The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-20


Eimunds moved a substitute for
the first section, reducing the rates OF
taxation onehalf, except on wines,
snuH and other manufactures of to-
baceo Lost. 10 against 32
Trum0ull offered an amend ment.
that on aud after the first Of April,
1868. Ia lieu Of the duty uow imposed,
there shall be levied, collected and
paid, N the manner now provided by
law. duty Of one dollar per gallon
for first proof spirits, other than
brandy. manufactured or distilled
from grain or other material.
Davis offered a substitute, provid-
ing that from and after the 30th Of
June next, there shall be paid by the
distiller, on whisky Of any proof. fifty
cents on every gallon thereafter dis
titled and no more. Both amend
ments were lost,
Hendricks moved to amend by add
ing at the end OF the first section, the
words on diamonds, precious stones
and imi tations thereof, and on jewell
ry" Last bill passed; yeas, 36;
nays, 3-Corbett, Fessenden and EoW-
Ter. The bill as passed BY the Sen
ate, reads as follows:
Be Il enacted by The Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of the United states Of Amer
ntnety-four and ninety-five of an act en-
titled An Act to Provide Internal ReVe-
nue. to support the Government to Pay
Interest on the Public Debt, and for other
purposes, approved June 30th, 1854, and all
acts or parts OF acts amendatOry OF said
/ sections be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, except only so much OF said sec
lions and The amendments thereto, as re-
lates 70 taxes imposed thereby on gas
made of coal oil wholly or in part OF any
other mat erial. or Illuminating oils, or ar
ticles the products of distillation, redistIl-
latiOn, or refining OF coat shale, peat, as
phalium or other bitumlpous substances,
or wines therein described, or SNUFF, or all
the other manufactures Oi tobacco, tnclud-
ing cigarettes. gar> and cherOOts, pro-
vided that the products Of In petroleum
and bfiaminous substances herein befo
mentioned, except illuminating gas, shall,
from and after the passage Of this act, be
taxed at One-halt the rates liked BY said
section ninety-four.
SEC. ? That nothing in this act con-
tanned shall be construed 10 repeal or In
terfere with any law, regulation, or pro-
vision for the assessment or. collection Of
any tax, which under existing laws may
accrue before the first day Of April, 1858;
and nothing herein contained shall be
cons rued as a repeal Of any tax upon
machinery or other articles which have
been. or may be, delivered on contracts
made with the United states prior to the
passage OF this act.
SIC. g. That, after the first day Of April
next, no allowance for drawbacks on ac
count OF internal tax paid shall bH male
on the exploration OF any article OF do
nestle manufacture on which there Is no
internal tax Of eXportatiuni and no claim
for drawbacks on any article exported
prior to June 30th. iS65 shall be allowed,
unless presented TO the Comnhissioner OF
Internal Revenue within three month s
after this act takes effect.
SEC. !. That every person, firm or cofpo-
ration who shall manufacture, by mana or
machinery, any goods, wares or merchan-
disc not otherwise speci dcafly taxed as
Err IN IN SIN Ia 70
ture or preparation for sale Of any articl s
or compounds not otherwise specifically
taxed. or shall put up for sale in packages,
with his own name or trade-inarN hereon,
any articles or compound not 9th rWt ~
specifically taxed. aud whose annual
sales exceed $1,000, shall pay for every adj
Uitional $4,000 in excess of $4,000. fWO dol
lars, aud the amount Of sales within the
year beyond $1,000, shall be returned
monthly to the Assistant Assessor, and
the tax on sales in excess Of $4,000, shall
be assessed by the Assessor aud paid.
The bill goes to the House for con
eurrence In the amendments.
On motion of Morrill, !. of Maine,
the POst-ofice appropriation Bill was
made the special order for tomorrow.
Adjourned.
HOUSE. = Bills introduced BY
Banks, regulating labor and compen-
sation IN the navy-yards; by Dawes,
" dl4 NuG COurbt AEAAOu VI a AdAA1 QatA
and telegraph from New Orleans to
Mobile; by Clarke. of Kansas, to an
thorize the sale of twenty acres Of
land In the Military Reservation at
Fort Leayenworth. .IH
The Senate amendment to the post
route bill was concurred IN with the
amendment.
Boutwell,, from the Judiciary Com
mit;ee, reported back EliOt's bill
relative to the Supreme Court, with
an amendment. Bill passed. The
bill Is as follows: $50
Be Il enacted, ec., That in case Of. he re-
Court Of the United States from office. or
( OF uis death, resi- siguattOn. or inability TO
discharge the powers Of said office, the
SANE shall devOlve ON the Associate ) U.s.
tice Of said Court whose commission IS
senior ia time unll the inability shau
meat .shan be duiv madE. and Chef
/ Justice Of said Court shall De duly quail
het.
Washburne. Of Indiana offered a
resolution calling on the hePostmaster
General for information as to special
agents Of the P0st-Ofiee Department.
Adopted
The House proceeded, ia the morn
ing hour, to the consideration of the
bill 70 continue for another year the
/ Freedmen 5 Bureau
Wood addressed the House ia op-
position thereto. He argued against
( its constitutionality aud present or
/ future necessity that it had failed to
4 accomplish its object. had been a
burden on the Treasury; had worked
an injury to the freedmen by encour
aging idleness; prevents the proper
working of southern plantations; that
I the Bureau agents had used their pO-
/ sitions to enrich themselves, and OBJ