Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-12
The New Tax Bill.

The following is a copy of the new
Tax and Tariff bill passed by Congress
SECTION /. That from and after the date {
passage of this act there shall be levied and col
lected on all distilled spirits thereafter produced
in the United States a tax of ninety cents on each
proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, 10
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.
51 Of the Re, ised Statutes Of the United States
as il inconsistent herewith is repealed.
SEC. ,. That Sec. 3,368 OF the Revised Statutes
be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking
out the words +" twenty cents azpound," and in.
serting in lieu thereof the words twenty-four
cents pound:n ProUided, That Sec. 1894 Of the
Revised Statutes be, and the same is here
by: amended by striking out the word
five" wherever it occurs therein, and
inserting in lieu thereof the word six, =
and by striking out the. word sixty
duty on cigars from s5 to SO a thousand, and
cigarettes from 81 to $2.75: PrOUided, That the
to tobacco, cigars or cigarettes on which the Tax
under the existing law shall have been paid when
this act takes effect.
SEC. 8. That on all molasses, concentrated mo-
lasses, 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, in ad
diton to duties now imposed in Schedule G
Sec. 2.504 Of the Revised Statutes, an amount
equal to % per cent. of said duties levied upoT
the several articles and grades herein designated
shall hereafter be classed sugar, dutiablI
| according to the color of the Dutch standard
and melada shall be 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 mo
lasses resulting from the boiling process without
any process of purging or clanhcation, anC
any and all production of sugar-cane i'm
ported in bags, mats, baskets or othe
than light packages shall be considered
sugar and dutiable as such: Pr00ided, further
| That of the drawback on refined sugar exported
allowed by Sec. 3.Ol9 of the Revised Statutes o
| the United States, only per cent. of the amour
so allowed shall be retained by the United States
SEC. 4. That so much of Sec. 2,5O3 Of the Re
vised Statutes as provides that only 80 per centun
| of the several duties and rates of duty imposed
| on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec
2,5O4 shall be levied, collected and paid be, Ant
| the same is hereby, repealed, and the severa
| duties and rates of duty prescribed in said Sec
2,5W shall be and remain as by that section leviet
without abatement Of 10 per cent, provided II
| Sec. 2,503.
Sec. 5. That the increase of duties provided b.
| this act shall not apply to any goods, wares o
merchandise actually on shipboaTd and bound b
| the United States on or before the 10th day G
| February, 1875, nor on any such goods wares o
| merchandise on deposit in warehouses or publ
| stores at the date of the passage of this act
Sec provides that nothing in the act of Eel
g, 1875 (the Little Tariff act), shall be construe
| to impose any duty on bolting cloths heretofor
| admitted free of duty, or to require the use c
stamps on entries or receipts in the pass-books c
| sayinga hanks