Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07
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Sec. "a. And be it further enacted,
That on and after the first day of Oc-
tober, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
there shall be levied, collected, and
paid, for and in respect of the several
matters, and things men,
toned, and described in the schedule
marked b hercunto annexed, or for
or in respect Of the vellum, parch-
ment, or paper upon which such in
matters, or things, or any
Of them, shall be written or printed,
by any person or persons, or party
who shall make, sign or issue the
same, or for whose use or benefit the
shall be made, signed, or issued, the
seqeral duties or sums of money set
down in figures against the same; re-
spectively, or otherwise specified or
set forth in the said schedule.
Sec. IS. And be it further enacted,
That if any person or persons shall
make, sign, or issue, or cause to be
made, signed, or issued, any instru-
ment, document, or paper Of any kind
or description whatsoever, without
the same being stamped for denoting
the duty hereby imposed thereon, OF
without having thereupon an adhesive
stamp to denote said duty, such per
son or persons shall incur q penalty
Of fifty dollars, and such instrument
document, or paper, as aforesaid shall
be deemed invalid and Of no effect.
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted
That no stamp appropriated to denote
the duty charged on any particular
instrument, and bearing the name Of
such instrument on the face thereof
shall be used for denoting any other
duty Of the same amount, or il sc
used the same shall be of 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.
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted,
That if any person shall forge Oh
forged or counterfcitcd, any stamp OF
die, or any part of any stamp or die
which shall have been provided, made
or used in pursuance of this act, or
shall forge, counterfeit, or resemble,
or cause or procure to be forged, coun-
forfeited, or resembled, the impression,
or any part of the impression, of any
such stamp or die, as aforesaid, upon
any vellum, parchment, or paper, or
shall stamp or mark, or cause or pro.
cure to be stamped or marked, any
vellum, parchment, or paper, with any
such forged or countcrieited stamp or
die, or part of any stamp or die, as
aforesaid, with intent to defraud the
United States of any of the duties
hereby imposed, or any part thereof,
or if any person shall utter, or sell,
or expose TO sale, any vellum, parch-
ment, or paper, article or thing, hav-
ing thereupon the impression of any
such countcrfcited stamp or die, Or
any part Of any stamp or die, or any
such forged, countcrfcitcd. or rcscm-
blcd impression, or part of impression
as aforesaid, knowing the same re-
spectively to be forged, counterfeited
or rcsembled I; or it any person shall
knowingly use any stamp or die which
shall have been SO provided, made, OF
used, as aforesaid, with intent to de-
fraud the United States or If any
person shall fraudulently cut, tear, Oh
get of, or cause or procure to be cut
torn, or got of, the impression of any
stamp or die which shall have been
provided; made, or used in pursuance
Of this act, from any velIum, parch-
ment, or paper, or any instrument or
writing charged or chargcable with
any Of the duties hereby imposed,
then, and in every such case, every
person 80 offending, and every person
knowingly and wilfully aiding, abet,
ting, Or assisting in committing any
such offence as aforesaid, shall be
deemed guilty of felony, and shall, OF
conviction thereof, forfeit the said
counterfeit stamps and the articles
upon which they arc placed, and be
punished by fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars, and by imprison
ment and confinement to hard labor
not exceeding five years.
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted
That in any and all cases where al
adhesive stamp shall be used for dc
noting any duty imposed by this act
except as hereinafter provided, the
person using or affixing the same shall
write thcreupon the initials Of his
name, and the date upon which tho
same shall he attached or used, sc
that the same may not again be used.
And if any person shall fraudulently
make use Of an adhesive stamp to dc
note any duty imposed by this &C,
without SO eflcctually canccling and
celebrating such stamp, except as be
fore mentioned, he, she, or they shall
forfeit the sum of fifty dollars Pro
vided, nevertheless, That any propri
etor or proprictors of proprietary ar
ticle, or articles subject to stamp du
ties under schedule g of this act, shall
have the privilege of furnishing, with
out expense to the United States, in
suitable form, to be approved by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
his or their own dies or designs for
stamps to be used thereon, to be re-
tanned in the possession of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, for his
or their separate use, which sha not
be duplicated to any other person.
That in all cases where such stamp is
used, instead Of his or their writing
his or their initials and the date there
on the said stamp. shall be SO affixed
on the box, bottle, or package, that
in opening the same, or using the con.
tents thereof, the said stamp shall be
efiectually destroyed and in default
thereof shall be liable to the same
penalty imposed for neglect to aflix
said stamp as hercinbeforc prescribed
in this act. Any person who shall
fraudulently obtain or use any of the
aforesaid stamps or designs therefor,
and any person forging, or counter
feiting, or causing or procuring the
forging or counterfciting any repre-
likeness, similtudc, or
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