Pennsylvania.To the state of Pennsylvania, seven hundred and thirty thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents.
Delaware.To the state of Delaware, sixty-four thousand ninety-two dollars and fifty cents.
Maryland.To the state of Maryland, three hundred and three thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Virginia.To the state of Virginia, seven hundred and thirty-eight thousand thirty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Kentucky.To the state of Kentucky, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty two-cents.
Ohio.To the state of Ohio, two hundred and eight thousand three hundred dollars and twenty-eight cents.
North Carolina.To the state of North Carolina, four hundred and forty thousand four hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty-six cents.
Tennessee.To the state of Tennessee, two hundred and twenty thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and ten cents.
South Carolina.To the state of South Carolina, three hundred and three thousand eight hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents.
Georgia.To the state of Georgia, one hundred and eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and ninety-eight cents; and
Louisiana.To the state of Louisiana, fifty-six thousand five hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-two cents.
Repeal of part of the former act.
Act of July 22, 1813, ch. 16, with exceptions.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, the act of Congress, entitled “An act for the assessment and collection of direct taxes and internal duties,” passed on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be and the same is hereby repealed, except so far as the same respects the collection districts therein and thereby established and defined, so far as the same respects internal duties, and so far as the same respects the appointment and qualifications of the collectors and principal assessors therein and thereby authorized and required; in all which respects, so excepted, as aforesaid, the said act shall be and continue in force for the purposes of this act: Provided always,Proviso.
Act of Aug. 2, 1813, ch. 37. That for making and completing the assessment and collection of the direct tax laid by virtue of the act of Congress entitled “An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States,” passed on the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, the said first mentioned act of Congress shall be and continue in full force, anything in this act to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Principal assessors to divide their districts, and appoint assistants.
Number of assessment districts to be reduced.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the principal assessors heretofore appointed, or hereafter appointed, shall divide his district into a convenient number of assessment districts, within each of which he shall appoint one respectable freeholder, to be assistant assessor: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and is hereby authorized to reduce the number of assessment districts, in any collection district in any state, if the number shall appear to him to be too great; and the principal assessors respectively, and each assistant assessor so appointed, and accepting the appointment, shall, before he enters on the duty of his appointment under this act, take and subscribe, before some competent magistrate, or some collector of the direct tax and internal duties, (who is hereby empowered to administer the same) the following oath or affirmation, to wit: Oaths of office.“I , do swear or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I will, to the best of my knowledge, skill, and judgment, diligently and faithfully execute the office and duties of principal assessor (or assistant assessor, as the case may be,) for (naming the district,) without favour or partiality, and that I will do equal right and justice in every case in which I shall act as principal assessor (or assistant assessor, as the case may be.”) And a certificate of such oath, or affirmation, shall be delivered to the collector of the district for which
