Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
HOUSE.
wAsHtNoroN, Feb.

from $50 0O0, 900 to $40, 100000; and,
WHEREAS, By the act of l4th Of July, |
1870, the duty on imported sugars was re-
duced at the rate 33A per cent, and,
WHEREAS, Said reduction sf duty di- |
minished the revenue of the Government /
100000 In gold annually without re- |
hucing the price Of sugars to the consum-
ers therefore,
Resolred, That the Committee on Ways |
and Means be directed to inquire into the |
eIpediency Of restoring the duty on all i'm |
ported sugars to the rate Of duty imposed |
by law previous to the passage of the /
aforesaid act
Mr.. Howe OF Mississippi, introduced a
bill to remove the political disabilities of
Isaac N. Brown, of Mississippi. Passed.
The sub Committee on Ways and Means
have reported in favor OF the 20 per cent.
increase on the present tariff on all grades
of sugar and it is SAID the full Committee
have adopted the report, and that the bill
embraces this feature.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 10.
\ new tariff bill was reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means and made
the special order for tomorrow. The fol-
lowing is a full text of the bill:
SECTION l. Be IL enacted, &c, That,
from and after the date of the passage of
this act, there shall be levied and collected
on all distilled spirits, on which the tax
prescribed by law shall not have been paid,
and whether the said spirits shall then be
in the distillery, bonded warehouse, or not
II tax of 81 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 distillery, bonded warehouse, and
40 much of Sec. 1851 of the Statutes of the
United States a. is inconsistent herewith
is hereby repealed provided, that in ad-
dition to the tax Of 20 cents per gallon, i'm
posed by law, now existing, there shall be
levied and collected tax of 8 cents, being
one-half the increase of tax under this act
on each and every proof gallon or wine
gallon, when below proof or domestic dis
titled spirits, manufactured and placed in
bonded warehouses prior to the day, when
this act shall take effect and held in bond.
ed warehouses at that time and on all such
spirits then held by distillers, rectifers or
Wholesale dealers having in their possess
ion or under their control, distilled spirits
in stamped packages, and any person who
shall transfer, or otherwise dispose of
such distilled spirits after this act
| takes effect until an additional
stamp TO be specially provided
for this purpose by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue denoting payment of the
additional tax of Is cents per gallon here
in imposed is purchased and attached to
the package or packages containing the
same, in such manner as the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue shall prescribe shall
be subject to and pay penalty of one dol
lar for each and every gallon so removed,
and the spirits removed shall be forfeited
to the United States and, prOUided fur
ther, that on all brandy, gin, rum, and on
all compounds and preparations of which
distilled spirits is a component part of the
chief value embracing all forms of dis
| titled spirits imported from foreign coun-
tries on which the duty is fixed in the re-
vised Statutes is two dollars per gallon, the
duty hereafter to be levied collected and
paid shall be two dollars and fifty cents
per proof gallon.
SEC. 2. That Section 1868 of the Revis-
ed Statutes be, and the same are hereby
amended by striking out the words "20
cents per pound and inserting in lieu
thereof the words "24 cents per pound -
provided that the increase Of tax, herein
provided for, shall not apply to tobacco, on
| NulNn lub TAX, uuutI INC GAlslluS lhNt buhll
have been paid when this act takes effect.
SEC. 3. That so much of Section 3,439,
as imposes a stamp tax on friction matches,
lHciter matches, and other articles made in
part of wood and used for like purposes, be,
and the same is hereby repe lied, to take eff
feet on, and after the first day of July, 1875.
Sac. a. That all molasses not including
tank bottoms, syrup of sugar, cane juice,
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sugars, according to the article of standard
in color, imported from foreign countries,
there shall be levied, collected and paid, in
addition to the duties now imposed in
Schedule c., Section 2,501, Of the Revised
Statutes, an amount equal to 20 per cent. of
said duties, as levied upon the several
grades therein designated.
SEC. 8. That so mneh Of Section 2, 500
of the Revised Statutes as providCs that
only 90 per centum of the several duties
and rates of duty imposed on certain arti-
cles therein enumerated by Section 2,50i,
shall be levied, collected and paid, be and
the same is hereby repealed and the several
duties and rates Of duty prescribed in said
Section 2,6Oi, shall be and remain by that
section levied without abatement Of 10 per
centum as provided in Section 2,503.
SEC 6. That the increase of duties pro-
vided by this act shall not apply to any
| goods, wares or merchandise actually on
T ship-board and bound to the United States
on the 10th day of February, 1875, nor on
any such goods, wares or merchandise on
deposit 10 warehouses or public stores at the
date the passage Of this act.
WAsuISOToS, Feb. 10.
The Committee on Commerce reported q
substitute for the bill for the improvement
of the mouth of the Mississippi river. Or
J dered printed and re-committed.
, The Judiciary Committee was directed t.
p inquire into the determinations in favor q
the New York Associated Press against th,
/ American Associated Press, and report b,
bill or otherwise.
The House meets hereafter at II O'Clock
a The bill providing for the redemption o
- the overdue United States bonds, know
as the Texas indemnity bonds passed
e The House then proceeded to the Di,trc
( Of Columbia bill.
= The bill for the improvement Of tn
mouth Of the Mississippi was made a specia
. order for Thursday to the exclusion Of a
@ other business.
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