rther, That no deed. instrument, document, writing,

or paper, required by law to be stamped, which was

made, stared, or issued prier to the first day of August,

eighteen hundred and etxty•four, without being dot

stamped, or with a deficient stamp, nor any copy thereof,

shall be recorded or admitted or used as evidence in any

court until a legsl stamp or stamps; denoting the amount

of duty, shall have been affixed tt erste. and the date

when the same is so used or affixed, with his initials, shall

have been placed thereon by the person using the same;

and the person desiring to use' r