Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-28
SUBSTITUTE BY DAVIS
It Provides for Free Trade with
Puerto Rico.
NOT In FORCE AFTER MARCH 1, 1902

Puerto Rico To Be Made an Internal Rev
enue District and the Internal Revenue
Laws of This Country To BE Extended
Over the Island with Amendments-
What Is To Be Done with the Money
Collected.
Washington, March Ex-senator Da-
Wis of Minnesota has introduced sub
stitute for the Puerto Rican bill which
provides for free trade between the
United States and Puerto Rico, and
extends the internal revenue laws.
with amendments, over the island. The
act is declared provisional and shall
not continue longer than March /.
1902
Text OF the Bill.
The bill in full is as follows:
Section THAT Puerto Rico is here
by made an internal revenue district.
That the laws of the United States
providing for internal revenue taxation
and collection, not locally applicable.
are hereby extended to and shall re.
main in force in Puerto Rico. except
ing as herein otherwise provided, for
the term stated in this act. The presi.
dent by and with the advice and con-
sent of the senate shall appoint a col
lector of internak revenue for said dis
trict, who shall receive an annual sal
airy of four thousand dollars, and
whose Office shall be at San Juan.
No Stamp Taxes.
Section 2-That, excepting as herein
otherwise provided, fifteen per cent. of
all the internal revenue taxes imposed
by the laws of the United States shall
be collected in said district. No stamp
taxes imposed by said laws upon writ
ten or printed documents shall be col
lected in said district The secretary
of the treasury Is hereby authorized
and directed to make all needful regu-
latiOns to carry this act into effect, and
to prescribe the compensation of all
officers and agents necessary for that
purpose.
Section 3.-The amount of all taxes
so collected, less the necessary ex-
penses of collection, are hereby appro-
priated and placed at the disposal Of
the president to be expended under his
direction for the government of Puerto
Rico now existing and hereafter to be
established. and for public education,
and public purposes therein.
Full Tax To BE Collected.
Section Upon tobacco not grown
in Puerto Rico, and upon all manufact-
ures thereof. and upon rum or other
distilled spirits produced from sub
stances not grown In Puerto Rico, the
full tax provided by the internal reve-
nue laws of the United States shall be
collected. Upon tobacco grown In
Puerto Rico, and the manufacture
thereof. and upon rum and other spir-
its distilled or made from sugar-cane
or other, agricultural product grown in
Puerto Rico. or from the product of
such sugar cane or other agricultural
product, said tax of 10 per cent. shall
be imposed the same as upon Othe sub
jects of internal taxation.
Section 5.-That the president, when
ever he shall be satisfied that local
self government has been established
in Puerto Rico adequate to raise and
collect taxes by its own legislation,
shall have the power from time to time
by proclamation to decrease the said
per centum of taxation, or to wholly
abolish the same.
No Duties Levied.
section b.-Ihat no duties on I'M
ports or exports shall after the passage
of this act be levied or collected on any
articles imported from the United
States into Puerto Rico or from Puer-
to Rico into the United States.
Section This act shall be taken
and held to be provisional in its pur-
poses and intended to meet pressing
present need for revenue for the island
of Puerto Rico, and shall not continue
in force after the LIST day of March,