The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

The follewing is the nev revsaue
lavas paased by besA house of Con-
gress, and approved By the President:
Section i. That, from and altar the
date Of passage Of this act, there shall
be levied and collected on all distilled
spirite thereafter produced in the
United States a tax of ninety cents on
each proof gallon, or wine gallon when
below proof, to be paid by the distill-
possession thereof, before removal
from the distillery or bonded ware
house, and go much of section 3.2S1 Of
the revised statutes of the United
States ~ ia consistent herewith is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That section 1858 Of the
revised statutes be and the same is,
hereby amended, by striking out the
words twenty cents . pound, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words
"twenty-four cents pound. provi-
ded that section 3 1874 of the revised
statutes be, and the same is hereby
amended, by striking out the word
1--we wherever it occurs therein, and
inserting in lieu thereof the word
six" and by striking out the word
sixty, and inserting "seventy-fve.
increasing the duty on cigars from s.
to IS a thousand, and on cigarettes
from $3.50 to $2.75; provided that the
increase of tax therein provided for
shall not apply to tobacco, cigars, or
cigarettes on which tax under exist
ing laws shall have been paid when
this act takes effect. H
Sec. g. That all molasses, concen-
trated molasses, tank bottoms. syrup
of sugar cane juice, melada.g and on
sugar, according to Dutch standard of
color, imported from foreign coun
tries, there shall be levied, collected
and paid, in addition to the duties
now imposed in schedule G., section
2,jO4, OF revised statutes, an amount
equal to twenty-five Per cent. of said
duties, as levied upon the several ar
ticles and grades herein designated
provided that concentrated melada, or
concrete, shall hereafter be classed as
sugar, dutiable according to the color
of the Dutch standard, and melada
shall be known and defined rs an arti-
Gle made in the process Of sugar max
ing; cane Juice boiled down to the su-
gar point and containing all sugar and
molasses resulting from the boiling
process, without any process of purg-
ing or Qualification, and any and all
of sugar cane imported
in bags, mat baskets, or other than
light packages, shall be considered
sugar and dutiable az s2ch; and pro-
uided farther, that of the drawback
on refined sugars exported, allowed by
section 3,QI9 of the revised statutes of
the United States, only one per cent
Of the amount SO allowed shall be re-
tanned by the United States. d
See. 4. That SO much of section
500 of the revised statutes as pro
vides that only ninety per centum Of
the several duties and rates of duty
on certain articles therein
enumerated by section 1854 shall be
levied, collected and paid be, and the
same is hereby repealed, and the sew
eral duties and rates of duty prescrib-
ed in said section 1854 shall be and
remain as by that section levied, with
out abatement oe the ten per centum
as provided in section z, BOB.
See. 5. That Increase of duties pro-
vidsd by this act shall not apply to
my goods. wares or merchandise actn-
Ally on shipboard and bound to the
United States ON or before the 10Th
lay Of February. 1875, or any such
goods, wares or merchandise on de-
posit in warehouses or public stores
1t the date of the passage of this act.
Sec. 6. Provides that nothing in
he act of February 8, 1875 (the little
.sriff act}. shall be construed to i'm
pose any duty on Boiling clothes,
admitted tree Of duty, or
TO require the use of stamps on entries
Of receipts in pass-bSoks Of savings
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