Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918.

coed fifty thousand dollars, three per
cent. and on monies arising from internal
duties, six per cent: Privided, That the
commissions herein allowed for the collection
of the direct tax and internal duties, shall
in no case exceed four thousand dollars to
any collector.
| Sec. 8. ind be H. further enacted, That it
| shall be lawful for the President of the Uni
| ted States to apportion and distribute annu-
ally sum not exceeding in the whole TWEEN
| ty hive thousand dollars among such collec"
| tors as for the execution of the public SER
vice it shall appear to him necessary SO to
| compensate, in addition to the other emolu-
ments to which they are entitled ProUided,
That no such allowance or distribution shall
| exceed two hundred and fifty dollars TO any
one collector. nor shall be made to any COLI
lector whose gross emoumcnts other than
| this allowance shall amount to one thousand
dollars year; nor shall. when added to the
other gross emoluments of such collector,
| exceed one thousand dollars year.
Sec 9 md he IL further enacted, That
! there shall be allowed to each collector for
measuring according 10 law, each still or
boiler employed for the purpose of distilla-
tion being under the capacity of one hun
dred gallons, sixty cents and for each still
! or boiler as aforesaid. of the cap city of one
hundred gallons or more, seventy five cents.
And the necessary expenses OF procuring
books, stationary printed forms, certificates
and other documents necessary Tor the col
lection Of the internal revenues and direct
tax, shall and may be allowed TO the colec
tors in the settlement of their counts.
Sec. 10. ind be il further enacted, That
each collector shall be authorised to appoint,
by an instrument or instruments under his
hand, as many deputie,. within his collecti-
on district, to be by him paid and compen
stated for Their services, as he may deem
proper, whose acts officially and legally per
! formed shall be as valid and available III e.
very respect as If performed by the coliec-
| tor himself.
SIC. IL .Hnd be il further enacted, That it
| shall be the duty OF the collectors 70 keep
accurate accounts Of their official emo.u-
men's and expenditures, ard the same, after
being verified ON oath or affirmation to trans
nit annually ON the last day of December,
or within forty day thereafter, under pen
atty of one hundred dollars, to the commits
sioner of the revenue and abstracts OF the
same shall be annually laid before Congress
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 10. .And be t further enacted, That
if the appointment of the principal asses
for the assessment and collection of direct
taxes and internal duties" or OF any of them,
shall not beanade during the present session
OF Congress. the President ot the United
States shall be, and he is hereby empower
ed to make such appointment during the re-
cess of the Senate, by granting corn missions
which shall expire at the end of their next
session.
Sec. Is. ind be IL further enacted, That
the President of the United States shall be
and he is hereby authorized to augment, in
cases where lie may find it necessary, the
compensations fixed by the act aforesaid for
the principal and assistant assessors, So,
however, as that no principal assessor shall
in any such case receive more than three
hundred dollars. and no assistant assessor
more chan one hundred and fifty dollars.
II CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
E. GERRY,
Vicc-President o, The United States, and Pre-
sident of the Senate.
Aug. 2, 1915.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.