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AnACT
laying duties on flamped Vel
lum, Parchment, and Paper.
BEi/a^/fy the Senate ^ House
of Re^refentaiiita of the United States bf
America in C^ngreft dffembled, That from
and after the 31st day of December
next, there shall be levied, collected,
and paid,througb cet the United States,
the several flatop duties following, to
wit ; for every &in or piece of vellum,
or parchment, or ilieet or piece of pa
per, upon which (hall ba written or
printed any or either of the instruments
or writings following, to wit: any cer
tificate of naturalization, five dollars ;
any license to prattife or certificate! of
the admission, enrolment, or registry of
any cnunfellor, folicjtor, attorney, ad
vocate, or preftor in any court of the
United Stares, the sum of ten dollars ;
nay grant or letters patent under the
seal or authority of the United States,
except for land# granted for military
fitvices, four dollars; any exemplifi
cation or certified copy of any such
grant or letters patent, two dollars; a
ny charter party, bottomry, or refpon
dentia bond, one dollar; any receipt
or other difeharge for or on account of
any legacy left by any will or other tef
famentary instrument, or for any share
or part of a personal estate divided by
force of an, hartite of distributions, the
amount thereof fall be above the val
ue of fifty, and shall notracerf the val
ue of one hundred dollars, twenty five
cents ; where the amount thereof shall
exceed the value of one hundred dollars,
and (hall not exceed five hundred dol
lars, fifty cents ; and for every further
sum of five hundred dollars, the addi
tional sum of one dollar ; any policy of
influence ^in&tyfymi in ^lure ihere-^
Os; whereby any mips, vessels, or goods'
going from one diftritt to another io
rhe United States, or from the United
States to any foreign port ®r place, (hail
be infuted, to wit, if going from one
diftrid to another in the United States,
twenty -five-cents ; if going from the
United States to any foreign port or
place, when the sum for which insur
ance is made (hall not exceed five hun
dred dollars, twenty-five cents ; and
when the sum infared shall exceed five
hundred dollars, one dollar ; any ex
emplification of whatmature foever,that
shall pafi the seal of any court, other
than such as it may be the duty of the
clerk of such octirt to furnifh for the
nfe of the United States, or some par
ticular state, fifty cents ; any bonds,
bills, single or penal, foreign or inland
hill of exchange, promissory note, or
other note for rhe security of money,
according to the following scale, viz.
on all bonds, bills, finale or penal, for
§; teignjor island bills of exchange, prom
issory note, or other note above twenty
dollar,, and not exceeding one hundred
• dollars, ten cents ; above one hundred
dollars, and not exceeding five hundred
dollars, twenty-five cents ; above five
hundred and not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, fifty cents'; ;boye one
thoufind dollars, feventy-five cents:
Provided, That if any bonds or notes
shall be payable at or within sixty days,
such bonds or notes shall be fubjeft to
only two fifth parts of the duty afore
faid : and provided, that notes issued
by any of the banks now established,
or which hereafter may be established
„ within the United States, Chill be fub
jea to a duty according, to the follow
ing scale, viz. Qty all notes notexceed
ing fifty dollars, at the rate of three
^ fifthsof a cent for every dollar ; ^abovc
fifty dollars and not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, fifty cents ; above one
'hundred dollars and not exceeding five bun
-11. dred dollars, two dollars ; any protest or oth
er notarial a& twenty-five cents ; any letter
^ of attorney, leapt for invalid pensions, or}
te obtain or fell warrants for lands granted
by the United States, as bounty for military
hflervices performed in the late was, twenty
five cents ; any certificate br debenture for
drawback of cufloras or duties for less than
Xfive hundred delhrs, one dollar ; any certify
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icate or debenture for five hundred dollars,
and not exceeding two thousand dollars, two :
dollars ; and on every certificate or deben-,
ture for more than two thousand dollars, 1
three dollars; any note or bill of lading for,
any goods or merchandize to be exported, if;
from one diftri& to another of the United ;
States, not being in the fame state, ten cents;;
if to be exported to any foreign port or place,•
twenty -five cents ; any inventory or cata-;
logue of any furniture, goods, er effca^made
in any case required by law, (except in case
of goodsand chattels diffrained for rent or
taxes, and goods taken in any legal process by
any officer) fifty cents ; any certificate of a
(hare in the Bank of the United States, or of
any state, or other bank, above twenty dol
lars, and not .exceeding one hundred, ten
cents; above one hundred dollars, twenty
five cents ; and for any certificate for every
such fare under twenty dollars, at the rate
of ten cents for ene hundred dollars ; and the
fame for any less sum df the amount of the
fkares expressed in such certificate, provided,
that nothing in this z& contained, shall ex
tend to charge wish a duty, any legacy left by \
any will or other testamentary ioftrument or
any fhafe or part of a perfenal estate, to be
divided by force of any statute of difribu-1
tions which shall be left to or divided among
th# wife children, or granrirkUAren .of the
perfen daceafed intestate ; or making such
will or te&amentary &Arurtn, or any re
cognizance, bill, bond, or other obligation
or central, which shall be made to or with
the United States, or any Gate, or for their
use refpe6tively.
See- a. And be it further enabled, That in
refpe& to any Bamp, on any of the notes of
the Bank now eftabiifhed, or which hereafter
may he e&ablifhed within the United States,
it fliall be lawful for the secretary of the
treasury, to agree to an annual compaction
for the amount of such flamp duty, wit'iany
pfthe said banks, far one per centum on the
amount of the annual dividend made by such
banks, to their stockholders refpe&ively.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled. That
all d^ds and writings whatsoever, for
, lt#.Daymentaf ^, sum £lO%, up
on the contingency of the loss of any
vfhip, or goods, laden or to be laden on
board of any ship, or of damage there
to, fna|l be canftrued and adjudged to
be policies, of insurance, within this
aft chargeable with the several rates of
duty herein before mentioned.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled. That
when any vessel, or anv goods or mer
chandize, laden or to be laden on board
of ady vessel, shall be insured, a policy
duly damped shall be issued, or made
out, within che space of three days at
furtheft ; and tha insurer or iufurers
neglecting to make out such policy or
policies, within the time afore fa id,fhall
forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, for
every such negled or offence ; and all
promissory notes, or other feenrity
made for assurance or assurances of
ships goods, or merchandizes at sea, or
going to sea, in lieu of a policy, are
hereby declared void. ''
Sec, §. And be it furthe: enabled. That
every deed, inttrument, note, memo,
random, letters, or other writings, be
tween the captain or matter, or owner
of any ship or vessel, and any merchant,
trader, or other person, in refpeft to
the hire, or freight of such fhipor ves
sel, for conveyance of any money,
goods, wares, merchandize, or eff&fh,
laden or to be laden orcboard of such
ship or vessel, shall be deemed and ad
judged to.he i charter party. .
Se&. 6. And he it farther enabled, That
every receipt for every sum of money, paid id
whole or, in part, of any legacy, or fore of
perfonai estate, distributed as aforefaid, in the
cases in which a duty is hereby charged shall
express therein the true sum which (ball have
, been so paid; in default of which as w^ll&he
person or persons by whom the fame; Ihall
have been paid, as the person or perftns by
whom the fame fliall have been received, shall
federally forfeit and pay the sum of twenty
dollars: And every receipt in full, shall be
deemed, for the purpefe of charging tht du
ties hereby said, to be for the entire fob of
such legacy or share of the personal cite,
unless it shall he made to appear that all such;
I part thereof, as may not be expreffad ipriach
receipt in fall, was, previous thereto^ paid,
and upon a receipt, or receipts, duly rooked
of Ramped, according to the direElions of this
Sec. 7. And he it further enabled, That
every coanfellor, attorney, foircMox,
TUESDAY, Oftober 9, 1798.
; proctor, or advocate, who hath beep, or
I fhall he admitted, enroled, or register-
I ed, in any court of the United States,
I before be shall at any time after the
ifaid thirty-firft day of December next,
^profecute, carry on, or defend, any ac-
Ition, fair, or proceeding, in any court
lof the United States, shall take out a
I certificate of such admission, enrolment,
or registry, from the clerk, or protho
notary of the court, granting s uc h ad
mission ; which certificate ffiall he writ
ten on a piece of vellum, parchment,
or paper, damped according to the di
; regions of this aft; and such clerk or
jprothonotary shall make entry cf such
/admission, enrolment, or registry, in a
i book to be by him kept for that par
, pose, to which any person may at rea
ffinable times have access without fee of
Ireward :—For which certificate & en-
I try there shall be paid to such clerk or
!prothonotary, by the fopervifor of the
Irevenue for the diftrid wherein said
| court fliall be held, the sum of twenty^
■five ceu/s.
Sec. 8. And be it further enabled. That
the receiving a certificate as aforefaid.
in any one of the courts of the United
States, for any one of the said officers,
shall be a fufficient admission in all the
courts of the fame, for that or any oth
er of the said officers, so far as relates to
the payment of the duties imposed by
this a& ; any thing herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 9. And he it further enabled. That
the several duties aforefaid, shall be lev
ied, collected, received, and accounted
for, by and under the immediate di
rection and management.of the faper
vifors and iafpeftors of the revenue, &
other officers of infpedion, fubjed to
the superintendence, control, and di
region, of the Treasury department,
dccu^aingto ,rtre refpeAivo authorities
and duties of the officers thereof.
^ec. 10. And be it further enabled, Thar
it fiall be the duty of the Secretary o'
tne|treafury, to cause to be provided so
many marks and stamps different from
each other, as fhJt correspond with the
federal rates of duty aforefaid ; that is
tchyrone mark or stamp for each dif
tifarate of duty; with which marks
and damps refpedively shall be marked
o^ftamped all vellum, parchment, or
paler, upon which shall be written, or
printed, all or any of the several inftru
mlnts, writings, matters, and things,
herein before enumerated and charged,
according to the nature and defcrip.
tilh of each of the said inffruments,
Vs&g>, matters, and things, as herein
,before fpecified and described : Which
said several marks and Ramps shall be
notified by a public notification, or ad
vettifeuenr, to be iffyed by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, and inferred in
at laaft one nczfpaper printed in eacP
Sca;e,° and in the territory northwest
of the Ohio, and for not lefi than three
months before the said thirtp-firft day
of December next, to the end that all
pttfons may have due notice thereof,
aid which said marks and flamp,, or
any of them, &a|i or may be altered or
renewed irom time to time, as the said
Secretary of the Treasury shall think
fit, so as like public notification there,
of be made, for a term not lef§ than
three months, before such new flamps
or marks shall begin to be used.
Sec. ii. And be it farther enabled, That
the fopervifors of the revenue are here
by empowered and required, forthwith
Upon demand to them or any of them,
made by any person or perfon#, to
stamp, or mark any quantities or par
cel, of vellum, parchment, or paper,
(he or they plying to the supervisors of
the revenue refpeftively, the refpedire
duties hereby directed to be paid for
the fame) to stamp and mark the fame
accordingly, without any other fee or
reward ; which stamp or mark shall be
a Efficient difeharge for the several &
refpaiye duties hereby granted, upon
the said vellum, parchment, or paper,
which shall be so ftaqippd %m^
. See. 12. And he it farther enabled, That
if any fopervifor of the revenue &aH
3ra ^rere#EHOiß^^TOOTEEMWffiiffl2^
fix any such mark or stamp to any vel-\
lum, parchment, or paper, upon such
requaft or demand as aforefaid, before
the several and refpeaivc duties there
upon charged by thia ad, shall be duly
answered and paid, or secured to be
paid, he shall for every such offence,
forfeit hi# office, together with the sum
of five hundred dollars.
Sec. 13, And be it further enabled, That
if any person or perfone, ihall write or
print, or cause to be written or print
ed upon any unstamped vellum; parch
ment, or paper, (with intent fraudulent,
ly to evade the duties imposed by this
act) any of the matters or things for
which the said vellum, parchment, or
paper, is hereby charged to pay any du
ty, or shall write or print, or cause to
be written or printed, any matter or'
things, upon any vellum, parchment,or
paper, that shall be marked or stamped
for any lower duty than the duty by
this aft payable, such pe:foq so offend
ing, shall for every such ctrmce forfeit
the fam of one hundred dollars ; and
in case any clerk, officer, or person,
who, in refpe& of any public o ffice or
employment, is or shall be authorifed
or inftruded to n^ke, write, or-print,
any deeds, inftrtiments, or writings, by
this aft charged to pay a duty as afore
faid shall be guilty of any fraud or'
practice to defraud or deprive the U-~
nired States of any duty by this all pay
able, by making, writing, or printing;
any such deed, instrument, or writing,
or, causing rhe fame to be made, writ
ten, or printed, upon vellum, parch
ment, or paper, not marked or damp
ed according to this aft, (or upon vel
lum, parchment, or paper, marked or
damped with any mark or ftampuhigh<
he shall know to be counterfeited) of
by writing or printing any such deed,,
internment, or other Writing upon vel
lum, parchment, or paper, that shall bry
marked or stamped for a lower duty ate
aforefaid, every such clerk, officer, or
person, so guilty, and being thereof
lawfully convicted, shall instead ! of the
penalty aforefaid, forfeit and p^y the
firm of five hundred dollars ; and if an
officer of the Ignited States, shall 'in ad
dition thereto, forfeit his offices and be c
difablad to hold or enjoy the fame for
the future ; and if any deed, inßru
ment, or writing, what soever, by this
at? charged with the payment of a du
ty, as aforefaid, shall contrary to the
true intent and meaning thereof, be
written or printed, by any person or
perfon# whpmfoever. upon vellum,
parchment, or paper,* not marked or
Damped, tor a lower duty than ought
te be paid upon the fame, then, and in
every such case, there shall be paid to
the United State# for their use over and
above the duty herein before charged
thereupon, for damping every such
deed, instrument, or writing, shall be
pleaded or given in evidence in any
court, or admitted in any court to be
available in taw or equity, until it, shall
be stamped as aforefaid. And the'fu
pervifors refpe&ively are hereby en
joined and required, upon payment or
tender of the said duty and sum often
dollars unto any of them, t, mark or
stamp the said vettum, parchment, or
paper, with themarkor stamp that shall
be proper for such deed, instrument, or
writing, respectively ; and if any per
son or persons whomsoever, shall coun
terfeit or forge any stamp or mark to
referable any stamp or mark which
shall be providedor made in pursuance
of this aft, or shall counterfeit or re
ferable the impreffioos of the fame upon
any vellum, parchment, or papers there
by to defraud the United States of any
of the duties hereby granted," or shall
utter, vend, or fell, any vellum, parch«,
merit, or paper, With such counterfeit
mark or impression thereupon, knowing
fu<:b mark or impression to be counter
feit ; or shall private!, or fraudulently
use any stamp or mark, directed or al- '
lowed to be used by the act, in relation
to the duties hereby laid, with intent to
defraudthe United State# of any es the
said ditieh fen every such person fa
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