The Four Acts of Despotism; Comprising I. the Tax Bill, with All the Amendments. II. the Finance Bill. III. the Conscription ACT. IV. the Indemnity Bi

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863. Excerpt: ... THE TAX BILL. APPROVED JULY 1, 1862. AN ACT TO PROVIDE INTERNAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT AND TO PAY INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT. Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of superintending the collection of internal duties, stamp duties, licenses, or taxes imposed by this act, or which may be hereafter imposed, and of assessing the same, an office is hereby created in the Treasury Department, to be called the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to. nominate, and, 'with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint 'a Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with an annual salary of four thousand dollars, who shall be charged, and hereby is charged, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, with preparing all the instructions, regulations, directions, forms, blanks, stamps, and licenses, and distributing the same, or any part thereof, and all other matters pertaining to the assessment and collection of the duties, stamp duties, licenses, and taxes which may be necessary to carry this act into effect, and with the general superintendence of his office, as aforesaid, and shall have authority, and hereby is authorized and required, fo provide proper and sufficient stamps or dies for expressing and denoting the several stamp duties, or the amount thereof, in the case of per-centage duties, in posed by this act, and to alter and renew, or replace such stamps from time to time, as occasion shall require; and the Secretary of the Treasury may assign to the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue such number of clerks as he may deem necessary, or the exigencies of the public serv...