The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-11
The New Tax and Tariff Bill.
THE new Tax and Tariff bill passed by
Congress is as follows:

SECTION l. That from and after the date OF
passage of this act there shall be levied and col
lected 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
tillcry or bonded warehouse, and go much OF Sec
3251 of the Revised Statutes Of the United States
as is inconsistent herewith is repealed
SEC. g. That Sec. 8, 1868 Of the Revised Statutes
be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking
out the words !" twenty cents pound" and in
serting in lieu thereof the words twenty four
cents pound:" Pr0Uided, That Sec. 1894 Of the
Revised Statutes be. and the same is hereby,
amended by striking ont the word I" five" wher-
ever It occurs therein, and inserting in lieu there
of the word " six,'' and by striking out the word
sixty" and Inserting "seventy-nye, e y increasing
cigarettes from $3.50 to $275: PrOoiied, That the
increase Of tax herein provided for shall not apply
to tobacco, cigars or cigarettes on whichIthe tax
under the existing law shall have been paid when
this act takes effect.
SEC, g. That on all molasses, concentrated mo
lasses tank bottoms, sirup Of sugar, anc,juice,
standard color, imported from foreign countries,
there shall be levied, collected and paid, in ad-
dition to duties now imposed in Schedule g.,
Sec. 2,5o4 OF the Revised Statutes, sn amount
the several articles and grades herein designated:
Provided That concentrated melada or concrete
shall hereafter be classed as sugar, dutiable ac,
corGinv to the color of the Dutch standard, and
melada shall be known and defined - an article
made in the process Of eugar-malfng, being the
cane-juce boiled down to the sugar point, and
containing all the sugar and mossses resulting
from the boiling process without any process Of
purging or Qualification, and any and all produc-
ton Of sugar-cane imported in bags, mats,
baskets or other than light packages shall
be considered sugar and dutiable as
such: Provided. further, That of the draw.
back on refined sugar expogted allowed
by Sec 3Ol9 Of the Revised Statutes ol
the United States, only per cent. Of the amount
Is allowed shall be retained by the United Ssates.
SEC. a. That 80 much Of Sec. 2,508 Of the Re.
yised Statutes provides that only 80 per centum
| Of the several duties and rates Of duty imposed
| on certain articles therein enumerated by Sec
lDOa shall be levied, collected and paid be. and
| the same IL hereby, repealed, and the several
duties and rates Of duty prescribed In said Sec
254 shall be and remain as BY that section levied
without abatement Of 10 per cont, provided II
SIC. s. That the increase Of duties provided By
this act shall not apply to any goods. wares o.
| merchandise actually on ehtpboar9 and bound 4
/ the United States on or before the lOth day o
February, 1875, nor on any such goods, wares d
merchandise on deposit In warehouses or publil
etOrcs Ct the date Of the passage Of this oct.
Sec, provides that nothing In the oct Of Feb
8. 1875 (the Little Tariff act), shall be construed
70 impose any duty ON bOlting cloths heretofor'
admitted free Of 1uty,. - to neqaire The use Q
stamps on entsies q receipts IN TIE pass-books o
savings banks.