Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-04 | Page 1 | New Tonnage Tax Law

I NEW TONNAGE E TAX TA LAW tAtI LAWI I Measure Effective Tomorrow Im Imposes Imposes Imposes poses Tax on All Vessels Prom From North American Ports ForU Washington Oct 3 The tonnage tax provisions of the new tariff will take ef effect feet next Tuesday sixty days after the enactment of the law and the official estimate of the additional revenue from tonnage is approximately i OOOO an annually annually The new law fixes the tonnage duty dut at 2 cents a ton not to exceed 10 cents a aton aton aton ton in any anyone one year to be imposed impo ed at each entry on all vessels ve els coming into any an port of or the United States from any foreign place in North America Cen Central Central Central America the West Vest Indies the Ba Bahama Bahama hama hams and Bermuda islands or the coast of South America bordering on the Ca Caribbean Caribbean aea sea or Newfoundland A duty of 6 cents a ton not to ex exceed exceed exceed 30 cents a ton in any anyone one year yar yaris is to be imposed at each entry on all vessels entered in any port from any other foreign port