The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-04

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- Fatare Iegislae1ea-
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Reconnaissance - 80
me nscai year ended June So'n, 1882 -
a exhaustive document Of 1856 pages,
pamphlet sixc, and contains many valua-
HE suggestions rcspectinn The internal
r.v..r. s.r,ce m. commiss,oner
~, ~, IL,
SHOWS mat tneIc ~ No" s'vv'vov -
Ions Of distilled spirits abroad, which %
find market will have 70 be rcimported !.
This, with more than 10000, 900 gallons
that had, on June S0th last, been In bond
for three years or longer under the seven
months extension, affords ample margin
for assuming that the receipts for the cur
rent fiscal year will aggregate ~ least
oll5, 1000, 900. The total receipts from all
sources Of internal revenue taxation for
the fiscal year ended June 50, 1885,
were oll2,&2l, III, as compared
with ol2l, 590,O39 for the year 1854;
GA, 553,3&4 Tor the year 1853, and el&6,.
52S,278 for the year 1852. The cos;ec-
lions made In the Fifth District Of I'LL
nois (elS, POS, $50 were the greatest, and
those In the First Ohio District (ee,o5S,-
1869 were second In volume. The cost
Of collection aggregated e4,tf5,43o,
against $6, 076,9l4 for 1884. Six hundred
and twenty -four violations Of the law were
reported during the year.
and l75 Illicit distilleries were
destroyed. The Commissioner recom-
mcnds an increase In the number OF rev.
enue agents, and submits estimates Tor
the next fiscal year aggregating S4,6i9,l90.
Nine hundred and twcnty-six dismissals
have been made In the force Of storckeep-
crs, gaugers, ETC., during the year. The
aggregate amount Of taxes collected
from tobacco during the last
fiscal year was S26, 4o7,oSs. New
York did the greatest manufacturing
business; Pennsylvania Is second on
the list. IL Is recommended that an
other examination be made TO ascer-
tain the exact amount Of taxes from
States still due, and that proper action be
had TO obtain settlement OF the accounts
u the direct Tax Commissioners. Con-
siderable space IL devoted to the sub
ject Of taxation Of fractional parts
Of gallon Of distilled spirits during the
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practicable for the distiller 50 TO nll his
packages as to have number OF full GAL
Ions and large fraction less than one
half gallon In nearly every instance. IN
Ter existing law traction Of hall GAL
lon Is exempt from taxation. The Com
missioner IL Of the opinion that the prac-
tice should be checked without DC
lay and that the best remedy VIII
be found In taxing all fractional parts o.
a gallon Of distilled spirits, and Tor this
purpose he recommends that legisla-
ton be had, which, IN lieu OF the pres
ent method OF taxing and exempting
fractions, shall authorize the assessment
and collection monthly OF the
tax upon the whole number OF PROOF
gallons, or Of wine gallons when below
proof, which the fractions Of GAL
Ions removed from each distil-
iery warehouse may aggregate.
Under the act Of March 8, 1877, distillers
Of brandy from grapes are Afforded the
advantages Of three years storage Of their
product In special bonded warehouses.
The Commissioner Is Of the opinion that
II would be advisable to make the pro-
visions Of the act applicable to all dis
tillers Of fruit brandy. The quantity Of
spirits, 67,6f9,32l gallons withdrawn, tax
paid from distillery warehouses during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1855,
fnoa than thu gnuOfffv