The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-22
CHAP. LXXIV.

An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act 10 pro-
vide internal Revenue to support the Govern
ment and pay Interest on the Public Debt :"
approved july first, eighteen hundred AMI sixty
two, and for other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
rescntatiVcs oI the United States ,ric-, i'll
Congress assembled, That = An 10 provide
internal revenue 10 support the Coz rrnnlcmt and
pay interest on the Public debit" approved .Juiy
1irst, eighteen hundred AND siNty-tv0, be, ana the
same hereby Is, amend ed as hereinafter set forth,
namely
That wherever any written notice. or Other in
strument III writing. is required, tiic sam: shall
he lawful if written or partly written and
printed.
That section eleven be, and hereby is, amended
so as to authorize assistant assessors To perform
any duties therein imposed upon tc ;isscseors.
That section nineteen bc So am"ndcd that the
deputy collector, well lis filc collector, may
perform ali the duties required of the said colicc
tor i'll Tie said section ana any notice required
by said section TO persons VINO neglect 10 ,Gtv
tlcir taxes may be sent by mail or left at The
dwellings or Usual places oI business Of such per
sons, il any tncy have written printed, and
said notice s::all state the amount Of duty tax
for which such persons are liable, including the
ten per ctntum additional, as provided 10: i'll said
section, demanding payment OF the same; and
with respect to all such duties or taxes not
included in the annual lists provided for in said
section, and all taxes and duties the collection OF
which Is not otherwise provided for i'll said act,
it shall be the duty OF each collector i'll person
by deputy TO demand payment therefor, in the
the expiration OF the time within which such duty
or tax should have been paid; and any copy of
distrlint snail be lett at the dwelling or usual
place OF business of the owner orpossGSsor Ofthc
property diStIained: Provided. That such special
demand shall not be necessary in respect 10 taxes
assessed by section scvcnty-seven OF said act.
That section twenty eight be, and hereby is,
amended, by striking ont the words - forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars - ana insert
ing in lieu thereof "upon conviction thereof bya
court OF competent jurisdiction, forfeit and pay
the sum of i've hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
for term not exceeding two years, at tne drcre-
ton OF the court
That section forty-three be amended by stril-
ing ont the following words: and any person
vino shall use any cask or package marked, for
the purpose OF selling spirits of quality different
from that so inspected, snail he subject TO Il like
penalty for each cask or package so uscd,' and
inserting in lieu thereof land any person who
shall fraudulently use any cask or package,
marked for the purpose OF selling amy other
spirits than that inspected, OrtOr selling spirits
of IL quality quantity different from that So i'll
spccted, snail be subject to il like penalty, pro
vidcd for each cask or package used
That section forty-four be, and hereby is,
amended, by striking out the words to be coz
tiTuOuS to uch distlliery.'
That section iitty-tve be, and hereby is, amend
ed by inserting after the words g shall not Lc paid
at the time Of rendering the account OF the same,
when they shall have become payable"
That section sixty-four be, and hereby is, so
amended, 1" That no license shall be required OF
attorney having taken out a license such in
consequence OF being employed TO purchase, rent,
or sell real estate, TO collect rent thereon for
others in the ordinary course OF business i'll para
graph number sixteen by inserting after the word
" "tavcrns,' - the words, "or eating -bnusCs ;" by
adding to paragraph number twenty-eigi the fol-
lowing words: I" Nor shall apothecaric= wiiu have
taken ont Il license such be required to take
out license retail dealers in liquors in conse
quence of selling alcohul;'' and in paragraph
number twenty nine 10y inserting after the word
merchandise - - or VINO shall manufacture Dy
hand or machinery, for any other person, or per
sons, goods, wares, or mcrcllaIidiec.
That section siXtytour be, and hereby is, further
amended by adding, at the end thereof, the tol-
lowing paragraphs:
" "Tnirty-iour. Architects and civil engineers
shall pay ten dollars for license Eve"y
person whose business it is to plan, design, or
superintend the construction of buildings, or of
ships, of roads, or bridges, canals OF rail-
roads, shall be regarded an architect and civil
engineer under this act: Provided, That this
shall not include a practical carpenter who iabors
ON building.
'"Thirty-tve. Builders and contractors shall
pay twenty five dollars for each license. Every
person whose business it is to construct buid-
ings, ships, or bridges, canals, or railroads.
by contract, shall be regarded as a builder and
contractor under this act: Provided, That no
license shall be required from any person whose
building contracts do not exceed Two tlou: and
five hundred dollars in any Year.
Thirty six. Stallious and lacA>, owners of,
shall pay ten dollars for eacu hcense. kyerv