New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-05-17
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Passed mt the First session Of the
GhirIy-N in&h Congress
LAWS

AN ACT TO re luce Internal taxation and to amend
t1ue to support The government TO pay interest on
L.e public debt and .H- other purposes approved
and a9r= alaea5.flf hereof.
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81 ~ An Doe D. Lur' her enacted lhat from ana
after the us'a-e thlssct the articles and products
hereinafter enumerated SHAH lie exempt from inter
Alum: aluminium; sIumir1us cake, patent alum,
su!phate OF atgmius and cobalt;
Anime ami anime Cyiurs-
Animal charcoal, or carbon,
Articles manufactured IN institutions tor the blind,
and in institutions ier the deaf and dumb, which
are sold TO aid IN their support or the support OF
Barrels and casks other than those used for the re
ception OF Huida; packing boxes made OF wood
and boxes OF wood or paper for friction Matches
- cigar lights and wax tipers;
bee s,n az, crude Or unrehned3; ...A.
bleaching powders;
Blue yltriOl;
Borax and b0racc acid
Brass not more advanced than rods or sheets
Brick ire brick draining tiles, cement, drain and
sewer uipes earthern and stone water pipes retcrts
- ana tiles made OF clay;
Brooms made fir m corn, brush, or palm leaf;
Building stone Of all kinds Guiding slate, marble,
freestuHe and soapsOne, and rock, and ground
B1utng and iIags OF the United States and banners
made OF bunting OF domestic manufactures
| Burrstonss, mistones aud grndstones rough or
| Candle Hlc,ng;
! Cottns aud burial cases.
! Coppcras,
| Copper lead mud IT, il ialots pigs or bars;
/ copper and yeos .heathing metal, more ad.
| vanued than rods or -hoetsI
Crucib es OF all kinds;
! Cratches and ART ieia lir.bs eyes, and teeth
Deer skIus smoked, or not on! dressed;
Feather beds mattEes palliasses holsters, and
Fertilizer OF all kinds,
Flas and patterns used by founders:
Flax and The manufacture thereof
,,e-uan silver in bars or sheets;
Gold Leaf aud gold toI4F
Hemp ana !Gte prepared Tor teXAe or letting puf-
Hun. OF ships and other vessels;
Illuminating gas manu- factured bE ed DcatiOnal lnstl
tluon- Tor the own use exclusively;
India rubber springs used exclusively for railroad
Iron bridges and castings for iron bridges;
Iron drain and sewer pipes
Keys actions, and strings for musical instruments;
MaahiEes driven b. horse power and used exclusively
tor cutting nteWO0Gr slaves, ami shlugle bots; and
Magnesium, calcued nagn-,i' and carbonate Of
Mallsable ron castings, unfinished;
Mat, spars. ship and vessel blocks and tree.nail
wedges and deqk plugs, cordase' ropes, and cables
Mcdi ma, and mineral water, Of all kinds, sold in
bottles or from tount aims, and mead ;~
Mounting and machinery Of telescopes for astronom-
Mis and machinery for the manufacture of sugar,
srup, o. III !as-es from sorghum, imphee beets,
Mnera coal Of all kinds, and peat
! value the sum Of one hundred dollars: Provided,
| That monuments exceeding the value aforesaid,
| memorate the service ur Union soldiers who have
fallen IN battle shall be exempt from taxation;
MDu'dIngs tor looking glasses and picture frames;
Muriatic nitric aud acetic acids;
ckel, quicksilver and sodium
Nitrate Of .eadi
Orig al paintings statues, and group, of statuary
and casts made thereof bg the artist from the Ori-
glua designs
PANTS, painters and paper stainers' colors,
Printing paper Of all descrlp ion and tarrsd paper
charts. and ali printed matter and book binding;
paraiine: parafine OIL no, exceeding in specific
gravity tn Tty SIX degrees BaGmes hydrometcr, a
resIduum Of distlatou or the prod acts thereof;
lubrica,ing oil made from crude petroleum coal
sha,e not exceeding in speolnc gravity thirtgs1
dsErees Beaumes hydrometer; Provided, That
such oil shall be subject to the same inspection
Illuminating OIL crate petroleum, and crude oil
coal shale, asphaltum, peat or other bituminous
Photographs or any other sun picture, being copies
of enRravings or works Of art. when the same are
sold by tine producer at wholesale at price not
eeedng hfteen cents each, or are used for tine illus
Pickles when sold by the gallon and not contained in
Pig rom muck bar blooms. slabs, and loops
Ponghs, culiyatoT7 hqTTows straw and hay cutters
ton gins grain cradles, and winnowing'm mills
Pot and pearl ashes;
Productions of stereotypers photographers, engray
er-, and eectrotypers;
Putty;
Railroad iron, and railroad iron re.rolled;
Ra lroad chairs and hsh plates; Tailr0ad boat and
ship spikes axe polls; iron aAles; shoes for horses
mules, and oxen; rivets, horseshoe nails nuts,
washers, and bolts; vises iron chains and anchors
when such articles made of wrought iron which
has previously paid the TAX or duty assessed there
Reapers, mowers threshing machines, and separA.
tors; corn-shelers and wooden ware; cotton and
Repairs Of articles of all kinds
Reslduums, the product OF mineral, vegetable, or
animal substances drawn from stills after dstilla
Roman and water cements and lime: +
Roofing safe, slabs, and Ties
Saeratus sal soda, caustic soda, crude soda, aumi.
no cate of soda; illuminate OF soda; bi carbonate
of soda, and sillcate of soda
Sails tents, awnings and bags made by sewing from
fabrics or other articles upon which duty or tax
has been paid aud bags made Of paper;
Saltpeter; Nalts of tlns
Slick used in the manufacture Of glass;
Soap valued at not above three cents per pound;
Spindle and castings of all descriptions made spe.
cally for locks safes looms spinning machines
steam en- zines hot air and hot water furnaces and
sewing machines and not sold or used for any other
purpo es, and upon which a tax is assessed and
paid on the article Of which the casting is part
spokes hubs, bows, and teloes: poles shafts arms,
and wheels not ironed or finished for carriages or
wagons; wooden handles Tor pioughs, and for other
agricultural household and mechan,cai tools and
implements; and pail ana tub aud handles:
and wooden tanks and sterns for crude mineral
s. oil;
steel. made from iron advanced beyond muck bar,
blooms slabs or loo IN ingots, bars, rails made
and httsd Tor railroads, sheet plate, colt, wire,
hoopskIrt wire covered or uncovered; wheels,
thimble skeins and uipe boYes. and springs tire
and axles made steel used exclusively Tor yehi.
ces cars or locomotives; and clock springs, faoea
and hands;
Stoves composed in part of cast iron and in part of
sheet iron, or OF soapstone, hre-brek, freestone
vito or without east iron sheet iron Provided
hat the cast and aheet iron sha have paid the tax
or duty previously assessed thereon;
Sugar, mo asses, or strip made from beets, corn,
sugar maple, or from sorghum, or Imphee;
ulphate of bsrytes;
sulphur flowers of sulphur and sulphur flour;
Tar and crude turpentlne;
Tin cans used for pre- erved meats fish, sher.hsh
fruits vegetables, Jams, jeilies, paints, oils and
Umbrellas and parasos and sticks and frames for the
same:
Value OF bullion used 10 the manufacture of warss
watches, and watch cases. aud bullion prepared for
the use of p'aters and watch makers;
not otherwise provided for including red OIL oleie
az d, and admixtures OF tue same with parAiins oil
not exceeding specific gravity thirty-sE degrees
-umes hydrometeri
VerdRris
Vinegar;
White aud red lead;
whiting; Patis white;
Window glass of all kinds:
Wine made Of grapes, currants other fruits. and
Wire made from wire l. s. than number twenty wire
gauge, upon which tax has been assessed and
greater tax than that imposed on number twenty
wire gauge:
Ysrn and warp for weaving. braiding or nanufActur-
ing purposes exclusively;
Yeast aud baking powders;
ZINC. in ingots or Sheets
Provided further, That the exemptions aforesaid
shall in all cases be cont ued exclusively to said arti
ces In the state and condition specified in the
going enumeration and shall not extead to articles
gwen n any other FORM nor 70 manufactures from
SEC a. And be It further enacted. That all lists
% 5ssSras ssgpssa 70 DC made monthly 6 any per
liable 70 Tax, shall be made before the tenth