The New York herald., 1872-11-21
WASHINGTON.
FOreshadOwings or Coming
Legislation.
Official Recommendations, Suggestions
and Statistics for Lawmakers.
Text Of the New Internal
Revenue Bill.
Proposed Abolition Of the Offices Of Assessor
and Assistant Assessor.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM GAINING GROUND.
Judge Richardson to Succeed Mr.. Bout
well as Secretary Ad Interim.
TINE WORK or THE CENSUS COMPLETED
A Session Of the Forty Third Congress in
December Probable.
CUR RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND MEXICO.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM GAINING GROUND.
Judge Richardson to Succeed Mr.. Bout
well as Secretary Ad Interim.
TINE WORK or the CENSUS COMPLETED
A Session Of the Forty Third Congress in
December Probable.
OUR RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND MEXICO.
Hanging Not Played Out at the Capital-Navd
Officers on Waiting Orders.

Hanging Not Played Out at the Capital-Naval
Officers on Waiting Orders.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 1872.
The President Preparing His Message.
The President has already commenced work upon
his message, and therefore will receive but few Wis.,
it0rs before the meeting OF Congress.
The Work OF the Coming Session or Con-
Gress-Pr0bable Re-enactment OF the
Law OF 1867, and Short Session of the
New House in December.
There is every probability that the law OF 1867,
requiring each new Congress to meet for Organiza-
sion on the 4th day OF March instead Of the first
Monday in December, will have to be re-enacted.
1t was repealed last session by majority OF three
votes in the House, through the persstcncy Of Mr..
Dawes and the aid OF the democratic members
The coming session contains but 1fty-1ve working
days, OF which the first half would be fully re-
quired by the Appropriations Committee If the es-
Inmates were now ready so tina t the bills could be
fully prepared In advance OF the meeting. But
there will be unavoidable delay In this particular
and the days OF the session before the holiday ad
journment win be wasted as before. There are
eightythree bills on the House docket alone which
are speca. orders and must come up, and oil the
important legislation arising from the Treaty Of
Washington has to be considered in committee and
passed through each House. Nearly all the old re-
publican members who are reelected to the new
Congress are writing to the committee men who
are already here urging the necessity of a session
of the new Congress Immediately upon the expira-
t0n Of the old, and those here concur In the views
Of their correspondents.
RccOmme ndatiOMs of the COmpt roller of
the Currency.
The Comptroller Of the Currency will recommend
IN his report the repeal OF section OF the act ap
proved July H. 1870 requiring the circulation to be
withdrawn to the amount OF $25, ,0OO, 900 in States
having an excess and Its redistribution In States
having deficiency He will recommend the con-
Mnuance of the present system of reserves with
out alteration.
The Proposed New Revenue Law-Aboii.
tton of the Omces OF Assessors and
Assistant Asscss0rs-Fifty Revenue
Agents Provided for In the Bill.
At the last session Of Congress q bill was passed
requiring the consolidation Of the internal revenue
districts by the 1st Of January 1873, into eighty,
with az many collectors and assessors. After the
adjournment 1t was found that the plan, II carried
into execution, would not be satisfactory. On the
assembling Of Congress resolution will be offered
deferrng the execution Of the act until the pro-
posed bill can be acted upon. 1t will provide for
the reduction OF the expenses and simplifying the
mode OF collecting the revenue by the abolition OF
assessors and assistant assessors and the transfer
Of such Of their present duties as are not abolished
by the bill to the collectors and assistants But
the taxes upon spirits and tobacco and the
banking taxes arc to be assessed and re-
ported to the district collectors by the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. All special
taxes, including the tax on worms and stills, are
to be paid by stamps, which stamps the Commits
sioner Is to prepare and furnish. All persons la-
BILE to special tax, except tobacco pedcrs, are to
keep In conspicuous view the stamps denoting that
such tax has been paid under penalty OF 500.
such returns as are now required to be made by
taxpayers to the assessors under this bill to
be made semi-annuay and In duplicate to COL
lectors, who are to forward one copy to the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau. All the extra commission OF
one-half per cent on tobacco and distillation
taxes is to 90 the collectors The bill provides for
nfty special revenue agents in partial substitu.
tion Of the assessors to be abolished. Pedlers
who refuse to show their certificates from tho dis.
trict collectors are TO forfeit their wares The est
mated yearly saving in the cost OF collecting the
revenue is fully a million and half while large
Increases in collection are predicted by the authors
of the bill The following is the text Of the bill re-
terred to above l---..,.~ -. ..s..v
Be It enacted BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
scntatvcs of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled. that on and after the -
day Of -, 1873, the Offices Of Assessor and
cease to exist and that thereafter all duties
imposed by law assessors and assistant
assessors, except as hereinafter otherwise pro-
vlded, be and the same are hereby transferred to
and imposed upon collectors OF intcra revenue, to
be performed by themselves or by their deputies
and that all returns and reports required by law to
be made to the said assessors and assistant as
SCISSORS, shall be made to the said collectors
or to their deputies; and that each Of
said assessors shall transfer to such rev.
enue officer as may be designated by
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue for that
purpose, all books papers and the other property
in that Of any OF his assistant Assessors and shall
1ile with his inal account inventory thereof in
detail with the receipt OF said revenue oicer there
Revenue Is hereby authorized and required to make
the inquiries, determinations and assessments
OF the following taxes to wit For deficiencies
act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco
and Tor other purposes" approved July 20, 1865
as asa amended 9s ny subsequent acts s,emi,annually
person, bank, association, !, company or cor.
section Ito % OF AN act 70 provide Internal reye,
nue. 70 support the government and to pay inter.
a sss On .ae public debt and Tor other purposes"
acts, upon distilled spirits, imposed BY the frst
provso oi section IA OF "An act to amend existing
laws reiating TO internal revenue, and for other
Snun and cigars, imposed by section GO OF can
act Imposing taxes on distilled spirits ana tobacco
ssd g amendea Us by srcon approved July
internal taxes and Tor other purposes" approved
June 2, 1874 rrovldca further, that the said Com
made to the proper collectors. resnectivev who
shall proceed to collect taxes so certiacd IN the
same manner as assessments on lists are now
collected. ~"
SEC. 2.--And be it further epactcd rnat ON
special taxes imposed by law, Including tho tax m
stills or worms. shall De paid BY stamps denotsg