The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-02

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therefore been instructed to bring before
the House Tor consideration to.dBy the
same bill with all the amendments thai
were adopted In Committee Of the Whole
up to tho adjournment Friday evening.
Mr.. statkweather asked Mr.. Dawes
whether he would admit an amendment
taxing tue sales Of stock, bonds, gold, bul.
lion', &c, onetwentieth Of one per cent
and he remarked that without endanger.
iBg anybody or depreciatiug any inter.
est, that the tax would produce ten OF
twelve millions year.
Mr.. Dawes intimated that there was no
machinery provided TO collect such tax,
aud the Committee was not prepared to
recommend II.
Mir, Smith, Of Ohio, asked whether salt
would bc put on the Tree list, remarking
that the standing votes In Committee Of
the Whole showed msjority in favor Of
Mr Dawes was understood as replying
In the negative. He moved to suspend
the rnlcs and pass the bill, and intimsted
that II that motion was uegatived, he
would not press the bill any farther this
session.
Mr. Hawley, Of Connecticut, called at
tenlion 10 the iAct that Mr Dawes told
the House recently that there would be
o surplus revenue this year OF six or
seven millions 10 20 10 the sinking
LInd, which would, however, still leave
$s2 600 600 to be provided for the Sinking
Fund this year. He, Hawley, wanted 10
Know whether Mr. Dawes could assure
The House that the surplus of next year
would be adequate to meet the Sinking
Fund Of SEQ 100000 for next year and
SS2 ,OOOUO this year, as Mr.. Dawes was
understood to express his belief or hope
that 1t would be. He moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill.
Mr.. Randall suggested that as the
House was called upon TO vote with its
eyes shut, there was no use In having the
Dill read. The bill, however, was read
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Dawes
motion and was passed; yeas III, nays
Mr. Starkweaiher then moved to sus.
pend the rules and add on additional sec.
tion 10 tho tariff bill, just passed, impos.
ing q tax Ofone'twentiGth Of ono per cent
on all sales OF stock, bonds, gold and sil.
yer, bullion coin and other securities.
The motion was agreed to without yeas
and nays, and this provision was incor-
porated in the bill TO amend the customs
laws.
The last fourteen sections smendatory
OF the tariff bill have reference 10 internal
revenue matters. One OF them allows
any farmer or planter to sell at the place
OF production tobacco OF his own growth
and Raising at retail directly to c0nsum.
ers, 10 an amount not exceeding one hun.
dred dollars annually.
MIR. kasson moved 10 suspend the rules
and adopt section II, 10 be also incor.
porated In the tariff bill, to facilitate the
export oil manufactured tobacco, which
was agreed to-yess 100; nays 1853.
Mr.. Wells, from the Committee on Pa.
cltic Railroads, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill requiring the va.
rious branches Of the Pacific Railroads TO
be run and operated as q oontinious line
oil railroad, and providing penalties for
making determinations against other
companies, and declaring the Denver s
Pacific Railroad part ol the extension
OF the Kansas. Pacific Railroad. Agreed
10 without division.
Mr. Williams moved 10 suspend the
rules and pass the bill for the collection
from the Pacific Railroad companies Of
the five per cent tax Of their net earnings,
as provided by the 9th section OF the Pa.
cltc railroad act ol the 1st ,pi July, 1869
Agreed 10 without division
Dir. Poland moved to suspend the rules
and pass a bill relieving tho Savings
Banks that have cspital stock from the
payment Of tax on deposits, as in the case
OF the Savings Banks having no capital.
Agreed TO and the bill was passed.
MIR. Hereford moved to suspend the
rules and pass bill for the adjustment Of
claims OF purchasers of public property at
Harpers Ferry. Rejected.
Mr. Butler, Of Massachusetts, moved 10
suspend tho rules and take from the
Speakers table tho Senate Civil Rights
bill for reference 10 tho Judiciary Com.
mittee with leave to report at any time.
Pending the vote AIr. Beck moved 10
adjourn, and called for the yeas and nays.
The taking of the votes occupied the
time up TO 4:30, when without action on
Mr. Buffers motion the House took a re-.
cess till 7:30. The evening session 10 be
Tor reports from the Judiciary Committee.