Chapter 597. for the relief of William Fisher
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CHAP. 597.— An Act for the relief of William Fisher.June 30, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William Fisher.Remission of revenue tax, etc., on spirits destroyed by fire. That the sum of two hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-cents, being the amount of revenue tax imposed by law upon William Fisher, of Franklin County,Virginia, for the manufacture, and so forth, of two hundred and fifty-seven gallons of distilled spirits which were destroyed by fire at the house of said Fisher, in said county, on the eleventh day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, without fault or negligence upon his part, and the interest and penaltiesRefund of tax, etc., if already paid. imposed for the non-payment of said tax, be, and the same are hereby, released and remitted to him; and if, prior to the passage of this act, the whole or any part of said tax, interest, or penalties shall have been paid by him, then the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to refund and repay to the said William Fisher the sum or sums of money so paid by him by reason of the liabilities hereinbefore mentioned.
Approved, June 30, 1886.