Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12
THE NEW TATIFF BILL.

WAsH1NoToS, Feb. 10. The text of the Rev
enue Tar if bill reported to the House to-day by
Mr.. Dawes, is q follows:
A bill to further protect the sinking fund and to
provide or the exigences of the Government:
Be it enacted, &C., that from and after the pas
sage of this act there shall be levied and collected
all distilled spirits, On which the tax prescribed
by law shall not have been paid and whether the
said spirits shall then be in the distlery, bonded
warehouse or not, a tax Of one dollar on each
proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, to
be paid by the distiller, owner or person having
possession thereof before its removal from the dis
tillery or bonded warehouse, and so much OF Sec
ton 1881 of the Revised Statutes OF the United
States as is consistent Herewith is hereby repealed
provided that in addition to the tax of7O cents per
gallon imposed by law now existing there shall be
levied and collected o tax of fifteen cents, being
one-half the measure Of tax under this act on each
and every proof gallon or wine gallon, when be-
low proof Of domestic distilled spirits, manufac
tured and placed in bonded warehouses prior to
the day when this act shall take effect, and held
in bonded warehouses at that time and on all such
spirits then held by dstillers rectfyers or whole
sale dealers having in their possession or under
their control distilled spirits in stamped packages,
or any person who shall sell, transfer, or other
wise dispose of any such distilled spirits after this
act takes effect until an additional stamp, to be
especially printed for this purpose by the Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue, denotng the payment
Of the additional tax Of fifteen cents per gallon
package or packages containing the same, in such
manner as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
shall prescribe, shall be subject to and pay pen
atty Of one dollar for each and every gallon so re-
moved, and the spirits so removed shall be forfeit
ed to the United States and prov ided further that
on all brandy, gin, rum, and ON all compounds and
preparations Of which distilled spirits Is compo-
nent part of the chief value, embracing all forms
of distilled spirits imported from foreign countries
on which the duties fixed in the revised statutes
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collected and paid shall be $3.50 per proof gallon
Section 2. That section 1868 of the Revised
Statutes be, and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the words 20 cents per pound, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words "a cents per
pound provided, that the increase of tax herein
provided for shall not apply to tobacco on which
the tax under the existing law shall have been
paid when this act takes effect.
Section 3. That so much Of section 3437 as i'm
poses q stamp tax on friction Matches lucifer
matches, or other articles made in part of wood
used for such purposes be, and the same is hereby
repealed, to take effect on and after the first day
Of July, 1875.
Section 4. That on all molasses, not including
tank bottom syrup Of sugar cane juice, melado or
concentrated melado, and on sugars according to
the Dutch standard in color, imported from foreign
countries, there shall be levied collected and paid
in addition to the duties now imposed in schedule
&, sec. 2,504 Of the revised statutes, an amount
equal to % per cent. of the said duties levied
upon the several grades therein designated.
Section s. That so much Of sec. 2503 of the re-
vised statutes provides that only 90 per cent. of
the several duties and rates of duty Imposed en-
certain articles therein enumerated by sec. 2504
shall be levied, collected and paid, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and the several duties
and rates of duty prescribed in said sec. 25O4
shall be and remain by that section levied with
out abatement Of 10 per cent, provided in sec.
2503.
Section G. That the increase of duties provid-
ed by this act shall not apply to any goods, wares,
or merchandise virtually on shipboard and
bound to the U. S. on the 10th day of Feb, 1875,
nor on any such goods, wares or merchandise on
deposit in warehouses or public stores at the date
of the passage Of the act.