Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-11
The New Tax and Tariff Bill.
The new Tax and Tariff bill passed by
CONGRESS- Is aS follows.

congress Is as follows:
SECTION /. That from and after the date of
passage OF this act there shall be levied and col
!ected 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
ullery or bonded warehouse, and so much of Sec
32?l of the Revised Statutes of the United States
as Is inconsistent herewith is repealed.
SEC ,. That Sec. 3,36S of the Revised Statutes
be, and the same is hereby. amended by striking
out the words p" twenty cents pound and in
serlng IN lieu thereof the words " twenty-four
cents pound PF0Cided. That Sec 1894 of the
Revised Statutes be. and the same is hereby
amended by striking out the word = five" wher-
ever ii occurs therein, and inserting in lieu there
of the word = six and by striking out the word
= sixty and inserting seventv-ive,' increasin
the duty on cigars from So to So n thousand. and
cigarettes from 500 to S2G5: PFOrj9ed, 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 mo-
lasses, tank-bottoms, strip of sugar, cane-uice,
melada, and on sugar according to the Dutch
standard color imported from foreign countries.
there shall be levied collected and paid, in ad-
dition to duties now imposed in Schedule G.
Sec. 1854 of the Revised Statutes. an amount
equal to 25 per cent OF said duties levied upon
the several articles and grades herein designated:
PrOCided, That concentrated melada or concrete
shall hereafter be classed sugar, dutiable ac-
cOrGing 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 molasses resulting
from the boiling process without any process Of
purging or Clarifcation. and any and ali produc-
ton of sugar-cane imported in bags, mats
baskets or other than light packages shall
be considered sugar and dutiable as
such: PrOC5ded, further, That of the draw
back refined sugar exported allowed
by Sec. 3O19 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, only per cent. of the amount
allowed shall be retained by the United States.
SEC. 4. That so much of Sec 2.5U3 OF the Re
Ysed Statutes as provides that only 80 per centum
of the several duties and rates of duty imposed
on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec.
1854 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.
1854 shall be and remain by that section levied
without abatement of IL per cent, provided in
Sec. 2,503.
SEC. 5. That the increase of duties provided by
this act shall not apply to any goods, or
merchandise actually on shlpbOard and bound to
the United States before the 10th day of
February, 1875 nor on 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, 1875 (the 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 passbooks of
savings banks.