Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-02
7WHEELING va. TUESDAY MORNING. sEPTEMBER 2, 1862 I


That if any person or persons shall make
sign, or issue, or cause to be made, signed
or issued, any instrument, document, Ol
paper Of any kind or description what
oeYer, without the same being duly staIn
ped for denoting the duty hereby imposed
thereon, or having thereupon an adhesive
stamp to denote said duty, such person
or persons shall incur a penalty of fifty
dollars, and such instrument, document
or paper, us aforesaid, shall be deemed
invalid and of no effect .a-4t.i fsqf-
Sec, sc. Aud be it further enacted
That no stamp appropriated to denote the
duty charged on any particular instru'
ment, and bearing the name ofsuchinstru-
ment on the face thereof, shall be used for
denOting any other duty Of the same
amount, or if SO used the same shall be oi
no avail.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted,
That no vellum, parchment, or paper,
bearing a stamp appropriated by name to
any particular instrument, shall be used
for any other purpose, or if so used the
same shall be of no avail. 40
Sec. 9S. And be it further enacted,
That if any. person shall forge or counter
felt, or cause or procure to be forged or
counterfeited, anyzstamp or die, or any
part of any stamp or die, which shall have
been provided, nude, or used IN pursuance
of this act, or shall forge, counterfeit, or
resemble, or cause or procure to be forged
counterfeited, or resembled, the impress
sion, or any part of the impression, fany
such stamp or die, as aforesaid, upon any
Yellum, parchment, or paper, or shall
stamp or mark, or cause or procure to be
stamped OF, marked, any yellum, parch-
ment, or paper, with any such forged or
counterfeited stamp or die, or part Of any
stamp or die, as aforesaid, with intent to
defraud the United States nof any of, the
duties hereby imposed. or any part thereof,
or ifiany person shall utter, or sell, OF
expose to sale, any vellum, parchment,
or paper, article or thing, having there
upon the impression ofany such counter
feited stamp or die, or any part of any
stamp or die, or any such forged, counter
feited, or resembled impression, or part Of
impression, US aforesaid, knowing the
same respectively to be forged, counter
feited, or resemblcd; or If any person
shall knowingly use any stamp or die
which shall have been so provided, made,
or used, as asaforesaid, with intent to defraud
the United States or if any person shall
fraudulently cut, tear, or get OFF, or cause
or procure to be cut, torn, or got of, the
impression any stamp or die which shall
have been provided, made, or used in
pursuance Of this act, from any Vellum,
parchment, or paper, or any Instrument
or writing charged or chargable with
any Of the duties hereby imposed, then,
and in every such case, every person so
offending, andevery person knowinglyand
wilfunY aiding, abetting, or assisting in
committing any such offence as aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and
shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit the
said counterfeit stamps and the articles
upon which they are placed, aud be
punished by fine not exceeding one thou.
sand dollars, and by imprisonment and
confinement to hard labor not exceeding
five years. i.A' - q.
Sec. 90. And be Il further enacted, That
iu any and all cases, where an adhesive
stamp shall be used for denotiug any duty
imposed by this act, except as hereinafter
provided, the person using or afixing the
same shall write thereupon the initials OF
his name, aud the date upon which the
same shall be attached or used, SO that the
same may not again be used. And II any
person shall fraudulentIy mako use of an
adhesive stamp to denote any duty imported
by this act without so efFectually caneelling
aud obliterating such stamp, except as be-
fore mentioned, he, she, or they shall for
felt the sum of fifty dollars: Provided. new
ertheless, That any proprietor or any pro-
prietors of proprietary articles, or articles
subject to stamp duty under schedule G oi
this act, shall have the privilege of fur
nishing, without expense to the United
90 anfkahla IN ha fuanpnsraFls st,y-
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue bis
or their own dies or designs for stamps to
be used thereon, to be retained in the pos
session of the Commissioner. Of Internal
| Revenue, for his or their separate lss,
which shall not be duplicated to any otheI
| person. That in all cases where such
| stamp is used, instead of his OF their VIII
| ting his or their initials and the date there.
on, the said stamp shall be so affixed ON thC
box, bottle, or package, that in opening thI
same, or using the contents thereof, thC
said stamp shall be etfectually destroyed
and in default thereof shall be liable 70 th'
same penalty imposed for neglect 70 ati,
said stamp as hereinbefore prescribed il
this act. i,-Any person who shall fraudu
ilehtly obtain or use bny of the aforesaid
stamps or designs therefor, aud any persoI
forging, or counterfeiting, or causing o.
procuring the forging or colnterfeitiuE an
Representation, likeness, stmilitude, or col
lorable imitation of tho said last-mehtioneC
stamp, or selling the same or, being q mer
chant, broker, peddler, or person dealing
iuWhols or in part, IN similar goods, wares
merchandise, manufacturers preparations
or articles, or those designed for simila
objects or purposes, shall have knpwingI,
Tor. .frsndplently in his, her, or their. posses
tision any such forged, ,counterfeited likeness
convietion thereof, shah be subject to Al
1.-THE penalties, 6nea, and forfeitnres pre-
scribed in section ninety-thFes Of thi
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SEQ. 100. Aud be it further enacted, Tha
it anyperson or persons shall make, sigh