The Secretary read the 7th section of the bill, as follows: Sac. 7. Abife: That it shall be the duty of every person.firm or corporation. manufacturing cotton for nnypurposew ntever. in any distriotw cre'cotton is produe d. to retur nto the assessoror asstassessor of the district in which such manufactureis carried on. a true statement in writing. signed by him and verified by his oath or affirmation and a duplicate thereof to the wollector of said district. on or before the 10th day of each month; and the 1st statementso renderedshall be on or beforethelOth day of July. 1866a.ndshall state the quantity ofcotton which such manufacturerhad on hand and unmanufactured or in processof manufacture, on the lst day of said month; and each subsequentstatementshall show the whole unntity ln pounds.gross weifht. of cotton purchasedor obtained and the who 0quantity consumedby himin any businessor recessof manufacture duripg the last precedinirca endar month and the quantity and character of the goodsmanufactured therefrom; and everypuch manufacturer or consumershall keep a book.in which heshall enter the quantity.in pound Jof cottonwhich he has on hand on the 1stday 0 iily. 1866 and eachquantity or lot purchasedor obtained by him thereafter: the time when and the party or partiesfrom whom the same wasobtained; hequantityof said cotton.if any.whichis the groivth of the collection districtwhere the same is manufactured: the quantity. if any. which has not been weighed and marked by any officer herein authorized to weighnnd mark the same: the quantity. if any, upon which the tax had not beenpaid. so far as can be ascertained.beforethe manufacturethereof; and also the quantities usedor disposed of by him from time to time in any recessof manufactureor otherwis and the' unntity and character of the product thereof.who book shall at all timesduring business hours, be open to the inspection of the assessor.assist antassessors.collector or deputy collect rsof the district.inspectorsmrofrevenueagents: and sueh mi inufacturesrhall pay monthlyto the col lector. Within the time prescribed by law. the tax herein specified wheat to no deductions.on all cut ton soconsumedby im in any manufacture and on which no excisetax has previously been paid; and every such manu acturer or person whose duty it is so to do. who shall neglect or refuse to make such returns to th assessor or to keep such book or who shall make f lse or fraudulent returns or makefalse entries in such book or procure the someto be so done. in addition to, the payment of the tax to be assessed thereon, shall forfeit to the U.S. allcotton and all productsof cottonin his possession and shall be liable to a penalt of not less than 1,000nor more than 5 t onsanddollars. to be reexccoeveedriendgwtwitoh yceoastrsso.ifnsuthite. odristeore imtiopnriosfonthmeecnotunrot;t and any person or personswho shall make any false oath or affidavit in relation to any matter or thing hercln requiredshall be guilty of per'iiry and shall be subjectto the punishment prenuriml by existinir statutes for that oifcnss: Provided. That nothin: herein containedshall be construed in any manner to affect the liability of any [MINE Rfor on tax imposedby law on the goods manufactured roiu such cotton. The committee proosed to amend this section in line 7, after the word “alliriiiation, ” by striking out "and a duplicate thereof to the collector of said district.”