JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 539
dred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty cents, said
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amount being the amount of State tax upon the val-
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uation, of the property of said Cumberland and
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company included in the
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valuation of ths stock of the Consolidation Coal
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Company, and which said sum has been erroneously
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Amount erro-
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paid by the Consolidation Coal Company to the
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neously paid.
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State, and the Treasurer of the State is hereby au-
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thorized to receive from said Cumberland and Penn-
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sylvania Railroad Company the amount of the State
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tax upon its gross receipts for the year aforesaid less
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the amount of said abatement, in full satisfaction of
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said State taxes upon its gross receipts for the years
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aforesaid, remitting any penalty whatever because of
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the non-payment of said State taxes ; provided said
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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shall promptly pay said State taxes after the adjust-
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ment thereof in the manner aforesaid.
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SEC. 2. And, be it enacted, That the Comptroller
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of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized in
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ascertaining the amount due for the State tax upon
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the gross receipts of the Cumberland and Pennsyl-
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Allow abate-
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vania Railroad Company for the year eighteen hun-
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ment.
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dred and seventy-seven, to allow an abatement there-
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from to the extent of the amount of the State tax
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upon the valuation of the property of said Cumber-
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land and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which
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by mistake has been included in the valuation of
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the stock of said Consolidation Coal Company, upon
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which the State tax for the year eighteen hundred
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and seventy-seven has been duly levied and assessed,
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and the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized
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to receive the amount of the State tax on said gross
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receipts, less the amount of the abatement aforesaid,
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in full satisfaction of the State tax on said gross
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receipts for the year aforesaid.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller of
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the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized, in ascer-
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taining for the purpose of State taxation the valuation
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of the shares of the stock of the Consolidation Coal
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Company for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-
eight, and annually thereafter, to deduct from the
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Deduct from
market valua-
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market value of said shares the valuation of the
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tion.
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property of said Cumberland and Pennsylvania
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Railroad Company while said Consolidation Coal
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