The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
The New Tax Bill.

The following is the full text of the
new Tax and Tariff bill passed by the
United States Congress
SECTION /. That from and after the date of
passage Of this act there shall be levied and
collected on all distilled spirits thereafter pro-
duced in the United States tax of ninety conts
OH each proof gallon, or wine gallon when be-
low proof, to be paid by the distiller, owner, or
person having possession thereof before til Q
removal from the distlery OF bonded ware
house. and 30 much of Sec PSI of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States as is incon-
sistent herewith is repealed.
Sec. 2. That Sec 3,36S of the Revised
Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended
by striking out the words "twenty cents q
pound, and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"twenty-four cents pound - Prorided, That
Sec. 3,394 of the Revised Statutes be, and the
same is hereby, amended by striking out the
word " five wherever it occurs therein and
inserting i'll lieu thereof the word "six, and by
striking out the word "sixty" and inserting
seventy-fve," increasing the duty ON cigars
from 50 to sc a thousand and cigarettes from
S2.60 to sa2.75 Prouided, That the increase of
tax herein provided for shall not apply to
tobacco, cigars or cigarettes on which the tax
under the existing law shall have been paid
when this act takes effect.
Sec. 3. That on all molasses, concentrated
molassess, tank-bottoms, sirup Of sugar, cane
juice, melada, and on sugar according to the
Dutch standard color, imported from foreign
countries, there shall be levied collected and
paid, iii addition to duties now imposed in
Schedule e. Sec. 1854 of the Revised Statutes,
an amount equal to twenty five per cent. OF
said duties as levied upon the several articles
and grades herein designated Prortded, That
concentrated melada or concret shall hereafter
be classed as sugar, dutiable according to the
color of the Dutch standard, and melada shall
be known and defined as an article made i'll the
n gllO On q heinU
boiled down to the sugar point and containing
all the srgar and molasses resulting from the
boiling process without any process of purging
or clarlhcation, and any and all production OF
suSar-cane imported III bags, mats, baskets or
other than light packages shall be considered
sugar and dutiaple as such Provided, further,
That of the drawback on reinedsugar exported,
allowed by Sec, 3,019 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States only one per cent. of the
amount so allowed shall be retained by the
United States.
SEC. T. That SO much of Sec 2, 503 of the Re
vised Statutes as provides that only ninety per
centum of the several duties and rates Of duty
imposed on certain articles therein enumerated
by Sec. 9, 504 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 2 504 shall be and remain as by that
section levied without abatement Of ten PEI
cent, provided in Sec 2,503.
SEC. 8. That the increase of duties provided
by this act shall not apply to any goods wares
or merchandise actually on shipboard and
bound to the United States on or before the
tenth day of February, 1875, nor on any such
goods, wares or merchandise on deposit IL
warehouses or public stores at the date of the
/ passage of this act.
/ Sec provides that nothing in the act o.
February 8, 1875 (the Little Tariff actl, shall
be construed to impose any duty on boiling
cloths heretofore admitted free Of duty or tc
require the use of stamps on entries or receipts
! in the pass-books of savings banks.