New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-11
BY TELEG AP
CONGRESS.
House..

House.
WASHINGTON, February I0.-Mr. Sener,
OF Virginia, presented a resolution of the
Virginia Legislature in relation to the tax
on tue circulating medium. Referred.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the Postotfice appropriation
bill.
The House did not finish the Postoffice
appropriation.bi bill.
A new tariff bill was reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means and made
the special order for tomorrow. The fol-
lowing is the full text of the bill:
Be it enacted, ETC., That from and after the date
of passage of this act there shall be levied and
prescribed by law shall not have been paid and
whether the said spirits shall then be in distillery
bonded warehouse. or not, a tax % Of one dollar on
proof, to be paid by the dstiller owner, or person
having possession thereof, before removal from
so o much % Of section % sssl of the Sevised aed
Statutes of ithe United States is inconsistent
herewith, is hereby repealed provided. that in
posed by law now existing, there shall be levied
and collected tax OF fifteen cents being oneha!f
the increase Of tax under this act on each and
proof. or domestic distilled spirits manufactured
and placed in bonded warehouses prior to the day
when this act shall take effect, and held in bonded
warehouses at that time, and on all such spirits
then held Dy dstilers, rectifers wholesale deai
ers having in their possession or under their con.
troll distilled spirits in stamped packages and
any person who shall sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of such distilled spirits after this act takes
provided for this purpose by the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, denOting payment of the addi.
tional tax Of fifteen cents per gallon. herein i'm.
posed is purchased and attached to the package or
packages containing the same. in such manner as
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue shall pre-.
scribe shall be subject to and pay penalty OF one
and the spirits removed shall be forfeited
to the United States; and provided further that
preparations Of which distilled spirits is the com.
ponent part or chief value embracing all forms of
distilled spirits imported from foreign countries
on which the duty is fixed in the Revised Statutes
at @2 per gallon, the duty hereafter to be levied
collected and paid shall be So so per gallon.
be and the same is hereby amended by striking out
in lieu thereof the words twenty four cents per
provided for shall not apply to tobacco on which
the tax under the existing law shall have been
paid when this act takes effect.
SEC. 3. That SO much OF section 3437 as imposes
stamp tax on friction matches, lucifer matches
or other articles made in part of wood, and used
for like purposes be and the same is hereby re-
pealed to take effect on and after the first day Of
July, 1875.
SEC. 4. That on all molasses not including tank
concentrated meadO, and on sugar according to
the duties, standard in color, ported foreign
countries there shall be levied collected and paid
IN addition to the duties now imposed in schedule
g. section 2504 of the Revised Statutes and amount
equal to tive five per cent of said duties as
levied upon the several grades therein designated
SEC. 5. That 80 much of section 25O3 of the Re.
vised Statutes a. provides that only ninety per
cent of the several duties and rates of duty i'm
posed on certain duties therein enumerated by
section 2504 shall be levied. collected and paid be
and the same is hereby repealed. and the several
1904 shall be and remain by that section levied,
without abatement OF ten per cent as provided in
section 25O3.
SEC. 6. That the increase of duties provided by
this act shall not apply to any goods wares mer-
chandise actually on shipbOard, and bound to the
United States. on the tenth day of February. 1875,
nor on any such goods. wares or merchandise on de-
poslt in warehouses or public stores at the date of
the passage of this act.
Senate.
IL the Senate Mr.. Merrimon, of North
Carolina, presented resolutions of the
North Carolina Legislature asking an ap.
for the erection of postofice
and custOmhouse at Newberne, North
Carolina. Referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr.. Scott, Of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee on Claims, reported adversely
on the bill for the relief Of Joseph L.
Shannon, of Louisiana. He saM that the
claimant in the case had been before the
Southern Claims Commission, and was
allowed portion of the claim. The
claim before Congress was for that
portion disallOwed by the Claims
Commission. The committee had con.
sidered this case as presenting the
question whether the Southern Claims Com.
mission could come before Congress for the
portion disallowed by that commission; and
had decided that they could not do so. He
therefore asked that the bill be indefinitely !
So ordered.
Mr.. Cragin, from the Committee On Mill |
,ary Affairs, reported adversely on the bill |
authorizing the President to purchase |
Ute for cOaling station, navy depot and |
,ther government uses at Fort Point, Port |
Royal, South Carolina, and it was inde- |
initely postponed.
Mr.. Gordon, of Georgia, itroduced bill |
emoviDg the political disabilities of s. d. !
Referred to the Judiciary Committee. He |
llsO presented memorial of the mayor and |
ity council of Atlanta, Georgia, in favor of |
aving the bill making that place port of
lellvery recommitted to the Committee on
commerce, and, on motion ct Mr.. Gordon,
be bill was recOmmitted.
Mr.. Harvey, of Kansas, presented reso-
ltion OF the Legislature of that State, in
orsing the message of the President in
egard to Louisiana, and expressing conf
ence in General Sheridan. Read and laid
n the table.
The Sanate bill to grant a site for the
'eabody School in St. Augustine, Florida,
'as taken up, to which1 chere was an
mendment pending, submitted last session
Y Mr.. Edmunds, providing that if at any
me any distinction shall be made in the
Omission of pupils on account of race or
olor, the site shall revert to the United
tates. and 1t was rejected by vote of
5 yeas, "A nays, Messrs Cameron, Ferry,
Connecticut, Gilbert, Ingalls,, Morrill,, of
ermont, Schurz and Sprague being among
nose who voted in the negative.
MIR. Alcorn, of Mississippi, said the vote
lst taken indicated the fact that the Re-
ubiicans had become thoroughly demoral-
ed on the subject of civil rights, and he
vt constrained to vote against the bill. 1t
'uld be construed in no other way than as
intimation that if the trustees of the
hool choose to do so they might exclude |
'lored children from its benefits.
MIR. Morrill,, of Vermont, denied that such
construction would be justified. He hoped
is institution, which was private one,
onld make no distinction on account of
'lor The bill was then passed without
vision, Alcorn voting in the negative.
The steamboat bill was recommitted to |
e Committee ON Commerce.
The bill to provide government for the |
istrict of Columbia was discussed, but no |
ito reached.
Mr.. Morton gave notice that he would call
, the resolution to admit Pinchback so |
on as the District bill should be disposed |
NEW YORK.