The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18
The New Tax Bill.
The following is the full text of the new
Tax and Tariff bill passed by Congress:

Tax and Tariff bill passed by Congress:
SECTION l.. That from aud after the date of
passage Of this act there shall be levied and col
lected all distilled spirits thereafter produced
proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, to
be paid by the distiler, owner, or person having
possession thereof before removal from the dis
sillery Or bonded wa1ehouse, and so much Of Sec.
as is inconsistent herewith is repealed.
SEC. T. That Sec. 2,36S of the Revised Statutes
be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking
sorting in lieu thereof the words twenty -four
cents pound" Prorided, That Sec. 1894 Of the
Revised Statutes be, and the same is here
Word S so wherever s It occu %s' thsrs:
word :si1;'' and BY striking out the word
the duty on cigars from S. to S. thousand. and
cigarettes from g. so to S275: Prorided, That the
increase oftax herein provided for shall not apply
under the existing law Shall have been paid when
this act takes effect.
SEC. 8. That on all molasses, concentrated mo-
lasses, tank bottoms, strip of sugar, cane;juice,
melada, and on sugar according to the Dutch
standard color, imported from foreign cor ntries,
there shall be levied, collected and paid, in ad
aton to d9 q now in Schedule
equal to Is per cent. of said duties levied upon
the several articles and grades herein designated
Pr0rided, That concentrated melada or concrete
shall hereafter be classed as sugar, dutiable ac-
cording to the color of the Dutch standard, and
melada shall be known and defined as an article
cane-juice boiled down to the sugar point, and
containing all the eugar and molasses re-
sulting from the boiling process without
any process OF .purging or Qualification,
and any and all production of sugar
cane imported In bags, mats, baskets or
other than light packages shall be considered
sugar and dutiable as such: Provided, further,
That Of the drawback on refined sugar exported,
allowed by Sec. 3,O19 of the Revised Statutes OF
the United States, only per cent. of the amount
SO allowed shall be retained by the United States.
SEC. 4. That SO much of Sec. 2,5O3 of the Re-
vsed Statutes as provides that only 90 per centum
of the several duties and rates of duty imposed
on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec
5O4 shall be levied, collected and paid be, and
the same is hereby, repealed. AMI the several
duties and rates of duty prescribed in said Sec
25O4 shall be and remain as by that section levied
without abatement of 10 per cent, provided in
Sec. 2,5U3.
SEC. 5. That the increase of duties provided by
this act shall not apply to any goods, wares OF
merchandise actually on shipboard and bound to
the United States on or before the 10th day Of
February. 1875, nor on any such goods, wares OF
merchandise on deposit in warehouses or public
stores at the date of the passage of this act
Sec. = provides thai nothing in the act of Feb
8, 1875 (ths Little Tariff act) shall be construed
to impose any duty on boiling cloths heretofore
admitted free of duty, or to require the use Of
stamps on entries or receipts in the pass-books
of savings banks.