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~. STAMP ovum.

nern.l.sl: And NI it further raacted, That all

lowan force at the time of the peerage o

ibb det in relation to ;stamp dutite shall con

tivue in force until the fiat day of dorm.,

tighbenltur.dred and sixty-tonr, and on and '

lifter, the first day offingost, eighteen hun­

dred and eraty four, there shall be levied

collected, and geld, for and in rzepect of the

1 lostrumenta, resume and tblogs

mentioted end desoribed in ' tbe schedule

(mniked 13) hereunto annexed, or for or la

reepect of the velflum, parchment, or paper

open which lush austrumenra, mattnra, or

Wage any of them, shall be written or printed,

by any feißon or persona, or party who shall

make, sign or lame the name, or for whose

use or benefit the same shall beirrade, eignet

or issued, the several duties or eums of mane,

si t 401/11 in figures against the same, respect­

ively, or otherwise *Tattled or sot forth in

tho said rah:dale.

800. 162. Asa lia it further nicAitsd, That

it shall not be lawful to record any imam.

mint, doetement, or paper required by law

to be staniped, anions a stamp or stamps of

the proper amount shall have been taxed;

and the record of any each inetrumeat, upon

which the proper stamp or stamps aforesaid

Isbell not have been affixed, stall be utterly

void, and Shall not he need in evidetoe.

Bee. 164. And be it further enacted, That

to,thelnyment, document, writing, or paper

d any deemmilov, required by law to be

stamped, shall be drama) or held Invalid and

of no effect for the want af the partioalar kind

or description of stomp designated for and

denoting the duty charged on any sock in­

dimmente dominion!, wnting, or phper, p.m..

'led a Irgat atamp, or stamps, denoting% duty

of equal sitimmt, chill hove been duly dfixed

and used,thermini .I:Moder; That the provi­

sion's el 4la section shell not apply to any

stomp appropriated to denote the duty charg­

ed on proprietery articles, or artiolve steams

crated In Idthedula C

Bea 164. And be it further O7.:cted, That

all official i tutu unseats, documents, and papers,

issued or used by the officers of the United

Elates government, obeli be, and hereby are,

exempt from duty.

Bee. 166. And be it further enacted, That

If any person shall forge or counterfeit, or

ranee or promo to be forged or oonoterfeit­

ed, eny stamp or die, or any part of any

stamp or die, which shall bane been provided,

made, oil used in purenacce of this sot, or

shall forgo, counterfeit, or resemble, or cause

or procure to be forged, counterfeited, or re­

sembled, the impression, or pay part or the

impression, ref any snob stamp or die, as afore.

emd, epee any vellum, parchment, or paper,

or shall cramp or mark, or cause or procure to

be etemped or marked, any vellum, parch

ment, er paper, with any such forged or coun­

terfeited stamp or dio, or part of any stamp

or die, as aforesaid, Irish intent to defraud

the United Suttee of any of the duties hereby

imposed, or,sany pad, thereof op If . say T

'll:M er­

,eon sheet or sill, or 'expose to.e4e, any

vellum, psrehment, or paper, article, or toils,

having thereupon the impreamon of say such

counterfeited stamp or die,