The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-25
The New Tariff Bill.

A tariff bill, of which we give the full
text below, passed the house, Tuesday, by
a vote of one hundred and twenty three
yeas to one hundred and thirteen nays. OF
the Vermont delegation, Mr.. Poland voted
in favor Of the bill, Mr.. Willard against it,
and Mr.. Hendee was absent. The follow
ing is the text of the bill, as passed
That, from and after the date of the pas
sage of this act there shall be levied and
collected on all distilled spirits thereafter
produced in the United States tax of 9C
cents on each proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, to be paid by the dis
tiller, owner or person having possession
thereof, before removal from the distilery
or bonded warehouse, and SO much of sec.
ton 1881 of the revised statutes of the
United States as is inconsistent Herewith
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That section 1868 of the revised
statutes be and the same is hereby amended
by striking out the words "20 cents q
pound and inserting in lieu thereof the
words ''24 cents a pound" providing that
section 1864 of the revised statutes be and
the same is hereby amended by striking
out the word "iive" wherever it occurs
therein and inserting in lieu thereof the
word ''six," and by striking out the word
''sixty" and inserting 'seventy-five" in
creasing the duty on cigars from hve to six
dollars a thousand, and on cigarettes from
S2.G0 to S2.75 provided that the increase
of the tax herein provided for shall not ap-
ply to tobacco. cigars aud cigarettes on
which the tax under the existing law shall
have b9en paid when this act takes effect.
Sec, 3. That on all molasses, concentra-
ted mOlasses, tank bottoms, syrup of sugar
cane juice, melada and on sugar. according
to the Dutch standard of color, imported
from foreign countries, there shall be lev
led and collected and paid, in addition to
the duties now imposed in schedule G. j..
section 1904 of the revised statutes, an
amount equal to % per cent. of said duties
as levied upon the several articles and
grades herein designated, provided that
concentrated melado or concrete shall here
AFTER DE classed as sugar, dutiable accord
Tug 10 the Dutch standard, and melado
shail ne known and defined as an article
made IN the process of sugar making. being
,he cane juice boiled down to the sugar
point anu containing all the sugar and mo.
iasses resulting from the boiling process
wl,hoet any process, purging or cariflca
tloh' ana any and all productions of The
sugar cane imported in bags, mats or has
kels, or other than light packages, shall b,
considered sugar and dutiable as such and
provided further, that of the drawbacl a,
refined sugars exported, allowed by sectiol
3,Ol0 of the revised statutes of the Unite,
States, only one per cent. of the amount 9,
allowed shall be retained by the Unite,
States.
Sec. 4. That so much of section 25O3 n
the revised statutes as provides that onl
80 per centum of the several duties AN
rates of duty imposed on certain article
therein enumerated by section 1904 sha
be levied, collected and paid, be and tl
same is hereby repealed, and the sever,
duties and rates of duty prescribed in sal
section 2504 shall be and remain. as |,
that action, levied without abatement {
the ten per centum, as provided in sectio
1908.
Sec. .. That. 1.-The increase of duties Or,
gided by this act shall not apply to an
goods, wares or merchandise actually G
shipboard and bound TO the United Stat
on or before the 10th day of Februar,
1875, nor ON any such goods, wares
merchandise, on deposit in warehouses
public stores at the date of the passage
this act.
Sec. 6. Provides that nothing in the a
of February 8, 1875 Qhe little tariff aci
shall be construed to impose any duty {
boiling cloths, therefore admitted free
, duty, or to require the use Of stamps
entries of receipts in the pass-books OF sa
= ings banks