New-York tribune., 1869-04-12
THE WHISKY AND TOBACCO TAX


WASHINGTON April 10.-The following is the
fun text Of the Supplementary Tax BILL asiapproved
signed by the President;
BE enacted 6 That act entitled "An act imposing
taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for other pur
poses" approved July 90 1863 be amended ar follows TO
wit: That section be amended that in OF dis
@ ~ act or lot Of land ed under lease or
other evidence Of title less than feesmple which was sot
yad& MT at MS hs g s and M m has TO be IN ss
fon where the owner is possessed OF the Fee but en-
numbered with mortgage executed ana duly recorded
brOr to the said 2Oh OF July 1853 and not due or where
the fee Is held by femme cop9e MINOR person Of un
hound mind or other person incapable OF giving consent
Sretien OF the Commissioner as provided for In said
ton for dstery erected land, the lease other
passage Of this act; provided that nothing herein con
tanned shall be so construed to apply TO any dsery or
That section 20 be amended that In case OF diseres
hoSrs and in which grain or meal mashed by hand and
without the use OF steam 90 gallons OF mash or peer
brewed or fernened from grain shall represent not less
than one bushel OF grain.
THAT section Sc be amended to extend the time for
withdrawing distilled spirits from bonded warehouses
until the S0h Of June 1862 but subject to an additional
tax on each proof gallon deposited and bonded in ware
Goth OF April 1869, and until withdrawn. And any dis
titled spirits remaining bonded warehouse after the
and be disposed Of provided for in said section.
That section 50 be amended that and after the st
rcpes distilled spirits wines by any process other than
by original and continuous distllatOn from mash, WORT
I'll the manufacture thereof complete, and every whole
sale retail liquor dealer who has his possession any
tD or leach tub or VINO shall Keep any other apparatus
for the purpose Of refining In any distilled
tprts and every person who, without rectfyng puri
Tying OF refining distilled spirits shall by mixing
such spirits, wine, or any other liquor with any
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RsRdy go run vine SPirts pr SGrass or wine Stters
being engaged 10 the business q rccfns and So much
OF the act TO which this amendment relates to
oompoapders OF liquors and is inconsistent with the pro-
Is hereby repealed. And said section SO is further
amended, tollows Strike out the fourth paragraph
thereof felating 70 retail liquor dealers and the nth
10 nav the special tax OF wholesale liquor deaer' aud
insert IN lieu OF the portion stricken out the following:
"Retan dealers In liquors shall pay t25 every person
Who SELLS offers for SALE foreign or domestic distilled
eprits wines malt liquors, ia less quantities than Ave
Qailons at the same time, shall be regarded q retail
dealer m liquors. wholesale liquor dealers shall pay
eOO; every person who ses or oilers for SALE foreign
domestic distilled spirts wines, malt liquors, in guam
titles Of less than five gallons at the same tme shall
pc regarded as q Wholesale liquor dealeri dealers in
ouos whose sales including sales Of oil other merchan
disc shall exceed t5o0O, shall each pay an additional
tax at the rate OF q for every 500 OF sales OF liquors in
excess Of such t2O and on every OF sales OF other
merchandise sa pay ut the same rate as wholesale
dealer and such shall DO returned, assessed and
paid In the same manner as required OF wholesale
dealers; but no distler or brewer who has PAID ms
I pa liquors Of his production at the place Of
1nsnnaeufe In the original casks or packages to which
further ameDded to require that dsers OF brandy
From grapes peaches and apples exclusively producing
b and IN addition thereto the OF a per barrel OF 20
Gr0Of gallons account OF That section as be
kmended 90 that either the prOpfe0re the man
provided for In said section.
BRO. And be ti)rter enacted That section 1855 OF the
BeteDttled An act 10 provide 'DfaTnAl