminating gas manufactured by educa
tional institutions for their own use exclu
G siyely;
ri rrlI,or an,;nrs nsad axclns;x,al,, 20,
railroad cars;
a Iron bridges, and castings for iron bridges
Iron drain and sewer pipes
1 Keys, actions, and strings for musical in
struments;
Litharge and orange minerals;
/ Machines driven by horse power and used
exclusively for cutting tirewood, slaves, anG
single bolts; and handsaws;
: Magnesium, calcined magnesia, and car
p | Donate of magnesia
Malleable iron castings, unfinished;
p Manganese;
Masts, spars, ship and vessel blocks, anf
:. tree-nail wedges and deck plugs, eordage
ropes and cables made of vegetable fibre;
Medicinal and mineral waters of all kinds
sold in bottles or from fountains, and mead
y Mounting and machinery of telescopes fol
astronomical purposes;
Mills and machinery Tor the manufacture,
of sugar, syrup, and molasses from sorghum
i imphee beets and corn;
Mineral coal of all kinds, and peat
Monuments of stone of all kinds, not ex
ceeding in value the sum of one hundred
8 dollars Pr0rided, That monuments exceed
Y ing the value aforesaid, erected by public OF
. private contributions to commemorate the
service of Union soldiers who have fallen il
battle, shall be exempt from taxation;
Mouldings for looking-glas and picture
frames;
Muriatic nitric, and acetic acids
Nickel, quicksilver, and sodium;
Nitrate of lead;
Oakum; ssfa -
Original paintings, statues. and groups o
> statuary and casts made thereof by the artis
from the original designs;
Oxide of zine; zt@
! Paints painters and paper stainers' colors
| Printing paper of all descriptions; and
tarred paper for roofing and other purposes
: books, maps, charts, and all printed matter
: and bookbinding; paraffine oil, not exceed
ing in specific gravity thirty-six degrees
Baume's hydrometer, a residuum of distilla
: ton or the products thereof; lubricating oil
: made from crude petroleum, coal, or shale
. not exceeding in specific gravity thirty-si1
degrees Baume's hydrometer: Prorided Thai
:. such oil shall be subject to the same inspec
!, ton as Illuminating oil; crude petroleum
and crude oil the product of the first and
single distillation of coal, shale, asphaltum
: peat, or other bituminous substances;
Photographs or any other sun picture, be
I ing copies of engrayings or works of art
I when the same are sold by the producer al
! wholesale at price not exceeding fifteer
: cents each, or are used for the illustration
: of books;
Pickles when sold by the gallon and not
Q Pig-iron; muck bar; blooms, slahs, and
Iona.