Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, &c., presented in the

Title of bill.

No. of Congress.

No. of session.

By whom introduced. Page of Journal.

A bill supplementary to the act laying duties on 13
licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors,
and foreign merchandise, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the act laying duties on licenses
to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and for-
eign merchandise.

A bill to fix the compensation and increase the re-
sponsibilities of the collectors of the direct tax
and internal duties, and for other purposes con-
nected with the collection thereof.

An act supplementary to an act laying duties on
notes of banks, bankers, and certain companies,
on notes, bonds, and obligations discounted by
banks, bankers, and certain companies, and on
bills of exchange of certain description.

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683, 685, 710, 713,
716, 719.

699, 732, 733, 736,
745, 746, 751,
755, 768, 769,
780,781.

553. 569, 570, 572,
579, 582

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A bill to allow a drawback of duties on spirits dis- 13
tilled, and certain goods and wares and merchan-
dise manufactured within the United States, on
the exportation thereof to any foreign port or
place.

A bill to enlarge the time for ascertaining the an-
nual transfers and changes of property subject
to the direct tax, and for other purposes.

A bill to repeal so much of the act passed on the 14
23d of December, 1814, as imposes additional du-
ties on postage.

A bill continuing in force certain acts laying du
ties on bank notes, refined sugars, and for other
purposes.

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196, 205, 216, 230,
255, 258, 262.

196, 205, 228, 255,
258, 262

258, 263, 264, 268,
375, 403..

298, 320, 326, 342,
427, 434, 437,
447.

A bill to repeal the duties on certain articles man- 14
ufactured within the United States.

A bill to reduce the amount of the direct tax upon
the United States and the District of Columbia
for the year 1816, to repeal in part an act enti-
tled "An act to provide additional revenues for
defraying the expenses of Government and
maintaining the public credit by laying a direct
tax upon the United States, and to provide for
assessing and collecting the same;" and also the
act entitled "An act to provide additional rev-
enue for defraying the expenses of Government
and maintaining the public credit, by laying a
direct tax upon the District of Columbia."
A bill to repeal the act entitled "An act to provide 14
additional revenue for defraying the expenses of
Government and maintaining the public credit,
by laying duties on household furniture and on
gold and silver watches."

A bill to abolish the existing duties on spirits dis-
tilled within the United States, and to lay other
duties in lieu of those at present imposed on li-
censes to distillers of spirituous liquors.
A bill supplementary to the act to provide addi-
tional revenue for defraying the expenses of
Government and maintaining the public credit,
by laying a direct tax upon the United States,
and to provide for assessing and collecting the

House of Representatives from the First to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive-Continued.

Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, &c., presented in the

House of Representatives from the First to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive-Continued.

Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, &c., presented in the

131, 489, 612, 616,
618 to 622, 1200,
1229, 1242, 124,
1256.
420.

1 Mr. Wentworth....

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A bill to establish the warehousing system, to 29
lessen and equalize the burdens of taxation, and
for other purposes.
A bill supplemental to an act entitled "An act to
provide for the better organization of the Treas
ury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer,
and disbursement of the public revenue."
A bill to lay a tax on alien passengers coming into
the United States, to provide for its recovery,
and to direct payment of its proceeds for eleemo-
synary purposes to such State officers as may be
authorized to receive them.

A bill to authorize the corporate authorities of
Georgetown to impose additional taxes, and for
other purposes.

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A bill to impose a stamp-duty on bank notes and 33
paper currency of small denominations.

2 Mr. Benton

439

A bill to authorize the corporate authorities of
Georgetown to impose additional taxes, and for
other purposes.

90, 91, 92, 93, 96,
97, 473, 507, 512,
540.