Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1871 — Taxes Repealed and Those Still In Force. [ARTICLE]

Taxes Repealed and Those Still In Force.

For the information of our readers, we publish the following summary of the in teroal revenue taxes still In foroe, and showing those repealed by the act of Congress approved July 14,1870 1 taxks repealed. From and alter October 1, 1870, taxes on sales, saving and excepting taxes on sales paid by stamps, and the taxes on sales of leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, foreign and domestic distilled spirits and wines; also, the taxes imposed in schedule A on carriages, gold watches, billiard tables, gold and silver plate; special tax on boats, barges and tla s; tax op legacies and successions, on passports, and on gross receipts; stamp taxjimposed in schedule B on promissory notes for a less sum than one hundred dollars, [and on receipts for any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt; stamp tax imposed in schedule C on canned and preserved fish, ■‘shell fish, meats, fruits and vegetables. From and after May 1,1871, all special taxes imposed by section 70, act of June 30,1864, as amended by section 9, act of July 18, 1806, and by section 2, act of March 2,1867, except the special tax on brewers imposed by said section. TAXES STILL IN FORCE. Special taxes (or license tax) on distillers, rectifiers, wholesale and retail liquor dealers, manufacturers of stills, manufacturers of tobacco and cigars, dealers in manufactured tobacco and cigars; dealers in leaf tobacco; also taxes on distilled spirits, fermented liquors, tobacco, snuff and cigars; on all wines, liquors or compounds known or denominated as wine and made in imitation of sparkling wine or champagn, but not made from grapes grown in the United States; on all liquors not made from grapes, currants, rhubarb or berries grown In the United States, but produced by being rectified or mixed with distilled spirits, or by the infusion of any matter in spirits, to be sold as wine or by any other name; taxes on sales of leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, foreign and domestic distilled spirits and wines; stamp tax on broken? sales of stocks, bonds, gold and silver bullion and coin, promissory notes and other securities ; stamp taxes imposed in schedule B or agreements on contracts,) bank checks, drafts, or orders for the payment of moneys, bills of exchange, promissory notes when for a greater stim than one hundred dollars, bills of lading, bills of sale of ships or vessels, bonds, certificates, charter parties, brokers’ contracts, conveyances, entries of goods, etc., insurance policies, leases, Custom House manifests, mortgages, powers of attorney, probate of wills or letters of administration, protests; also stamp taxes imposed in schedule C on medicines, perfumery, cosmetics, friction, matches, wax tapers, cigar lights and playing cards, whether of domestic or foreign production; taxes on incomes above two thousand dollars per annum; also taxes on interest or coupons paid on bond# or other evidences of debt issued and payable on one or more years after date, and on the amount of all dividends of earnings, income, or gains hereafter declared by any bank, trust company, savings institution, insurance company, railroad company, canal company, turnpike company, canid navigation company, and slack-water company, and on all undivided profits of any such corporation which have accrued and been earned and added to any surplus, contingent, or other fund. These latter taxes are to be paid only during the year 1871.