Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-24
the NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Additional Regulations Concern
ing the Tax and Rebates
on Tobacco.
The Mills County Qa.) Swamp
Land Case Decided.
Other Interesting News Items.
CAPITOL NOTEs.
IMPR lYINa HOT SPRINGS.

IMPR OWING HOT SPRINGS.
WASHINGTON, April %. Twenty.
eight bids for the work of improving
Hot Springs creek, on the Hot
Springs (Ark reservation, were
opened at the interior department to.
day. The awards will probably be
made this week.
THE TOBACCO TAX.
The following telegram, embodying
instructions whlch will regulate the
enforcement of the provisions of the
now internal revenue act with regard
to the rebate on cigars and tobacco,
was sent this afternoon to O. Harrison,
collector of internal revenue at San
Francitco:
"Rebate will be allowed on tax paid
on imported cigars and the tax paid
on PerIque tobacco; peddlers of to.
bacco may claim rebate "a dealers;
Inventories may be prepared and label
affixed at any time before May 1st,
but witnesses must count aud exam
inc packages on that day and Geo that
the inventories are correct Serial
numbers of snuff stamps may be
omitted. Labels should have the name
of the owner of the goods, whether
they are In his own district or else.
where. If the manufacturer Is also q
dealer and has two claims, one as man.
ufaotursr and the other as dealer, they
can not be consolidated. If either
claim Is less than $40, it csuuot be
allowed. When small stamps for FIVE
pounds orless are found on packages
weighing ten podnds or more the fact
should be explained on the Inventory.
Instruction No. z, on form 1876, has
been 80 modified ~ to require rebate
labels upon each package Of snuff aud
tobacco. only where the package ex.
oeeds one pound In weight. Waere
packages of one pound or less are en-.
closed In hoxes or other cases, labels
must be affixed to such case.
DECISION IN AN IOWA SUIT.
A decision was rendered by the Su.
preme court to-day In the swamp land
case of Mills county, Iowa, plaintiff In
error, against the Burlington & Mis-
souri, River Railroad company, ct al
and the Chicago, Burlington & Q uincy
Rsilrosd company. These were suits
relating to the validity of the compro.
mise agreement made on the 9Th of
October, 1868. between Mills county,
Iowa, and Burlington 6 Missouri
River Railroad company In refer
ence to certain lands lying in
said county by the county
a. swamp .t overdowsd
lands, and claimed by railroad osm
panies as railroad grant lands. The
court holds, first, that county could
not 60 back to the act of congress OF
1850 for the purpose Of showing that
the lands we're disposed of contrary to
the trust created by that act, that
being matter between the United
States and the state; second, that al
though after the compromise was made
the suit then pending was submitted
to the court and decided In favor OF
the county rendered, This did not
abrogate the compromise as the parties
continued to act under 1t, and the de
olsion of the state court in the present
case was not repugnant to or In dis.
sffismanoe of the deoision of this
court. Dscrees affirmed. Opinion
by Justice Bradley.
NEW REVENUE STAMPS.
The treasury department has pre-
pared for the change In the revenue
laws affecting stamps on or to be
placed upon articles from which inter-
nal revenue will be collected after
May l, by shipping to collectors
throughout the United States stamps
of new denominations to the value Of
$50, 600 600. The shipment was made
TO- day, 30 that the stamps may be In
the hands of tho collectors for sale By
May l. The stamps shipped to day,
Of all denominations, were made w
In l, 140 packages, weighing ID toms
and requiring 200 of the largest sizt
mail pouches to accommodate them
KELLOGG BAILED.
Kellogg visited the court house to
day to Offer bonds for his appearance,
to answer the Indictment against hin
for corruptly receiving money In the
star route cases. BY agreement o
counsel ball was fixed at $40 600. Mr.
Kellogg offered Lsster A. Bartlett aI
surety and was accepted.
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