Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-17

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/ WASHINGTON, Feb. l0-The tariff
revenue bill reported to the House to-
day, by Dawes, provides that after
the passage of this act there shall be
levied and collected on oil distilled d
spirits on which q tax 10 prescribed by
law and shall not have been paid. and
whether the said spirits shall then be
in distillery, bonded warehouse or not
. tax of one dollar ON each proof gal.
lon, or wine gallon when below proof
to be paid by the distiller, owner oI
person having possession thereof be.
fore removal from distillery bonded.
warehouse, and so much Of section
1851 of the revised statutes of the
United States as are inconsistent here
with, is hereby repealed.
A provision attached provides for
the collection also of the seventy cents
per gallon imposed by the present law,
and of fifteen cents, being half the in
crease of tax under this act on each
and every proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, of domestic distill-
ed spirits manufactured and placed in
bonded warehouse previous to the day
when this act shall take effect and held
in bonded warehouse ct that time, and
ON oil such spirits then held by distil.
lers, rectifers or wholesale dealers
having In their possession or under
their control distilled spirits in stamp
ed packages. Amy person who shall
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any such distilled spirits after this
act takes effect until additional stamps
to be especially printed for this pur-
pose, BY tho direction Of the Commis.
sioner of Internal Revenue, denotinq
the payment of the additional tax of
10 cents per gallon herein imposed 10
purchased and attached to such pack
age or packages containing the Same,
as the Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue shall prescribe, shall be subject
to and pay . penalty Of one dollar for
each and every gallon 80 removed, and
spirits so removed shall be forfeited
to the United States.
And provided further that on all
brandy, gin, rum and on all COM
pounds and preparations of which
Distilled spirits is compound, part
and chief value embracing all forms Of
distilled spirits imported from foreign
countries, on which duty AZ fixed in
the revised statutes, is two dollars Der
gallon, the duty hereafter to be levied
collected and paid shall be $3.50 per
proof gallon.
Section 2 Of section 1868 revised
statutes is amended by striking ont
the words "twenty cents per pound" !"
and inserting the words 'twenty -four
cents per pound" provided the in.
creased tax herein provided for shall
not apply to tobacco on which the tax
under existing law shall have been
paid, when this act becomes q law.
Section third relates to the match
tax repeating the stamp tax hereon.
Section four relates to molases and
sugar, to which there is added tax of
70 per cent. with few exceptions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-A request
having been made to the Commissioner
of the land Office to construe the act of
June ed, 1874, for the relief Of settlers
on railroad lands 90 as to permit the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to
select lands containing coal and iron,
70 be released in favor of actual set
tiers, the Commissioner replies that
1.-The act Of June last provides that
nothing herein contained shall in any
manner be 80 construed as to enlarge
or extend any grant to any such rail-
roads. Your company receives Ill it's
coal and iron lands without elimination
on account of the claim OF any set
tiers. To allow you, in addition to
surrender lands purely agricultural
and take the reserved coal land of
greatly increased value would in my
Judgment materially enlarge your
grant, and would therefore be in ex-
Press violation OF the act under which
the claim is presented"
| WASHINGTON, Feb. ia general
order has been issued from the War
Department in reference to carving
ont the provisions Of the Act of Con
gress, providing for the relief of per.
sons suffering from the ravages of the
grasshoppers upon the western from
tiers. 1t is ordered by the President
that the commanders Of Departments
Of the Platte, Missouri, and Dakota,
shall cause the distribution to be made
soon - practicable.
In the enrolment of the inhabitants
Of States and Territories within these
departments who have been rendered
destitute by the ravages Aforesaid,
which enrolment will as far ~ practi-
cable groupe families together, giving
the name Of each person entitled to
relief, children under II are to be rated
separately. Applicants for supplies
should make statement, on blanks
furnished them, of their resources con-
yertible with safety to their families
into . supply Of food, and the names
OF such persons as may be found to
have resources 80 convertible shall not
be placed on the rolls until such re-
sources are exhausted.
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