The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-24

and are not tfosy drawing pen ions as Off Z
cfrs., referred tor the COMMITTEES aoa- I'M
Brooks asked leave to have taken nom
the Speak keFes tai51e the Seaa to h1l allow !.
lDgscORtFfsctS to be made in gold 3 s...F ...
Holmansnd Allison objected
Eggiestoh presented = tegeeraphlc dis
patch from The Cineinn a Ia chamber OF
se sH fh s5f sRRf9Rti5tl9R9s 9 t6s lSs
o Onio.falls and thegN issIssipp1 rapids. Re-
The Tue House &s i1f9 CO Com Sol tfee f Of the
Whole, Blaine in the CaaiT,l on theitax bill
question. being o u Wan WlcA'ss amends
on Wfisky rom 1 81 % 50 cents m G "A IBs ems H. :
discussio % fol owed, duringwhich s5ehepck
corrected astatement, he madegyesterday
from various Kinds of taxation. From
caictr alton, ne arrived at The conclusion
THAT il would be from 7614 to II cents. =
IngersoI1 moved TO redIice ehe tax to 25
cents; But er to reduce it TO 20 cents
AIsoR i2 make make ,6rs u . cents Paine to
propositions, Whlie Stevens,roft PennsyT}
Yanla, thought IL of very little consequences
neither !eoutd be COLLECTED, Finally, the
debate closed. and the committee proceed
ed to vote on tile various sums iE4w te
I 1ng6rSOi proposed in. succession 40, 25, 80,
and 35 cents: HOInan proposed 42 cents:
Harufng proposed - cents; Mullins pro-
posed AZ cents; al of which Were rejected
The vote was taken on Van Wfck's
amendment to fix the tax at 50 cents, and
Ii was AZ fGeu tO--Sl TO .rs........
Schenck moved TO amend the first sec
tion by adding the words :" before the re-
inovaL from the dssIIl~Iy warehouse, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by this act, so
as to make the tax payable by the DIS
tiIier or owner before 4 he removal from
the warehouse After considerable. de.
bate The quest on was allowed to stand
over uutIG the warehouse section was
reached ger r.us e 3a
Robinson moved to amend tina frs sec
tion by strik ing out that part OF the pen
atty Tor Illicit dlst1llatiOu, " hlcll makes q
lien on, the land where the dist5llery was
S ,henek opposed the amendment. The
amend nsnl was rejected, only i've MEM
Ders Yoti g III the aH1rnative. bo
johnson" moved to make the tax on
grape bIaudy 5 cents. Under the present
law iadga y PAD y; The aamsndm3ent was re,
the f1rst section of the bIlI.got aDUgf
Allison moved an amendment to except
the manufacture OF ytnesar from mash Q
act. Without taking vote thereon, bv
special agreeement of the House, blaine
% mace. q a speecn az INST n tne taxatlon oi
q Eecess. t#asT EsH s1 8suff -
zasEs1ls bgEyESIEG SESSION. ti4ar biI
The House, ia Committee, resumed the
eonsidsration OF the lax bill.
Ailtsou's amendment IN reference to
Allison fhen, to make the law clear. Of
fered an am end n1ent, requiring the tax on
whisky used in the manufacture Of vine
gar to be paid, which was agreed to.
No anne ndmeDfs, other thar verbal,
were made to sections 4, 5, o, Y or 8, " b leu
regu late she internal managemenfot OF dis
tllIeries-the ding OF bonds BY the dis
tillers, the proprietership or alstIneres
and lots, and the furnishing OF plans and
descriptions OF disti4IeFies. A
= 1ngeFsoll aud knott. wanting to go back
to offer amendments to the sixth and s-,v-
enth sections, objection was made and a
motion prevailed That IL be referred to the
Com Dittee, when IT was ascertatned nat
tnere was no quorum 10 vote An hour
was consumed in Obtaining q quorum,
when the Committee proceeded will the
/ bill. -ti ..s-
/ No amendments were offered to the
ninth seetionf eiatiye TO the survey Of dis
tilleries s asn
A deb tie oecurred on the teeth section,
| which forbtds the operation of a New
York reetifying establishment, located
/ within six hundred feet of any author Zed
distiIery, which was finally amended by
| providing thai if Two Establishments be-
I longing to di fferent persons are within that
/ dista nee of each other, neither shall be IL
ceused, and where they belong TO the
i same person. only one shall be licensed.
| Mungen 6fferesi an amendment abolish
| ing ths offices OF Assistant collector, AS
| SCISSOR, &C. the duties to be performed by
the state of New York. Rejected.
| Hoving offered an amendment that the
| act shall be deemed sufficient TO prohibit
| the production of alcohol in a dtstillery
/ by urinary continuous ttliafion.
The Co.nmittee then rose and the House
| adjourned. ati 10