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Statute I.May 28, 1830.

Proviso of actofMay26 4 1824,ch. 161, repeal-ed.

Statute I.May 29, 1830.

Solicitor oftreasury.

Powers andduties.

Charge oflands, &c.

Release oflands, &c.

Papers of trea-sury agent to betransferred.

Direct taxes,&c.

Returns andreports.

Statements bycollectors ofbonds deliveredfor suit.

TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 152, 153. 1830.

Chap. CLII .—An Act to repeal the proviso in “ An act to authorize masters ofvessels in certain cases to clear out either at the custom-house of Petersburg, orthat of Richmond .”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the proviso of ail act,passed May twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four,entitled “An act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases to clearout either at the custom-house of Petersburg, or that of Richmond, ”be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Approved, May 28, 1830.

Chap. CLIII. — An Act to provide for the appointment of a solicitor of the

treasury.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That there be appointed, bythe President of the United States , by and with the advice and consentof the Senate , some suitable person, learned in thelaw, to be solicitor ofthe treasury; and that all and singular the powers and duties which areby law vested in, and required from, the agent of the treasury of theUnited States , shall be transferred to, vested in, and required from, thesaid solicitor of the treasury; and the said solicitor of the treasury shallalso perform and discharge so much of the duties heretofore belongingto the office of commissioner, or acting commissioner of the revenue, asrelates to the superintendence of the collection of outstanding direct andinternal duties. And the said solicitor shall have charge of all lands andother property which have been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyedto the United States , in payment of debts, and of all trusts created forthe use of the United States , in payment of debts due them; and to selland dispose of lands assigned, or set off to the United States , in pay-ment of debts, or being vested in them by mortgage, or other securityfor the payment of debts; and in cases where real estate hath alreadybecome the property of the United States by conveyance, extent, orotherwise, in payment of a debt, and such debt hath been fully paid, inmoney, and the same hath been received by the United States , it shalland may be lawful for the solicitor of the treasury to release by deed, orotherwise convey the same real estate to the debtor from whom it wastaken, if he shall be living, or if such debtor be dead, to his heirs or de-visees, or such person as they shall appoint.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be transferred to the solicitor of the treasury, all books,papers, and records, belonging or appertaining to the office of agent ofthe treasury, or belonging and appertaining to the superintendence of thecollection of outstanding direct taxes and internal duties; and the comp-troller of the treasury, and all other officers, who have heretofore been re-quired to cause accounts to be stated and certified, or to make out orforward lists, returns, reports, or statements, to the agent of the treasury,are hereby required to cause such accounts to be stated and certified,and such lists, returns, reports, and statements, to be made and forward-ed to the solicitor of the treasury; and all lists, returns, reports, andstatements, respecting outstanding direct taxes, and internal duties, here-tofore required to be made to the commissioner or acting commissionerof the revenue, shall hereafter be made to the said solicitor of the trea-sury.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever any bond for dutiesshall be delivered to a district attorney for suit, the collector so deliver-ing the same shall immediately give information thereof to the solicitor