Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-03-11

The full text of the new Tax and Tariff
bill passed by Congress is as follows;

SECTION I. That from and after the date of
passage of this act there shall be levied and col
lected on all distilled spirits thereafter produced
in the United States tax of ninety cents on each
proof gallon. or wine gallon when below proof, to
be paid by the distiller, owner, or person having
possession thereof before removal from the dis
tillery or bonded warehouse, and so much of Sec.
3,25l of the Revised Statutes of the United States
as is inconsistent herewith is repealed.
SEQ. 2. That Sec. 3,36S Of the Revised Statutes
be, and the same is hereby, amenaed by striking
out the words twenty cents u pound" and in
sorting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-four
cents pound" PFocided, That Sec. 3 1884 of the
Revised Statutes be. and the same il hereby,
amended by striking ont the word live
thereof the word six and by striking ont the
word sixty and inserting seventy five,
IN "a the a9Sy on and cigars from s.
$3.50 to S275: PrOrided, 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 g. That on all moasscs, concentrated mo-
lssses, tank-bottoms, strip of sugar. cane-iuice
melada, and ON sugar according to the Dutch
standard color, imported from foreign couptries
there shall be levied, collected and paid, in ad-
dtion to duties now imposed in Schedule c.
Sec. 250i of the Revised Statutes an amount
equal 10 % per cent. of said duties levied upon
the several articles and grades herein designated
Prorided. That concentrated meiada or concrete
shall hereafter be classed as sugar, dutiable &C
melads shall b. known and defined as an article
made in the process of sugar making. being the
cane-juice boiled down to the sugar point and
containing all the sugar and molasses resulting
srom the boiling process without any process OF
purging or clarihcation, and any and all produc-
ton of sngar-canc imported in bags mats or
baskets or other than light packages shall
be considered sugar and dutiablc "a such:
PT0rided further, That Of the drawback
on rehned sugar exported allowed by
Sec. 3.0l9 Of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, only per cent. of the amount
so allowed shall be retained by the United States
SEC T. That so much of Sec. 2,50s of the Re
vlsed Statutes as provides that only % per ccntum
of the several duties and rates of duty imposed
on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec.
5oi shall be levied, collected and paid he and
the same is hereby, repealed, and the several
duties aud rates of duty prescribed in said sec.
2,Sa shall be and remaIas by that section levied
without statement OF is per cent, provided In
Sec. 2.JS.
SEC. ). That the increase Of duties provided hv
this act shall not apply To any goods, wares or
merchandise actually on shipboard and bound To
the United states on or before the 10th day OF
February, 1875. nor any such goods. wares or
merchandise on deposit in warehouses or public
stores at the date OF the passage Of this act,
Sec. provides that nothing in the act Of Feb
s 1873 the Little Tariff act, shall be construed
to impose any duty on boiling cloths heretofore
admitted free Of duty, To require the use OF
stamps on entries or receipts in the pass-books
Of savings banks.