Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-01

deduction from the duties paid or Sc
cuicd by them, proporiiona,e 10 the part
oi their term which may remain unexpir-
ed on the said thlrty-iirst of December,
aud the several banks or bankers which
may have agreed TO make the annual com
position OF one and half per ccntum on
their dividends, IN lieu of the stamp q L,y
on the notes issued by them, shall pay
only al the rate OF one and a bali per cen
tum per annum on such dividends for the
portion of year that shall remain from
the time of the last annual! pay mcnt To
the said thirty first of Hecember, 10 be
estimated upon the dividend or dividends
| tina, have been or shall be declared and
made by such bank or bankers respective
| ly, within Il year from the time ol such
last annual payment, aud IN all cases in
which payments shall have been made,
or duties secured, for Il term extending
beyond The SAID thirty fms; of DCccmb2r,
on account of any certificates for The use
OF Il carriage, or licence 10 distiI OF retail,
so mach at The sums SO paid or secured
as shall bcproportiOned To the pari Of ilc
ieim which may reniain uneAp.rrd, shall
he refunded or RENTED: PrGciGed, i,ldi
all dur.cs OH sales at auction eft, civd. did
on retlned sugar removed, previously 10
the first day of January, one Thousand
eight hundred ami eighteen. shall be paid
III the same manner "a 1t this act had not
been passed
Sec. 4. And be i, farther enacted. That
all persons who shall, on or after the said
| thlriy-firs day of December, have any
blank vellum, parchment or paper, whicii
| has been stamped, and on which Il duty
has been paid to the use OF government,
shall he entitled To receive from the col
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| delivered, or from such other revenue Of
| ficerin the respective states 0rdisiricts as
| may be designated for that purpose by
| the Secretary of the Treasury, the value
| OF he said stamps, after lcduV ling, III all
cases, seven and Il half per cpntum, ard
| the SAID officers are hereby auihonzrd Ia
| pay the same: Prorided, the SAID blank
vcilum, parchment or paper, be pY, sabtcd
| within four months after the said thirty
| first Of December.
| Sec. 5. And be IL furfi.,' enacted. That
oh all sums that may be refunded in vlr-
the OF this act, as we'll as all sums receir-
ed after the thirty fist day of Dccembcr
aforesaid, and before :iotice Of tllS act,
The collectors shall be allowed a commits
sion OF SIX per centum Ia be charged hy
them i'll settling their accounts with the
| treasury department.
| bNN- W ana Dt ~ |N5fftcI CWNSttu, 4tdt
III case collector shall not have in his
hands a sufficient sum out of which To re-
| fund the sums authorized TO be refunded
| by this act, or TO deiray the expenses in
| cidcnt To The collection of the outsland-
| ing duties and direct lax, such repay meats
| and expenses shall be made and deiraycd
out OF any money in tic treasury not 9th
erwlse appropriated.
| Sec. z. Ah,dbe 1t fn,the1. enacted, That If,
on The seitl 'lent of The accounts Of any
| collector, relative 10 the direct tax and
| internal duties, balances shall be found
| due TO and from him on the different ac-
| counts, they may be adjusted so 10 ascer-
lain the final balances, and if this be iii
favor OF the collector, II shall be paid out
| OF any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Sec. 8. Asid be it further enacted, That
tle fifth section of the act, passed t,e
| third day of March, one tbouSaud eight
| hundred and fifteen, entitled "An Act TO
| fix the compensation, and increase the
responsibility Of the collectors OF the di.
! rect tax, and internal duties, and for 9th
e: purposes connected with the collection
thereof" shall cease after the thirty-tirst
day OF December, one thousand eight
| hundred and seventeen.
II. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
JOHN GAiLLARD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore
| Approved, December %, ISi7.