The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-11
WASHINGTON.
The New Tariff Bill Reported by
the Committee on Ways
ana Means.
Increased Duties on Distilled
Spirits, Sugar and MOlasSeS.
Nominations by Tie President
Combinations b. The
Senate.


house, after the presentation Of some
committee reports, the passage OF two
or three bills of an unimportant char
acter and the introduction of others
mostly of n private character, the post
Office appropriation bill was, ON motion
of Mr.. Tyner, taken up aud considered
IN committee of the whole,
In the senate there were u large
number ofreports made from the com
mittee on claims and the committee
on pensions, upon bills for the relief Of
various parties.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, moved that
the senate, ut O'clock, take recess
till this evening, for the purpose of
considering the Dill to provide gov
erument for the district OF Columbia.
Mr.. Chandler opposed the motion,
and said he desired to have the steam
boat bill disposed OF. He gave notice
that he would press that bill III oppo-
sition to all others.
After discussion, Mr. Morrill, with
drew his motion for an evening ses-
sion, but gave notice that he would re.
new it again during the day.
The house did not finish the post
office appropriation bill.
A new tariff bill was reported from
the committee on ways and means,
and made the special order for to-mor-
row. The following is the full text OF
the bill:
Be it enacted, etc, That from and
after the date OF the passage of this act
there shall be levied and collected on
all distilled spirits of which the tax
described by law shall not have been
paid, and whether said spirits shall
then be in the distillery or bonded
warehouse, and so much of section
three hundred and twenty-five OF the
revised statutes of the United States as
is inconsistent herewith is hereby re-
pealed; provided that in addition
to the tax of seventy cents per gallon
imposed by the law now existing, there
shall be levied and collected tax or
fifteen cents, being one-half of the in
crease of tax under this act, on each
and every proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, on domestic DIS
titled spirits, manufactured ana placed
in q bonded warehouse prior to the day
when this act shall take effect ana helu
in bonded warehouses at that time,
and on all such spirits then held by
distillers, rectiiiers or wholesale deal
ers having in their possession or under
their control distilleds spirits III stamped
packages; and any person VINO shali
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose OF
such distilled spirits after TINS
act takes effect until an additional
stamp, to be especially provided ior
this purpose by the commissioner OF
internal revenue. denoting the pay
ment of the additional tax of fltteen,
cents per gallon imposed, is purchased
and attached to the package or pack
ages containing the same in such man,
ner as the commissioner OF INTERNAL
revenue shall prescribe, shall be suo-
ject to and pay apena!ty OF one uo''ar
for each and every gallon 80
removed and the spirits removed
shall he forfeited to the United States !;
and provided further, that on an
brandy. rum. gin and on all com
pounds and preparations, OF when us
titled spirits are component part "
the chief value, embracing all forms 0i
distilled spirits imported from ioreign
countries ON which the duty is liNed IN
the revised statutes, at two dollars pr
gallon, the duty hereafter TO be leNieu'
collected and paid, shall be two dollars
and fifty cents per proof gallon.
Section >. That section three thous-
and three hundred and sixty-eight OF
the revised statutes be and the same Is
hereby amended 10y striking out tn!
words "twenty-five cents per ponnh'
and inserting in lieu thereof the Woru'
"twenty -four cents per poundi pro
vided that the increase OF the taN
herein provided for shall not Apply u
tobacco on which the tax, under tIl'
existing law, shall have been ph'
when this act takes effect. 49,.
Section 8. That so much OF sectloi
three thousand four hundred ana thir
ty-seven as imposes stamp ON lIlctiol
matches, lucifer matches and other az
ticles made in part of wood anu use'
for like purposes, be and the same
hereby repealed, to take eiiec- OIL am
after the first day Of July, 1910
Section 4. That on all molasses, no
including tank bottoms, syrup OF suga
cane juice, melado or eoncenrs.e'
melsdo, and on sugars, seeardlng'eh