The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-06-03
The New Revenue Law.

| We copy es follows from special dispatch to the
st. Louis Democrat, dated Washington, May IL
The new revenue law to be reported to Congress to.
morrow provides that the Revenue Bureau shall be
department of the Government independent of the
treasury, the Commissioner to be the head thereof
ana to have full power of removal and appointment of
all oeers, without consulting the President Senate
All revenue agents and inspectors are dispensed With
and all business placed under complete control of The
collectors and assessors in the respective districts and
their appointees. The tax on tobacco remains uu
changed and on cigars ten dollars per thousand Spe.
cial taxes generally increased Stamp duties and
income tax same heretofore. The tax on oils De.
troleum etc.. is ten cents per gallon as fixed by the
late supplementary act. Legaces and distribution
shares are the before. The stamp duty on ale
| and beer is unchanged. The law in all its provisions
very stringent Dstieres are to register and have
sworn statements of their capacity and pay on
least eighty per cent Of their registered CAPACITY at
all times when the furnace doors are not locked and
sealed. No license is to be granted to dstiller un.
less he is the owner in fee simple of the real estate on
which the buildings stand if there is any mortgage
on the same, unless it is situated more than six
hundred feet from a rectifying establishment
A storekeeper is to be appointed in each judicial
district by the commissioner; to be paid by the
department; keep full and complete books; to
be changed at the pleasure of the commissioner from
district to another and to make daily and monthly
returns both to collector and commissioner. One
more guagers provided for in each collection de-
partment, to be appointed by the commissioner and
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S5000 fees to be paid by to collector and dis.
tributed by him equally among guagers.
At ports of entry collectors to have charge of all
exports subject to tax, and not than one com
missioner to designate one to superntend exports and
drawbacks. His salary not to be over $780, and he to
have charge of all papers and matters relating TO ex
ports and drawbacks. The commissioner to desig-
nate export warehouses each port for storage of
distilled spirits in bond for export, not to be con-
nected with any other building, and six hundred feet
from any rectifyng establishment dstiery, and
distilled spirits to be withdrawn order of the col
lector in charge Of exports for immediate transporta.
tion to vessels.
Spirits may be withdrawn and transported in bond
from class warehouses in which they stored to
export warehouses; application of distiler
of spirits to the collection of the district under such
regulation maybe prescribed. All papers issued
in these transfers to be made in duplicate and to be
open to the inspection of all revenue officers
The bill prescribes great the part of all Off
in receiving spirits at their destination. Provi-
sions for Withdrawing spirits from bond for various
purposes cover considerable ground, and are very
stringent in their character. The Commissioner may
appoint supervisor of internal revenue in each judi
cal district whose duty it shall be to carefully super
wise and examine into the whole official conduct of the
collector and assessors and report directly to the Com
missioner.
The committee had long discussion upon the rate
of the tax whisky and lacked but one vote, finally
upon the proposition reduce it to sevenyve cents.
This failing, it was agreed to leave it at dollars,
though the question may up again in the morning