The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-17

prevent cruelty to animals while In transport
by railroads, &C., and relative to the qualifica-
lions of assistant marshas to take the census,
SO as not to exclude women.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, offered a resolution
instructing. the Reconstruction Committee to
report forthwith general amnesty bill, and
moved the previous question.
The House refused to second the previous
questiOn-51 to 78-and also refused-S4 to So
to lay the resolution on the table and referred
it to the Reconstruction Committee.
MI. Schenck, Of Ohio, chairman of the Com
reduce the internal revenue taxes, and made
explanations to the House. He said there was
now on the general calendar in Committee OF
the Whole bill reported in March last to cod
lily and reduce into one all the bills. From
present appearances and from the condition OF
the business it was not probable that the bill
could te disposed of in its entire fullness this
session. The Commi t re on Ways and Means
had therefore come to the conclusion to divide
the matter of that large bill on internal taxa
ton into three bills and ask successfully the
action CT the House upon them. The commit
tee proposed in the first place to modify. and
to great extent. repeal all the internal taxa
ton laws OF the country, with the exception OF
the taxation on fermented liquors, tobacco and
cigars; Then the committee would report
OIL relating to these articles and then would
report general bill relating to the organiza-
ton of the Internal Revenue De partment..
The bill which he now offered was the first OF
these. 1t repealed all taxes on legacies and
SUGGESTIONS which last year produced So
ts3; all taxes on the gross receipts of railroads
and insurance companies and other corpora
tions and kinds Of business, with the exception
Of lotteries, theatres and places of public
amusement, &c.; the whole of such taxes pro-
duced last year 49, 10, and the reduction
now proposed was estim lted at Sc 109, c17; and
all the tax on sales was taken off except that
assessed on dealers in liquors, which would
make further reduction Of SIS, 1879 1t re-
pealed all special taxes on retail and wholesale
oealers in LIQUORS, distillers, manufactures of
lot acco and cigars, dealers in tobacco and Leaf
tobacco. banks and bankers, foreign CONNER
ciai brokers, foreign insurance agents, patent
rights dealers, pawn brokers, prOprietOrS OF
public amusements and of gift enterprises,
lugglers, proprietors of bowling alleys and bill
Lottery tickets. 1t reduced the special tax on
Keepers of hotels, inns and taverns to $40, if
not exceeding the rental value of $780, and
adding S3 for each $1C9 for rental beyond $500;
the reQI ct-on thus made would amount to S.
:: -,E2 It modified the income tax so as to in
orea.e the exemption to SLIGO, leaving the per
mt. the same as now, 5 per cent. This would
eject reduction of ss,E11,1O 1t changed
the law in its eject on incomes so that persons
having less than $15 income shall not be re-
quired to make returns, and there shall be
no publication of Incomes. It repealed section
a. taxing carriages. watches, &c. 1t repeats
the tax on gas, the grinding of coffee and
spices, and on the sa' es of manufactures. The
total amount of the reductions proposed is
$.S,&t,7i6. 1T imposes tax on foreign COM
mercial brokers, those who come to this coun-
try and sell by samples. It also proposed to
abolish stamps on ordinary country contracts
and on railroad receipts. The Committee on
Ways and Means was glad to be able to offer
this bill to the House and the country, and felt
perfectly sefe in proposing these reductions.
In conclusion he moved that the bill! be printed
and recOmmitted to the Committee on Ways
aud Means, with authority to report it at any
time. He stated that the bill wou be report
ed within week, as he desired to get an early
acton It; and the motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Dawes of Massachusetts, moved that the
House go into committee on the Naval Appro-
priation bill and that all prior orders be post
poned until the completion of the appropriation
bills now with the committee. This motion
virtually pOstpones the tariff bill indefinitely,
it appearing that it could not reach final pas
sage this session; and the motion was agreed
to, " to u, Messrs. Hale and Peters of Msine
voting in the affirmative, and Mr.. Lynch in
the negative.
The bill from the Judiciary Committee to
enforce the pro. isiOns of the 18th amendment
was passed under a suspension of the rules,
101 to =, and the House adjourned.