Article
59. All fines imposed either by judicial or by other authorities will
be satisfied in paper for Payments to the State.
Article
60. This paper will be of
the values expressed in Article 1, and will be
divided by a perforation in to two
parts of equal size but of different form,
upper and lower, marked with the same number and series. On the
first will be noted the object and amount
of the payment; the law, decree or order
on which it is based; the date of the previous
proceedings, if any; the name of the interested party and his
number according to class; and this part will be given to him
as a receipt, after being signed by the proper official.
The second, with the same annotations, will be attached to
the papers of the case, or else filed. [46]
Article
61. All officials will keep a record in which will, be
carefully noted all fines imposed by them.
Article
62. If the amount of the fine or other payment would
exceed the value of one sheet, enough sheets will be added
to make up the difference, the annotations to
be made on the one of the highest value, to which a reference
will be noted on the other sheets. If
the fraction of any class of payment be less than 5 centavos such
fraction will be omitted, but if more, the. full
amount will be collected.
Article
63. When, by reason of reversal of decision, a return of all, or any
part, of any payment is ordered by competent authority, whether it be a
fine or tax unduly collected, a new notation will be made on the paper,
and it will be forwarded officially to the Administration, so that the
return of the money to the interested party may be made, in accordance
with the Laws in force.
Article
64. In cases where a part of the fine imposed is
to be paid to a third party, the official
imposing the same will issue a certificate
quoting the law or order governing
the case and will send it
to the Administration, so that payment may be made.
These certificates most be drawn up on stamped paper of
the value of 25 centavos, to be paid for
by the party interested, when the part
of the fine received by him is equal to,
or exceeds, one peso and fifty centavos
(Pl.50); when it is less than that
amount an official comunication giving the data above
mentioned will be sufficient. [47]
Article
65. The Courts and other authorities upon whom
this duty devolves will send a monthly statement
to the Internal Revenue Office of the District
in which they may be established showing the
fines imposed, the persons by whom they are payable,
and the amounts due the participants.
Article
66. The payment of the balances due
for stamped paper must be made, without exception,
by paper for Payments to the State.
Article
67. In the same paper will be collected
taxes assessed against the following:
1.
University degrees and diplomas or other titles
for the practice of any profession.
2.
Titles to the Order of Charles III,
Isabel the Catholic, Maria Luisa, and
St. John of Jerusalem.
3.
For the issue and registration of all
kinds of degrees and diplomas.
4.
Chancellorship of Grace and Justice.
5.
Diplomas as interpreter of languages. .
6.
For privileges of introduction and invention.
7.
For patents of navigation.
Article
68. The same paper for
Payments to the State will
be used in settlement of the following
taxes:
1.
The tax of 5 to 10 centavos, according to the provisions of Article 46,
assessed upon each page of books referred to in said article. [48]
2.
On passports to leave the Islands.
Article
69. Courts, Judges and officials upon
whom devolve the duty of ordering the
payment of balances payable for
stamps will be responsible for the
execution of the same.
Article
70. Taxes on matriculation in the university and other
institutions of learning supported by the
State will be paid in this class of
paper.
Article
71. On every sheet of paper for
payments to the State used for
the purpose of paying fees on matriculation
will be written the name of the
interested party, the date of his admission
to the institution, and statement of the
course for entrance to which the fee
is paid. [49] |