Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-19
The Revenue Bill rs Passed.

The following To- the text of the substi
tute revenue bill, as it passed the H"uss
and the Senate:
Section l. That from and after the date
of the passage of this act there shall bt
levied and collecte6on all distilled spirits
thereafter produced in the United States,
tax of ninety cents on each proof gal
Ion. or wine gallon when below proof, to
be paid by the distiller, owner. or person
having possession thereof, before removal
from The distillery bonded warehouse; and
70 much of section 3,s51 Of the Revised
Statutes of the UnitedStates as is 'aconsis'
lent herewith is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That section 3,36S on the Re
yised Statutes Ike, and the same ia hereby
amended by striking out The words "twen-
Ity cents . pound" and inserting tn lieu
the, eof the words twenty -four cents
,pound.'' Provided, that section 3.304
Iof the Revised Statutes be, and the same
IS hereby amended By striking out the
wor,l GIVE" wherever It occurs therein,
a-A inserting IN lieu -4hereof the WORD
..sx." and by STRIKING odt the word sixty
and inserting ''seventytlye." This IT,
creases the duty ON cigars from IS to s.
per t.lrusand, and on cigarettes from $2.6O
to.$275] Provided 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 al! mOlasses, concentra-
tea molasses, tsnk bottoms, sirupof. 6 agar-
cane Juice, melada. and on sugar accord
ing 10 the Dutch standard color Imported
fslm foreign oSdfitries: there. shsl| be le-
vied, collected and paid. 10 addiho9to ths
duties now imposed d schedule @, sectien
1854, of the Revised Statutes, an amount
equal to twenty-five pr cent, of said du-
ties as levied upon the ssvcral articles and
grades herein designated; provided that
c,elado or,concrete shall here
after be classed as sugar, dutiable accord
ing to the color of the Dutch standard, and
c.elado shall be known and defined as an
article made in the process of sugar-mak-
ing; being the cane juice boiled down to
the sugar point, aud containing all the
sugar and molasses resulting from the
boiling process, without any process OF
purging or classification 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
lutiable as such; and provided further,
that of the drawback on refined sugars ex-
ported, allowed by section 3,013 Of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, only
one per cent. of the amounts 30 allowed
shall be retained by the United States.
Sec. 4. That 80 much of section 2.503 Of
he Revised Statutes as provides that only
1inety per centum of the several duties
Ind rates of duty imposed on certain arti-
lies therein enumerated by section 1854
,hall be levied, collected and paid, be and
he same is hereby repealed; and the seve-
al duties and rates OF duty prescribed in
aid section 2,50 shall be and rem lin as
" that section levied, without the abate-
nent of ten per centuln as provided in Sec
ion 2,503.
Sec. 5. That the increase Of duties pro-
,iGed by this act shall not apply to any
FOODS, wares or merchandise actually on
hip board and bound to the United States
u or before the tenth day of February,
S75, nor on any such goods, wares or
on deposit in warehouses or
,ublic stores ut the date Of the passage Of
his act.
Section provides that nothing in the
ct Of F. bruary 8. 1875, (the little tariff
ct) shall be construed to impose any duty
N boiling cloths, Heretofore admitted free
f duty, or to require the use of stamps on
ntries Of receipts in the pass-books Of
avings banks.