The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
The New Revenue Law.
THE BILL AS PASSED,

luA BILL AZ tA9but
The following Is the text Of tho bill as
Il passed the House Of Representatives at
Washington, 1t has still to go before the
Senate,
That from and after the date OF the
passage Of this act there shall 10 levied
and collected on all distilled spirits
Thereafter produced in tho United States
tax Of 90 cents on each proof gallon
or wine gallon when below proof, TO DO
paid by tho distiller, owner or person
having possession thereof before Femov-
al FROM the distillery bonded Warehouse,
and so much Of section 325l Of the Re-
vised Statutes Of the United States as Is
inconsistent herewith Ia hereby repealed.
Section ., That section 1868 Of Revised
Statutes he, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out the wOrds"twenty
cents a pound" and inserting In lieu
thereof the words "twenty.four cents a
pound" Provided that section 1904 OF
the Revised Statutes be, and the same Is
hereby, amended by striking out tho
word "fve" wherever h occurs therein,
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
six" and by striking out the word "six-
ty"and insertiOng Sseyenty-fye." This
increases the duty on cigars from s. 10
50 per thousand, and on cigarettes from
80 90 to 50 75.-Reporter, Provided
that the increase Of tax herein provided
for shall not apply to tobacco, cigars or
cigarettes on which the tax under tho ex-
listing law shall have been paid when this
act takes effect.
Section 3, That on all molasses, con-
centrated mOlasses, tank bottoms, syrup
Of sugar.cane juice, molado, and OH sugar
according TO the Dutch standard color
imported from foreign countries there
shall DO levied, collected and paid, in
addition to the duties now imposed in
schedule g, section 1904 Of the Revised
Statutes, IN amount equal to twenty-five
per cent OF said duties, as levied upon tho
several articles and grades herein desig,
mated; provided that concentrated melado
or concrete shall hereinafter he chased
M sugar, dutiable according TO the color
Of the Dutch standard, and melado shall
DO known and defined rs an article made
in the process Of sugar.making, being the
cane juice boiled down to the sugar point,
and containing all tho sugar and mOlas.
ses resulting from the boiling process,
without any process Of purging or CLASH.
tcation; and any and all productions OF
the sugar.Cane imported In bags, mats,
baskets, or other than tight packages,
shall be considered as sugar, and dulia.
bio rs such; and provided further, that
Of tho drawback on refined sugars ex.
ported, allowed by section 3,0l0 OF the
Revised Statutes OF the United States,
only ono per cent Of the amount 80 al
lowed shall DO retained by the United
States.
Section 4, That so much Of section 2503
Of the Revised Statutes rs provides that
only ninety per Centum Of the several du-
ties and rates Of duty imposed on certain
articles therein enumerated by section
25Oi shall be levied, collected and paid,
be and the same Is hereby repealed; and
the several duties and rites Of duty pre-.
scribed in said section 25O4 shall be and
remain rs by that section levied, without
tho abatement Of ten per centum NJ pro.
vidCd in section 2603. '.-
Section 8. That the increase oiduties
provided by this act shall not apply to
any goods, wares or merchandise actually
on ship board and bound to the United
States on or before the 10th day Of Feb
ruary, 1875, nor on any such goods, wares
or merchandise on deposit In warehouses
or public stores at the date Of the paSsngc
Of this act.
Section . provides that nothing in tho
act Of February 3, 1876, tho Little Tariff
Act, shall be GOnAtrued to impose any
duty on boiling cloths, heretofore admit.
ted free Of duty, or to require the use Of
stamps on entries Of receipts In tho pass
books Of savings banks. . ~