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type: "LegalText"
title: "12 U.S.C. § 541"
description: "Tax on circulating notes generally"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
chapter_number: "4"
chapter_name: "TAXATION"
section: "541"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 541"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 541 - Tax on circulating notes generally
## Text
In lieu of all existing taxes, every association shall pay to the Treasurer of the United States, in the months of January and July, a duty of one-half of 1 per centum each half year upon the average amount of its notes in circulation.
(R.S. § 5214; Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 121, § 1, 22 Stat. 488.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5214 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 41, 13 Stat. 111, which was part of the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.