Skip Skip The question Was taken; and upon a division there were ayes 68, noes 40. Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. NIBLACK called for the yeas&nays. The yeas&nays were ordered. The question was taken; and it was decided in the n ative yeas 46, nays 78, not voting 64; So the amendment was not agreed to. During the rollcall, Mr. RADFORD said: My colleague, Mr. WINl LELD, is still detained from the House by indisposition. If he were here he would vote in the negative. The next amendment was the following offered by Mr. Conn, on which he demanded a separate vote to strike out of section 65 the following: The SecyTreasury is herebyauthorised to aggoint an officer in his Dept who shall be i “ SpeaialQommissionorof theRevonue." whose O lbs. lterminats in 4 years from the passage set. It shall be the duty of the Special comm1bhonorof the llovenue to inquire into all thesources national revenueand the bestmethodsof sollooting the revenue; the relations of foreign trade to domesticindust; the mutual adjustment of the systemsof taxation ycustomsand excise with the view of insuring the requisite revenuewith the least disturbance or inconvenience to the program of industry and the development of theresourcesof the country; and to inquire from time to time. under the direction of the SecyTreasury. into the manner in which officerse harged with the administration and collection of the revenues perform their duties and the said Special ComrRev shall from time to time report. through the SecyTreasury. to Congress either in the form oia bill or otherwise. such modificationsof the rates of taxation or of the methods of collecting the irnedvues ntureys and snoh other factspertaining to the trade. commerce or taxation of the country ash may find. bi; actual observation of the operation of the law. to o conducive to the public interest: and in order to enable the Special UomrRev to properly conduct his invesligations. he is hereby empowered to cXamincthe books. papers and accountsof any officer of the revenue.to administer oaths.oxniuine and summon witnesses and take testimony; and each and every such personfalselyswcaring or nffirming shall be subject to the penalties and disabilities prescribed by law for the punishment of corrupt and Willful criury: and all Officersof the Governmentare hereby required to extendtothe said Commissioner all reasonable facilities for the collection of information pertinentto the duties ofhisollice and the said Special Commissioner shall be paid an annual salary “84.000 and the traveling expenses necessarily incurred while in the dischargeo hisduty and all letters and documentsto and from the Special Commissioner relating to the duties and business of Tsaifiice shall betransmittedby mail freeof postage. n. So that the section, as amended, will read: SEC. 65. Abife:. That section ninptoen of an not entitled “ An act to amend an not entitled An act to provide internalrevenue to enport the Government. to pay interest on the public debt and for other purposes. approved Juno 30. 1864."approved March3. 1865, be and the same is hereby. repealed. On agreeing to the amendment there were ayes 38, noes 72.