Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-05-11

the words Except lucifer or friction matches,
cigar lights, and wax tapers.'
That Schedule b. preceding section one
hundred and seventy-one, be amended in the
paragraph marked ''rcceipts," by inserting,
after the word property, the words except
receipts issued by any persons, firm, or COM
pancs doing business as an express or express
company on the delivery of any property for
and that Schedule c. pre-
ceding section one hundred and seventy one,
he amended in all the paragraphs concerning
playing cards by striking out, wherever it
occurs, the word retail" Add at the end of
the paragraph marked receipts" the follow.
ing: 80 Propided, That when two or more per-
sons shall sign the same receipt, one or more
stamps, equal In value to the several stamps
required by this act, may be affixed to said re-
ceipt in lieu of said several stamps
That Schedule b, preceding section one
hundred and sevcnty-one, be further amended
by striking out the word lease in the provi-
30 in the clause taxing mortgages" &C.;
and also by adding to said proviso the follow
ing: And provided further, That upon each
and every assignment of any lease stamp du-
ty shall be required and paid equal to that i'm
posed on the original instrument, increased by
a stamp duty on the consideration or value Of
the assignment equal to that imposed upon
the conveyance of land for similar considera-
ton or value
That section one hundred and seventy one
be amended by inserting before the words ire
fined coal oil ~ the words "crude petroleum
or rock oil:" and after the words ''all descrip
TONS by Inserting the words "bullion, quick
silver, lucifer or friction matches, cigar lights,
and wax tapers."
That section one hundred and seventy mine
be amended by striking therefrom the words
IF a collector or deputy collector, and by
adding at the end of she words ''use OF the
United States" the words ''and where any
penalty is paid without suit, or before judg-
ment. and moiety of the same is claimed by
any person as informer, the Secretary of the
Treasury, on application to him, under such
regulations as he shall prescribe, shall deter
mine whether any claimant is entitled to such
moiety and to whom the same shall be paid. "
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act the proviso to
section one hundred and sixty mine of the act
to which this act is an amendment shall not
be held to apply to lucifer matches, friction
matches, or other articles made in part Of
wood and used for like purposes, nor to cigar
lights and wax tapers.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted. That from
and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-fve, the gross amount o.
all duties, taxes and revenues received or col
lected by virtue of the several acts to provide
internal revenue to support the Government
and to pay the interest on the public debt, and
of any other act or acts that may now or here
after be In force connected with the internal
revenues, shall be paid by the officers, collec
tors, or agents receiving or collecting the same
daily into the treasury Of the United States
under the instructions of the Secretary of tn,
Treasury. without any abatement or deduc
ton on account of salary, compensation, fees
costs, charges, expenses or claims OF any de
scription whatever. anything in any law to tn
contrary Notwithstanding And all money!
now directed by law to be paid to the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue. including thos,
derived from the sale of stamps, shall be pait
into the Treasury of the United States 10y thu
party making such payment; and certificate
of such payment stating the name of the de.
positor and the specific account on which the
deposit was made signed by the Treasurer, as
sistant treasurer, designated depositary, or
proper officer of a deposit bank, and transmit.
ted to and received by the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue shall be deemed a compli-
ance with the law requiring payment to bt
made to the Commissioner any law to thu
contrary notwithstanding: Procided, That In
districts where from the distance Of the officer
collector, or agent receiving or collecting such
duties, taxes. and revenues from proper gov
eminent depository, the Secretary of the Treas
ury may deem it proper, he may extend the
time for making such payment. not exceeding,
however. in any case, the period of one month,
See. 4. .And be IL further enacted, That so
much money as may be necessary for the pay
ment of the lawif.., expenses, incident to car.
rying into effect the various acts relative to
the assessment and collection of the internal
revenues after the thiitieth day Of June, eigh.
teen hundred and sixty five, until the first day
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty six, and
not otherwise provided for, be, and the same
is hereby, appropriated from any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated. And it
shall DO the duty Of such of the collectors of
internal revenue as the Secretary of the Treas
ury may direct to act as disbursing agents to
pay the aforesaid expenses, without increased
compensation therefor, and to give good and
sufficient bonds and surcties for the faithful
performance of their duties as such disbursing
agents in such sum and form as shall be pre-
scribed by the FIRST Comptroller OF the Treas
ury and approved by the Secretary.
Sec. s. And be IL further enacted, That In
addition to the duties imposed In section nine
ty-fonr of the act to which this is al amend
ment. as hereinbefore amended, there shall be
levied. collected, and paid upon the goods,
wares and merchandise therein mentioned,
except as hereinafter otherwise provided, an
increase of one fifth or twenty per centum of
the duties or rates of duty now provided in
said section, whether al va.orem or specific
Provided, That the additional duties or rates
of duty herein mentioned shall not apply to
coal illuminating oil, refined, naphtha, ben
zine or benzole, wood screws, paper of all de-
scriptions, printed books, magazines, pamph
nj yull
tobacco, snuff, cigars, cigarettes,
and cheroots.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted. That ev-
cry national banking association. State bank,
or State banking association, shall pay tax
of ten per centum on the amount OF notes of
any State bank or State banking association,
paid out by them after the first day Of July,
eighteen hundred AMI sixty-six.
Sec. Z. And be Il further enacted, That any
existing bank organized und the laws of any
State. having apaid-up capital of not less than
seventy five thousand dollars, which shall APP
ply before the first day of July next for au-
thority to become q national bank under the
act entitled IAN act to provide national cur
rency secured by pledge of United States
bonds, and to provide for the circulation and
redemption thereof" approved June third,
eighteen hundred and sixty four, and shall
comply with all the requirements said act,
shall, II such bank be found by the Comptrol-
Ter Of the Currency to be in good standing and
credit, receive such authority in preference to
new associations applying for the same: Proci-
ded. That il shall be lawful for any bank or
banking association organized under State
laws, and having branches. the capital being
joint and assigned to and used by the mother
bank and branches in definite proportions, to
become national banking association ia con.
formity with existing Laws, and to reton and
KEEP in operation its branches, or such one or
more OF them as it may elect to retain the
amount of the circulation redeemaUle at the
mother bank aud each branch to be regulated
by the amount OF capital assigned to and used
by each.
Sec 8. And be IL further enacted. That there
shall lie levied. collected. and paid on all crude
petroleum or rock oil that may be produced
and sold or removed for consumption or sale
a duty of one dollar on each and every barrel
Of not more than forty five galioRs; and all pc
troleum or rock oil that may be in possession
Of the producers at the place Of production on
the day when this act takes effect. shall be
held and treated as il produced on that day;
and the said duty shall be paid by the owner.
agent, or superintendent Of the well from
which the petroleum o. rock oil has been pro-
duced within ten days after the time of rem
dering the account required to be rendered by
law of peti oleum or rock oil SO chargeable
with duty: and the said duty shall be lien