The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-21

cense for and during the term of three months, six
~ cents for each gallon OF its capacity rs aforesaid
Tor license Tor and during the term Of six months
one hundred five cents for each gallon Of its cspa
city rs aoresaia for license Tor year, hun
dred and thirtyive cents or each gallon of its
pacity as aforesaid.
And Tor every boiler however constructed, EN-.
poyed tor the purpose of generating steam in those
distiieries where wooden other vessels are used
instead OF metal stills, aud the action of steam is sub
stituted to-the immediate application of FIRE the !
nateriais from which the sprituous liquors dis
t'ed Tor license for the employ thereof dou-
bic the amount each gallon OF the capacity of the
said boiler intending the head thereof, which would
be payable for the ssii license If granted for the
same term and for the employment the same
materials for still or stills to the contents of which
Heng the materials from whence the spirituous IL
qaors are drawn, an immediate application OF fire
during the process of distillaton is made.
Sec 5. md be IL further enacted That Il shall
be Tia duty oil the collectors within their respective
districts TO grant licenses for djstlling which heen
sshsii be usrted with mark, directing the rate
cf duty thereupon, and shall be signed hy the com
missioner OF the revenue. and being counters. auei
by the collector, who shall isse the same OF eau
the same to be issued, SHALL be granted to my per.
son M''o sha'l oesre the same, upon Application IN
writing and upon payment securing ~ rayv,sni
M aforesaid, OF the sum duty PAYABLE bv Ills sc,
i upon each icepse reuue s,ed
sec. > IND be 1t further enacted, Thst the appl
| eaoon III writing, Ia be made ly any person Apply
| ing Tor a license for listing rs a,oresqd sail
state the place of fisting, the nnnber s contents
OF tue still or stills. boiler boilers and whether in
tended to tistl sprituous .auors from C,r.ion or
dom site materials Aud every person making a
false statement in either Of the said particu ars or
who shall sill sp'ruous liquors frem materials
tner an those ststedin ylc application aforesa IS
wen hs the owuer superintendent Of any lis t-~
stu or stiits, with respec, TO which such falls. state
o'en shall have been made, or whi.h shall he tl,us
un!swiuily employed, shsl forte, and pay the avn
Gosts oil suit.
Sec ind be i. farthe, enacted, That every
sncb collector or his putty duly authorised under
''s mana anu seal, shall be authorised TO apply at
an reasonable times 'or amitiance iato suy ,iist-
ery or place Where my still or stills are kent o. nsad
WITHIN hiss collection District for the purpose of CIV
aiming and r,es'arns the stu stills il,r or
boilers Aud every owner Of such d;s.ilerv s,iu or
stills, or persons hav,rg the care snneriu,en,an
or management OF the sane, who siaii refuse 10 adj
NIT such officer IS aforesaid, suffer him to ex
anime q measure he SAID si stills boiler or boil
ers, shall for every such refusal fDr, and DsS the
sum OF nv tu1dred dollars
Sc .snd b a jhrtter enacted, That i; shaII
o" tire tuty OF tie coll. elors Aforesaid in their yes
peeiTe di tries and the, ace hereby authorised IN
eoieet To" duties imposed hy this act aud Ia pres
eeute Tor th recovery at the same, and for the re-
| eoveiy ofsry sum or whicl, may BIT forfeited
ny virtue o. his act And all fms, penalties and for
/ IL lures, who shall be incurred by force of tn,s act
Il Shall aud NAV be sued too and recovered in the
name ct the unted s atts or e the collector With
IN whose district any suci H~. penalty or for eIture
: sha1 have been Incurred, by bill pIant or iuform.
:
States, and the other nncy tie eof 10 the use ri
person who. IL collector, STALL first discover il
u other than collector. shalt FIRST inform nf the
cause, matter or thif e. whereby any such fire. ne
6 naiy or forfeiture, s. ali have been incurred and
o "hert the cause OF acIon compaint shall ar, &c
or accrue mere than hity miles distaut from the
nearest place by law estsh led FOR he hollis e dis
trct court within the distyct IN which the same
shall arise Or sue and recovery NAV be.
mad before any court az the state, hold, within the
saw district, h'v'np jurisdiction in like Cases.
Sc. Z. Ind De "a fn,the, eracted That this
aet shall cont nue. in force until the tamna oe
the War IN which the United States are now epea-
gsd viii Great Britain and Ireland and thsir de-
pendencleS, and Tor one year thereafter, 6 no lon.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
f. GERRY
pfce President 81 tie United States and
president of the Senate
July "a, 1sis.-Approvsd,
: JAMES MADISON.
/, AN ACT
= 10 establish the Office o. Commissioner of the Rev
enue.
BE it enacted BY The Senate and House of Re.
PyeSentafivoS Of tie United Stdtes of .4,,e,fca in
congress isSen1blea, That for superint e, uis tbs
collection OF tne direct tax y Internal duties laid by
authority of the United Stat s. there shall be an of
hcer in the Department OF the Treasury, to be de.
, nominated Commissioner of the Revenue VINO shall
~ charged, under The direction of the head of the
! Tor the ASSESSORS and collectors 81 the tax and du
rs atoresaft with preparing siglin; and dlstribu.
ting all the licenses required b. any law imposing
any OF the duties aiore said and with the suotrin
tendsnee generally Of al the officers emp,oyed in
assessiHs and collecting the ssd tax an dut es
Sc ,. ind be it fVsher enacted, that the
said commissioner the revenue shall ia. Sc 81,
reiintend Tia collections oil the residue of the former
irPct tx x interua duties which fssy be still ont
standing anl shall aisD execute tle services with
= spect to is houses aud othsr objects which were
usually performed rs the former commissioners OF
toe rev snue.
Sec. mi be 1t further enacted That IL shall
he hwiui for the Secretary OF the Treasury 10
place Riso the collection OF the duties on imDost and
tonnage unher the superintendent of the sail com
missioner OF the revenue u, iO his opinion the pub
i e service VIII be promoted by transferring that
dutN iran the e1mptroi-r TO the said commissioner
i Sec d .1Ha &c az further enacted Fhst the com
penssiion OF to- said commissioner Of the revenue
shan lie the same with that OF the Auditor Of tfe
Treasury and hst he shall, for the present be IL
lowed number OF clerks whose salaries s,sII moi;
IN the whole, exceed iour thousand dollars q year.
Sec. ;. .4nd Se a. FURTHER enacted That a sun,
not exceeding tnree thousand five hundred dollars
20 be pai1 oUi u nny MONIES IN the treasury not o.
ther~Ist appropriated be, and the same is hereby
appropriated, 10 y the Cons missioner aud salaries
Horesaid ior the year thousand eight hundred
5. thirteen.
See 6. mute It further enacted, That all let
ters AMI packets to and from the ommissioper of
Che Revenue. shall be received and convened by
posi- trse ot poJtsse, under toe sane sricons 40
are provided by law visa respect 10 other free let
/ ters or packets.