New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-25

and not exceeding Sl00,OO0.OO0 Of per cent one
year Treasury certificates of Indebtedness
The estimated revenue is distributed by the
majority Of the committee as follows:
Een.:ed liquors s IS 60 oco
Cigars 0SSS CcS
s,a,np taxes On docaments kilograms sOOocooo
stamp taxes on wss nne sa Wa;s nTs sd:
.Undeerm
Tea and coffee are not touched. as all the
measures proposed for war revenue are Internal
revenue taxes.
TENT OF TTIE BILL
The following Is the full text OF the bill:
A bill 10 provide ways and means 10 meet war
expenditure: - 1yo,,ea ~
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer
Tea in Congress assembled. that from ana az
rhe passage Of this act there shall be pdd' III
Teu % The tax OF 81 now imposed by law. tax
OF 50 on all beer. lager beer. ale porter anu
other similar fermented liquors. brewed or
manufactured and sold or removed 1or con
sumption or sale within the United states, oy
whatever name such liquors may ne caHea, !o'
every barrel containing no more IMAM mr.
one gallons. and at a like rate for any On, o,meI
ouentitv or for the fractional parts Of barrel
authorized BY law. And section o""9 OF tne
Revised Statutes is hereby AMENDED accoIuiisE
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, with
the approval OF the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall prescribe ana furnish suitable stamps e..
irnnosed by this section. and until such STAMPS
are prepared and furnished the stamps heItto,
fore used 10 denote the payment OF me ll.ei' t
revenue tax on fermented liquors ma! DC
stamped or imprinted with a suitable oeNlCe 10
denote the new rate Of tax, and shall ne allNe"
TO all packages containing fermen,ca ~ ltS Ava
which the tax imposed by this act is pare An9
any brewer having possession or ulldiiA -
stamps heretofore issued for the payment OF we
ray Inor fe-rnented liquors shall present 'he
same n the collector Of the district. who shall re-
ceive them at the price paid for such stamps ny
the purchasers and issue in lieu Thereon ne" "r
imprinted stamps at the rate nroVlneu .I y, LIZ
sertion. and II any packages Of fermented hquoT
shall be sold or removed for consumption ot sas
after the passage Of this act stanpeu oliS ,be
the stamp hitherto used for the payment oI tlIe
tex upon fermented liquors. and when nave No.
received the imprint or device denotng we me-
rate Of tax the Commissioner OF mr. a Ha aaisa ~
nue shall by assessment or otherwise cause ~
be collected the additional tax imposed py 'ii''
act upon such packages
TOBACCO CIGARS. CIGARETTES AND SNUFF
Sec 2 That from and after the passage Oh
this act there shall. in lieu Of the tax no" M
posed by law be levied and collected 'aA VI
IL cents per pound upon all tobacco anu shui''
however prepared. manufactured ana son. VI
removed for consumption or saIe' anu upo
cigars and cigarettes which shall De manu-
featured and sold or removed for consumption
or sale there shall be levied and collected inc
following taxes TO be paid by the fnanulac tuIet
thereof namely. a tax Of 81 per thousanu vi
csr- of all descriptions maze OF lODaOSO, Va
any subs ,itute therefor and weighing more 6i'a
three pounds per 1000. and OF - per Ivvo o'
cigars made of tobacco or any supstlute |nei a.
for and weighing not more thaii d tnt 49,
per 1000 and tax Of 81 per LUZ on cleaI
cites made Of tobacco any substitute teIetonI
and weighing more than three pounds per t,ooo'
and 60 per 900 on cigarettes maze ol toUdCCo
- on, e,hetit,,te therefor and weighing not
more than three pounds per Lulu. froV'ueu
that In addition TO the quantity OF loD"cOo o., CT
enuT in packages now authorized by law theIo
NAV be package Of smoking tobacco containing
one and three fourths ounces: ano ~ aOul'loi'
70 the number now authorized py 10 III PdeN
ages Of cigarettes there may he packages con,
,s,nfnp eight and sixteen cigarettes eacl, anu
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue WITH 'i, ".
approval Of the Secretary OF the IreasuI9 -, 20
authorized to provide suitapie s'ai''pS i'' '
raynent o. taxes thereon ,,.o.o,
And there shall also he levied ana coHec!ei
upon all the articles in this section ehuHe! 800
and described which have been manulacluieu
~ t-7r,orted and removed from the factory or
custom House before the passage OF t.Is :
bearing the tax stamps heretofore requafrt ~ ~
he affixed 10 such articles Tor the pa! iIAciit Va
the tsx thereupon, and which are al lhe .i..-c
Of the passage Of this act held ara lhtehueu 'ot
esle nv anv person, an additional TAX e4ua4 ~
- dJ;sa-snca between the tax already paid on
srch articles at the time OF removal from the
factory or Custom House. and the tax heitDy
levied upon such articles al ne I'M "a ,h ,ax
from the factory or Custom House. ana tne t'iS
HEREBY levied upon such articles manufac,u reu
and removed from the factory or custom iio'as .
after the massage Of this act. namely, TAX ~
e Ems nor hound upon all tobacco and snuH,
however prepared; d tax OF 81 per tho,isdI!u ~.
cigars Of all descriptions made or tooacco ~
anv substltute therefor and weighing more th'i'i
three mounds per thousand: tax or al pei thou
Sand on cigars made Of tobacco or any suu
etitute therefor and weighing not NOR 'iI
three mounds per thousand ana a TAX ol - pc
Thousand on cigarettes made OF tobacco Vi
any substitute therefor and weighing ,"ol y
than three pounds per thousand ana OF 81 80 ~
thousand on cigarettes made OF tobacco or any
substitute therefor and weighing not more imam
three pounds per thousand. a.,,or ~ = g
Every person either as owner OF ue t oca, /,
q broker commission merchant or other asei'
for the owner or dealer. having On the u'1S 81,
ceeding the passage Of this act any 0! tne
described articles in stock ior rare. aiho r1
have been removed from the FACTORY "hcIe -
duced or Custom House through when inlpOi 'c4'
bearing the proper stamp expressing l nr =
OF tax payable thereon, at the uH'e o! SUI ~ ,ha
mova shall make a fun ana true return - ~
quantity thereof in pounds as 70 the Tobacco
and snuff and in thousands as 10 cigars ~ a.
cigarettes so held on that Gay, under oath anu IA
such form and u1icr such regulations as me
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue with inc
approval Of the Secretary OF the lreasuIy' mo- 70
prescribe Such return shall be made ana oe
llvered to any collector or deputy -coucc, r -
internal revenue upon demand. or II no' P,etS 4,
ously rendered 10 the collector OF W i ct
within thirty days after the passage OF lis d :.
and on or before said day and before seHins u
parting with the possession OF any arucle aoos .
described after the passage OF lnls a. IN
owner or dealer or other person having pos
session OF said articles shall purchase ana PR
cure from the collector OF the distrlct .n Wv,
proper stamps for the payment Of me aoo'i1'iIi
taSes hereby levied upon said articles, ana snai,
alNx such stamps 10 the packages coHtailiIns
such articles and cancel the same in the manner
now by law provided for the attachment anu
cancellation OF stamps 20 and upon sucn al
c!es or packages. And any Sucn aItlci's y.
package Of such articles which snail ne reihoN.u
from such stock or from the place Wherc s' -
uated on the day succeeding the passage OF this
act, or which shall be found after thirty days
after the passage of this act not bearing the
stamp or stamps denOiing the additional .aN
hereby levied on such articles, properly can
celled as b. law required, shall be forfellcd ~
The United States and the person so reinoVlns
such article unstamped herein required, or ~.
having the stamp oroperly cancelled. or haVI.I,