...proceeded to the consideration of the special order, being a bill (HR No. 54) to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes. The bill was read through. The committee then proceeded to consider the bill by sections for amendment....

...On the 5th day of August, 1861, a Federal statute was passed entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes." This law was passed at a time when immense sums of money were needed by the Government for the prosecution.of...

...Department, August 7, 1861. The act of Congress of August 5, 1861, entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," so far as it relates to the duties on imports, goes into immediate crl'ect, and I publish that portion...

...States. Preamble. WHEREAS, By the act of the congress of the United States, " to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved by the president August 5, 1861, a direct tax of twenty million dollars is annually laid upon...

...commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy," HR 54. An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes; and When The Speaker signed the same. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before t' e House the...

...thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, by the act of congress, entitled "An Act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," passed on the fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to wit : The sum of one...

...Congress ; but, by the act passed on the 5th of August, 1861, entitled " An Act to provide increased revenue from imports to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," it is provided that " a direct tax of twenty millions be and is hereby annually laid upon the United...

...so much of the act of congress at the recent special session, entitled "An Act to provide increased revenue from Imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," as imposes a tax upon the income of the several residents of the United States. And in case such repeal...

...provisions of the fifty-third section of an act of congress, entitled " An Act to provide increased Revenue from Imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved January 27, 1862. RESOLVE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS...

...the thirty-seventh Congress, and approved August 5th, 1861, entitled, " An Act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," subject to the deduction in such case provided. The goremor di- SEC. 2. That the governor be, and he...