Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-01
Aaw OF the UMiteA States.
An Act TO abolish the Internal Duties.

ne 1t aaaced by tie Senate and House IF
Representatives Of tie United States Of dine
'icd, an Congress assembled, That from and
after the thirty frs. day OF December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventeen,
the internal duties on licenses to distil-
irS; ON refined sugars licenses 10 re-
thlierS; safes al auction: carriages for the
conveyance OF persons: and stamped vel
lam, parchment aud paper, shall be dis
continued; and all acts and Is,yis ot acts
relative thereto, shall, from au,i a.ler the
said thirty FIRST sIav of December, be re-
peoied Prov.ded, That !orihc collection,
recovery, remission and receipt of such
dNties as shall have accrued, and on the
dAs aforesaid remain out standing, and
10: The payment of drawbacks or allow
a0ces on tie expectation of any of the
sald spirits or sugars legally entitled there
90, provided the expectation he effected
previous TO the first day of january, one
thousand eight hiadred AMI nineteen:
and sOr the recovery and distribution of
Ones, penalties and ioriciiures, and the re-
mission thereof, which sIiali have been
incurred before and on lie said thirty
ilist dag OF December, the provisions of
the Aforesaid acts shall remain in full force
aud virtue.
Sec. 2. And he 1t f;othu eaGcisa, That
the offices of the collectors of the inter
nai duties and direct tax, shat! continue
III esciI collection district, respectively,
uh'l the collection of the dulles above
mentioned, and OF the direct tax, shall
have been completed in such district, and
no longer, unless sooner discontinued by
tie President Of The United States, who
shall be, and hereby is empowered, when
ever the collection of the SAID duties aud
Tax s),a'i have beea SO far completed i'm
any olaiSie, as 10 render, in his opinion,
that measure eXpedient, To discontinue
any OF tue salt collectors, and to unite,
into one collection district any two or
more collection districts, living and being
In the same state iii which case, the col
iectors thereafter employed i'll the colec-
non of lhe said duties and tax in such
state or district, shall be appointed and
removable by the President alone; and
tor the promoting of the collection of any
OF the aforementioned duties or tax,
which may be outstanding, after the said
thrty first day of December, the Presi-
dent OF the United States shall lie, and he
hereby IS empowered, al any time there
at +, 10 make such allowance as he may
think proper, III addition TO the commits
sOns now allowed by law, to any of the
collectors Of the said duties and fax, AMI
ridcd, That the whole of such additional
allowances shall not, IN The aggregate, ex-
coed five per cenium Of the amount Of the
duties aud fax paid into The treasury af-
ter that day and that the extraordinary
al owa9ces authorized by The second and
fourth sections of the act passed March
tlIrd, one thousand eight hundred and
fifteen, entitled " An Act 10 fix the com
pensati0n and increase responsibility.
Of lhe collectors of the direct tax aud in
tefnal duties, and for other purposes con-
nected with the collection thereof" shall
after the said iiIirty first day of Decem-
Der, cease; and the Office of Commissi-
oner OF the RevcnGe shall cease, and be
discontinued, whenever the collection of
the duties and tax above mentioned, shall
be completed, unless sooner discontinued
by tie President of the United States,
who shall be, and hereby is empowered,
whenever the collection OF the said duties
and tax SHALL have been so far completed,
rs, in his opinion, to render that measure
expedient, TO discontinue tile said office
III which case the immediate superinten-
dence Of the collection of such parts of
the said duties and taxes as may then re-
main outstanding, shall be placed in such
officer Of the Treasury Department as the
D ~
nate PropiCied, hoWerer, That all bonds,
n0tss or other instruments, which have
been charged with the payment of du-
~, and which shall, at any time prior TO
the thirty-tirst day Of December, have
been written or printed upon veilum,
parchment or paper, not stamped or mark
ed according To- law, or upon velum,
parchment or paper, not stamped Ormark-
Ell at a lower rate of duty than is by law
required for such bond, mole or other in
s'rumeDi, may be presented to any col
IeciOr of tie iHternal revenue, or cOllec-
tor OF tic customs within the state and
where there rs ne such collector, to the
marshal OF iiIe district, whose duty i; shall
BE-, upon tie payment OF the duty with
which suck instrument was chargeable,
together with the additional sum of ten
dollars for which duty and additional
sum, the said collector or marshal shall
be accountable 10 Tie Treasury of the o.
nit.d States; 10 endorse upon some part
% such instrument his receipt for the
sime; and fhcTeupOn ilie SAID bond, note
O. Cii,r Instrument. shalIbe, 10 al ntcnts
and purposes, as valid snd available to
tHe person holding the same, as il il had
been or were stamped, OF marked, as by
law required auy ilnng in any act to tic
e,nirary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. Aad be u fHrth~ enacted, That
al persons who shall obtain, or WHO shall
have obtained, licences for stills or boil
crs, or Coz selling by retail, or certificates
f0f carriages extending beyond the said
tErty frsl Of December, shall be allowed