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CONGRESS. (THE SILVER BILL.) 



after, or on commencing any trade or business on 

 which such tax is imposed. In the former case the 

 tax shall be reckoned for one year ; arid in the latter 

 case it shall be reckoned proportionately, from the 

 first day of the month in which the liability to a spe- 

 cial tax commenced to the first day of July following. 

 Special tax stamps may be issued for the months of 

 May and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 

 upon payment of the amount of tax reckoned propor- 

 tionately under the laws now in force, and such 

 stamps which have been or may be issued for the 

 period ending April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety, may, upon payment of one sixth of the amount 

 required to be paid for such stamps for one year, 

 be extended until July first, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-one, under sucn regulations as may be pre- 

 scribed by the Commissioner of Internal "Revenue. 

 And it shall be the duty of special tax payers to ren- 

 der their returns to the deputy collector at such times 

 within the calendar month in which the special tax 

 liability commenced as shall enable him to receive 

 such returns, duly signed and verified, not later than 

 the last day of the month, except in cases of sickness 

 or absence, as provided for in section three thousand 

 one hundred and seventy-six of the Eevised Statutes. 



SEC. 54. That section twenty of the act entitled 

 " An act to simplify the laws in relation to the col- 

 lection of revenues," approved June tenth, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety, is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : 



" SEC. 20. That any merchandise deposited in bond 

 in any public or private bonded warehouse may be 

 withdrawn for consumption within three years from 

 the date of original importation, on payment of the 

 duties and charges to which it may be subject by law 

 at the time of such withdrawal: Provided, Tbat/noth- 

 ina: herein shall affect or impair existing provisions of 

 law in regard to the disposal of perishable or explo- 

 sive articles." 



SEC. 55. That all laws and parts of laws inconsist- 

 ent with this act are hereby repealed : Provided, how- 

 ever. That the repeal of existing laws, or modifications 

 thereof, embraced in this act shall not affect any act 

 done or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or 

 proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause- be- 

 fore the said repeal or modifications, but all rights 

 and liabilities under said laws shall continue and may 

 be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or 

 modification had not been made. 



Any offenses committed, and all penalties or for- 

 feitures or liabilities incurred under any statute em- 

 braced in, or changed, modified, or repealed by this 

 act may be prosecuted and punished, in the same 

 manner and with the same effect as if this act had not 

 been passed. All acts of limitation, whether appli- 

 cable to civil causes and proceedings or to the prose- 

 cution of offenses, or for the recovery of penalties or 

 forfeitures, embraced in, or modified, changed, or 

 repealed by this act, shall not be affected thereby, 

 and all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether 

 civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or 

 committed prior to the passage of this act may^ be com- 

 menced and prosecuted within the same time and 

 with the same effect as if this act had not been passed. 



The Silver Bill. The measure authorizing 

 the issue of Treasury notes upon deposits of sil- 

 ver bullion was introduced in the House of 

 Representatives by Mr. Conger, of Iowa, Jan. 

 20, 1890, and referred to the Committee on 

 Coinage. Weights, and Measures, which reported 

 it back March 26. On June 7 a substitute, which 

 had been agreed upon by a Republican caucus 

 and adopted instead of the original measure, 

 was passed by the House by the following vote : 



YEAS Adams, Allen of Michigan, Arnold, Atkin- 

 son of Pennsylvania, Atkinson of West Virginia, Ba- 

 ker, Banks, Bayne, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Ber- 

 gen, Bingham/Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, 



Brosius, Brower, Browne of Virginia, Buchanan of 

 New Jersey, Burrows, Burton, Butterwortb, Caldwell, 

 Cannon, Caswell, Cheadle, Clark of Wisconsin, Cogs- 

 well, Coleman, Comstock, Conger, Connell, Craig, 

 Dalzell, De Haven, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Dun- 

 nell, Evans, Ewart, Farquhar, Featherston, Finley, 

 Flick, Flood, Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Gifford, 

 Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Hall, Hansbrough, Harmer, 

 Haugen, Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa, 

 Hermann, Hill, Ilitt, Hopkins, Houk, Kennedy, Kerr 

 of Iowa, Ketcham, Kinsey, Lacey, La Follette, Laid- 

 law.Laws, Lind, Lodge, Mason," McComas, McCord, 

 McCormick, McDuflie, McKinley, Miles, Mofiitt, 

 Moore of New Hampshire, Morey, Morrill, Morrow, 

 Morse, Mudd, Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Pickler, Pugsley, 

 Quackenbush, Raines, Ray, Reed of Iowa, Reyburn, 

 Rife, Rowell, Russell, San ford, Sawyer, Scran ton, 

 Scull, Sherman, Simonds, Smith of West Virginia, 

 Smyser, Snider, Stephenson, Stivers, Stockbridge, 

 Struble, Sweney, Taylor of Illinois, Taylor of Ten- 

 nessee. E. B. Taylor, Thomas, Vandever, Van 

 Schaicfc, Wade, Walker of Massachusetts, Wallace of 

 New York, Wickham, Williams of Ohio, Wilson of 

 Kentucky, Wilson of Washington, Wright, Yardley 

 135. 



NAYS Abbott, Alderson, Allen of Missouri, An- 

 derson of Kansas, Bankhead, Barnes, Bartine, Bar- 

 wig, Biggs, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckenridjie 

 of Arkansas, Breckinridge or Kentucky, Brickner, 

 Brookshire, Buchanan of Virginia, Bullock, Bynum, 

 Can dler of Georgia, Carter, Caruth, Catchings, Chip- 

 man, Clancy, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb, Cooper of 

 Indiana, Cothran, Cowles, Grain, Crip, Culberson of 

 Texas, Dargan, Davidson, Dockery, Dunphy, Ed- 

 munds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Flower, Forney, Fowler, 

 Geissenhainer, Gibson, Goodnight, Grimes, Hatch, 

 Hayes, Havnes, Heard, Henderson of North Carolina, 

 Herbert, Holman, Kelley,Kilgore, Lane, Lanham,Lee, 

 Lester of Georgia, Lester of Virginia, Lewis, Maish, 

 Mansur, Martin of Indiana, McClammy, McClennan, 

 McCreary, McRae, Montgomery, Moore of Texas, 

 Morgan, Mutchler, Gates, O'Ferrall, O'Neall of Indi- 

 ana, O'Neil of Massachusetts, Outhwaite, Owens of 

 Ohio, Parrett, Peel, Penington, Perry, Pierce, Quinn, 

 Reilly, Richardson, Robertson, Rockwell, Rogers, 

 Rowland, Sayers, Seney, Shivcly, Skinner, Springer, 

 Stewart of Texas, Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Tars- 

 ney, Tillman, Townsend of Colorado, Tracey, Tucker, 

 Turner of Georgia, Turner of Kansas, Venable, Wal- 

 ker of Missouri, Washington, W T heeler of Alabama, 

 Whitthorne, Wike, Wiley, Wilkinson, Williams of 

 Illinois Wilson of Missouri, Wilson of West Vir- 

 ginia, Yoder 119. 



NOT VOTING Anderson of Mississippi, Andrew, 

 Bliss, Boatner, J. B. Brown, T. M. Browne, Brunner, 

 Buckalew, Bunii, Campbell, Candler of Massachu- 

 setts, Carlton, Cheatham, Clements, Clunie, Cooper 

 of Ohio, Covert, Culbertson of Pennsylvania, Cum- 

 mings, Cutcheon, Darlington, DeLano, Dibble, Fitch, 

 Fithian, Forman, Grout, Hare, Hemphill, Hooker, 

 Kerr of Pennsylvania, Knapp, Lansing, Lawlcr, 

 Lehlbach, Magner, Martin of Texas, McAdoo, Mc- 

 Carthy, McKenna, McMillin, Milliken, Mills, Nie- 

 drino-naus, Norton, Osborne, Owen of Indiana, Payn- 

 ter, Peters, Phelan, Post, Price, Randall, Rusk, Smith 

 of Illinois, Spinola, Spooner, Stahlnecker. Stewart of 

 Georgia, Stewart of Vermont, Stone or Missouri, 

 Stump, J. D. Taylor, Thompson, Townsend of Pcnn- 

 svlvania, Turner of New York, Vaux, Watldill, 

 Wallace of Massachusetts, Watson, Wheeler of Mich- 

 igan, Whiting, Willcox 73. 



The title of the bill was amended so as 

 read : " An act to direct the purchase of silver 

 bullion and the issue of silver notes thereon, and 

 for other purposes." 



June 18, the Senate passed a substitute 

 way of amendment, providing among ot 

 things for the free coinage of silver, and 



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