Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-07-11

said Corporations are, respectively, empowerco "
employ un agent, or agents, tor the purpose VI
obtaining subscriptions to the loan or loans au'aor
lied by this act, or Of selling, from time to time
the certificates Of stock which may be created ~
pursuance thereof, and to iix the compensation oi
such agent Of agents. which they shall respectively
pay. as well as AL other expenses attending the
said loans, out of the proceeds thereof, Or cf any
other funds which they may respectively pFoV'ue'
Sec. $. .qnd be 1t further enacted, That tax,
at the rate Of one per centum and thirteen nun
dredths of one per cenam, on the assessed sa'ue
of the real and personal estates within the city o
W ashingtull, as shall appear by the aPpraIsemeht
thereof. made under the authority OF me CoIpo-
ration or of the several acts OF Congress, herein
after declared To be revived and IN lotce, wi'hih
the said corporation to be existing, ct the time
hereinafter limited for the collection of the said
tax: and at the rate Of fifty six hundredhs OF one
per centun, on the assessed value oil the real anu
personal estate within the town OF Georgetown,
Shall appra, BY the appralsement thereof, inaue
under TIE authority of the Corporaton or ot the
several acts Of Congress, hereinafter declared TO
De Revived and in force, within the sad corpora.
ton to BE existing at the time hereinafter limiteu
for the collection OF the said tax; ana az me rate
Of ffty.cight hundredths of per centu1i on the
assessed value Of the real and personal estate
within tie town Of Alexandria, as sla, appear, by
the ADVERTISEMENT thereof, made under the authority
of the corporation OF ~ SAID town, or OF the sep
cral acts ut Congress. hereinafter declared 10 De
revived and in force. within the sad cnrrora'ioh'
20 be existing at the time hereinafter limited tor
the collection Of the said tax. be- and the same is
hereby, imposed and assessed on tue real ana per
sonal estate lying and being in the sad city and
towns: and. upon the failure Of the said corpora
tons, or any OF them to pay. into the Treasury of
the United States ninety DAYS before the same
shall become due, 10 the holders OF the shares or
certificates OF snch loan loans, as aforesaid, ac-
cordins to the terms and conditions thereof, the
sum, or sums, which they or any OF them shall
have, respectively, stipulated to pay at the expra-
ton Of the period aforesaid, so that the same sha
not be ascertaned beforehand to be III readiness
to meet the demand or claim about to arise on the
shares or certificates Of the said loan-the Pres-
dent of the Cuited States shall be- and he is here
by, empowered 20 appoint collector or collectors,
whose duty it Shall be proceed and collect the
tax imposed, rs above, on the real and personal
estate in the said city and towns, or either OF them,
the corporation or corporations OF which shall
have so failed to pays aforesaid, IN advance, the
sum or sums about to become due and demanda.
bic as aforesaid, or any part thereof remaining
unpaid, as aforesaid. into the Treasury, ninety
days in advance; such part IN case part only be
so in arrear, to be ateaby and equally assessed,
levied, and collected, upon the property chargea-
BILE, as aforesaid with the said tax, within the said
city and towns, or either OF them, making such
default in paying as required, ninety days in adj
vance,as aforesaid: the appraisement or assessment
of the value of the said estates, preparatory to
the collection of the said tax, if not previously
made by the said corporation, to be made in the
mode prescribed, aforesaid, in the several acts
of Congress hereby revived and put in operation ::
Prorided, That, if satisfactory evidence be afford
ed the President of the United States, by the sew
eral corporations aforesaid, that they proceed
ing in good faith, to raise ard pay, IN due time,
I their portions, respectively, of the said loan or
loans. and will be competent to raise the same BIZ
the means oil which they rely, he shall be- and he
is hereby, empowered to restrain such collector Or
collectors from proceeding to collect the said tax
within the corporation aifording the evidence
aforesaid, until the expiration Of the ninety days
aforesaid ~hen, i the amount OF the said tax be
not actually paid, the collection thereof shall pro
coed. without further delay, on notice to the col
lector OF sucI default.
Sec. 6. aad 5e it ruther enacted That the Col.
Iector or COLLECTORS, who may be appointed as
aforesaid. Shall give bond, with good and sufficient
security for the faithful performance o. the duties
required by this act, and shall possess all the pow
er., be subject TO all the obligations, and proceed
in all respects, in the discharge OF lis their du
ties, in collecting the said tax, as the several col
lectors possessed. we're subject to. and were re
qured to do, by an act entitled " An act to pro
vide additional revenues for defrayns the expen
scs Of Government, and maintaining the publ,
y, credit, by laying direct tax upon the District o
!" Columbia," approved the twenty. seventh of Feb
:, raary, ono thousand eight hundred and fifteen
" and by the several acts Of Congress therein refer
red to, or which were subsequently, passed, in OF
der TO alter or amend the same all Of which acts
for the etectual tulhlment Of the purpose of thi
y act and according to the tenor and intent thereo
hereby declared to be revived, and in full fore
within the limits Of the several corporations afor,
IN said.
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