The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-29
TIE INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU,

The Excise" or "Internal Revenue" Law was en-.
acted by Congress, July l, 1862, and contained one
hundred and nineteen sections. On the 14th July,
1862 it was provided that the portion OF it, rea-
ting to stamps should not take effect till Septem-
Der, 1862, and that portion relating to tho ap-
pontment Of assessors and collectors, should take
effect on the 21st day Of July. On the Sd of March,
1863, important amendments were adopted by Con-
eress June 80, 1864 the law was substantially re-
modelled and again March 8, 1866, and the rates OF
tax in most respects greatly increased and addi-
ional subjects CT taxation provided for. In July,
1866, the present law was established, and sub
stantial reduction made in the rates Of duty upon
some articles others which had been subject to
taxes either burdensome or impolitic, omitted, and
nh estimated reduction made in the aggregate
revenues from internal duties Of some seventy mil
lions OF dollars.
In the first ten months of the operation Of the
original law OF 1862, amended in 1868, it real
lied for tho Treasury something less than forty
millions of dollars. In the second year, ending
Juno 30 1866 about s2l1 600 000 and to June, 1866
about s311 0O0 900. Tho report for the fiscal year
just passed has not yet been made, but we do not
Iuluh IL Will SACSCu Iuc oilouHo oi WIZ sSeA PAS
ceding.
GEORGE S. boutwell,, Of Massachusetts, was the
first Commissioner of Internal Revenue, succeeded
by Judge JOSEPH j. LEWIS, of Pennsylvania, who
resigned in July, 1865. VIM. CRToN, of New York,
came next, who was succeeded few months later
by the present incumbent, E. A. ROLLINS, Of Now
Hampshire.
The Bureau in South Carolina was organized May
80, 1865 Tho State was sub-dvided into three
Collection Districts. Tho first consisted OF the
Districts of Horny, Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Marion, Marlboro, Darlington, Clarendon, Sumter,
Kershaw, Chesterfield and Lancaster. The second
comprises tho Districts of Charleston, Colleton,
Beaufort, BarnweI and Orangeburg. Tho third
comprises tho Districts OF Richland, Lexington,
Edgefcld, Abbeville, Newberry, Fairfield, Chester,
Laurens, Anderson, Pckens, Greenvlle, Spartan
burg, Union and York.
The following arc the officers for this State: LIST
District, Assessor, C. W. DUDLEY, Bennettsville;
Collector, SAMUEL MEYRANr, sumter. I'd District.
Assessor, G. J. HAsoALL Charleston; Collector,
FREDERICK A. SAWYER, Charleston. Sd District,
Assessor, b. O. HERR1oK, Anderson, and Colloc-
tor, ALEXANDER s. WALLACE, Columbia.
The first tax laid On cotton, in the original Act
Of July 1, 1862 was one-half cent pound. This
Act took effect October 1, 1862. By the Act of
March /, 1864, the tax on cotton was made two
cents pound; July 1s, 1866, it was made three
cents pound and March 2, 1867, it was reduced
to two and half cents pound. This Act is to
80 into operation September 1, 1867.
The amount Of tax collected on raw cotton du-
ring the fiscal year of 1864 65, 1.-TWO cents poundJ
was $1,772 ,9SS.4S; Tennessee contributing the
LARGEST amount, viz ss77,9O There we're no
returns from South Carolina, North Carolina Geor-
ga, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas and
Texas, and only partial returns from the other
Southern States.
In the fiscal year, from June 80, 1865, to June aO
1866 the tax on raw cotton was as follows e cents