The Secretary read the next clause of section 9 of the bill, as follows: That sections101 and 102 he, and the same are hereby, ropealed. No amendment was reported to this clause. The next clause was read, as follows: That section 103 beamendedby striking out all after the enactingclauseand inscrting in lieu there of the following: that every person, firm, company, or corporation owning or possessing or havmg the care or management of any railroad, canal, steamboat, ship, barge, canal boat, or other vessel, or any stage coach or other vehicle, except back: or carriagesnot running on continuousroutes. engagedor cm ioyed in the businessof transporting pJassengorsfor ire. orin transportin the mailsof the U.S. upon contracts me e prior to the passageof this act shall be subject to and pay a tax of 2 and one hall%. of the grossreceipts from assengsrs and mails of such railroad, canal, steamboat, ship. barge. raiial bonl, or other vessel or such stage coach or other vehicle: Provided, That the tax hereby imposed shall not be assessed upon receipts for the transportation of persons or mails between the U.S and an foreign port; but such tax shall be assessedupon the transportation of persons from a port within the U.S.through aforeign territory to a port within the U.S., and shall be assessedupon and collected from arsons, firms, companies or corporations Within the U.S., receiving hire or pay for such transportation of personsor mails: and so much of section 109 as requires returns to be made of receipts hereby exempted from tax when derived from transporting property for hire is hereby recaled: Prom ed also, That any person or persons, rms. companies or corporations owning. possessing, or harm the care ormanagementof any toll road, ferry or ridge, authorized b luw to receive toll for the transit of assengers, casts, car ria es. teams and freight c any description, ovci sue toll ro ferry, or bridge shall besubjecttoand pay atax of 3%. of the grossamount of all their receiptsof every descrition; but when the gross receipts of any such bridge or toll road. for a d during any term of 12 consecutive calendar months, shall not exceed the amount necessarily expended to keep such bridge or road in repair. no tax shall be assesseduponsuc reccipts during anv month next followmg any such term: And rooidmffurther, That no tax underthis sectionshall 0 assessed upon any person, firm, company, or corporation whose gross recci ts do not exceed $1,000 per annuin: Aml provider further, Thut all boats, barges, and flats not usedfar carrying passengers, nor propelledb steam or sails. which are floated or towed iy tug cats or horses, and used exclusively for carrying coal, oil minerals, or agricultural producls to market shall be required hereafter, inion of enrollment feesor tonnage tax, to pay an annual special tax, for each and every such boat of a capacityexceeding 20 iivo tons, and not exceeding100 tons, 5 dollars; and when exceeding100 tons. as aforesaid, shall he required to (payten dollars: and said tax shall be assessed an collected as other special taxes provided for in this act. The ComFinance proposed, after the words “prior to, ” in line 2772, of this clause, to strike out “the passage of this act, ” and to insert in lieu thereof “ July 1, 1866.”