Connecticut western news., 1875-03-26
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The New Tax Bill.

The following is the full text of the new Tax and Tariff bill passed by tho United States Congress-:
 SECTION l. That from and after the date of passage of this act there Rhall be levied and collected on all distilled spirits thereafter pro- duced in the United States tax of ninety cents on each proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, to be paid by the dlstiller, owner, or person having possession thereof be- fore removal from the distllery or bonded warehouse and so much of Sec. 3,251 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as is in- consistent herewith is repealed.
 SEC. 2. That Sec 3,3GS of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words "twenty cents 8 pound, and inserting ill lieu thereof the words 'twenty-four cents 8 pound" Proolded, That Sec 3394 of the Revised Statutes be- and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word " five" wherever it occurs therein, and inserting in lieu thereof tbe word six, and by striking out the word sixty and inserting " "seventy-fve," increasing the duty on cigars from $5 to $6 thousand, and cigarettes from $2. 60 to $275: ProUidcd, 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 all molasses, concentrated molasses, tank-bottoms, sirup of sugar, canei juice, melada, and on sugar according to the Dutch standard color, imported from foreign countries, there shall be levied, collected and paid, in addition to duties now imposed in Schedule G, Sec. 2, 504 of the Revised Statutes, an amount equal to twenty-five per cent. or said duties as levied upon the several articles and grades herein designated: PFoutded, That melada or concrete shall hereafter be classed as sugar, dutiable 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 molassess resulting from the boiling process without any process Of purgmg or clarifcation, 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: Prooided, further, That of the drawback on refined sugar exported, allowed by Sec. 3019 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, only one per cent of the amount so allowed shall be retained by the United States.
 SEC A. That so much of Sec. 2,5O3 of the Re- vised Statutes as provides that only ninety per centrlm of the several duties.and rates of duty imposed on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec. 2, 504 shall be levied, collected and paid be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the several duties and rates of duty prescribed, in said Sec 2, 5O4 shall be and remain as by that sec ton levied without abatement of ten per cent, provided in Sec. 2,5O3.
 SEC 5. That the increase of duties provided by this act shall not apply to any goods, wares or merchandise actually on shipboard and bound to the United States on or before the tenth day of February, 1875, nor on any such goods wares or merchandise on deposit in warehouses or public stores at the date ot the passage of this act,
 Sec. provides that nothing in the act of February 8, 1875 (the Little Tariff act), shall be construed to impose any duty on bolting cloths heretofore admitted free of duty, or to require the usc of stamps on entries or receipts ill the pass-books of savings banks.