Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-03-14
[PuBLIc-No. 81

[PuBLIc-No. 3.
An Act to amend an act entitled An act to
provide internal revenue to support the
Government and to pay interest on public
debit" approved July first; siyKteen hun
dred and sxty.two.
BE 1t enacted By tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. ot' Mc United IF -dmerica IN
Congress assembled, That the assrsSorS, as
sistant asscssors, collectors and deputy collec
tors, appointed, or who may be appointed un-
der the provisions of IN act entitled ".\n act
to provide internal revenue to support the
Government and to pay interest on the pub
lie debit approved July first, eighteen hun
,lred and sixty-two and all subsequent acts
in relation thereto which have been or may
be enacted, are hereby authorized and en-
powered to administer oaths or alirmatiors
in all eases where the same are or may be re-
quircd bv the acts aforesaid: ProridoI That
no fees shall be charged or allowed thereof.
See. =. ind b. II .t1,1Acr Fn0cfcI, That
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall
BE- authorized and empowered. aud hereby is
authorized and empowered, to iurii and
supply the assistant trrasurcrs or collectors OF
Tie United States at San Francisco. State of
California, and Portland, State of Oregon.
with adhesive stamps, or stamped paper vel
lun, according to til" provisions OF the inter
nal revenue laws referred to in the r'vcnur
laws in the preceding section, under such reg
ula,ions and conditions as he may from time
to tine to prescribe, and without rqui inr
payment in advance therefor, anything in rx-
isting laws 10 the contrary notwi hstanding:
P>Uri9cl, That no greater commissions s'i Ill
be allowed than is now provided for by law.
Sc. ,. .IAd he It .tayfhcr c1ac'cI That
no instrument, document, writing. or p'p'r ot
any description, required by law 10 be
stamped, shall be deemed or held invalid an!
of no effect for the want of the particular
kind or description of stamp designated for
and dcnoting the duty charged on any sucl
instrument, document, writing, or paper, pro-
vidrd legal stamp. or stamps. drnotng
duty of equal amount, shall have been dul,
affixed and used thereon: Pr0ridc1. That tie
provisions OF this section shall not apply to
any stamp appropriated to denote the dnty
charged on proprietary articles.
See 4. Aad bc 1t .tiUthcr cr"c'"d' That
all official instruments, docri'rns. and pa
per Is ucd or used by the officers of the nj
ted States Governncnt shall be, and hereby
are exempt from duty.
Sec. >. .lna be 1t .tuuhcr ca0ctel, That
tie ,iety-fith section of an act rn'itlrd An
act to provide internal revenue to support the
Government and to pay interest on the public
debit" approved July first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, be- so amended that no ins'ru
mrnt, document, or paper made, signed, or
issued prior to the first day of March, Anno
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-!!rre,
without being duly stamped, or having there
on an adhesive stamp to denote the duty inn
posed thereon, shall. for that CAUSE, be deemed
invalid and of n, effect: Procided. That 10
instrument, document, writing, ~ paper re-
quired by law to be stamped. signed, or issued,
without being duiy stamped prior to the day
aforesaid, or any copy, thereof, shall be ad.
mttcd or used as evidence in any court until
Il legal stamp or stamps, denotinS the amount
of duty charged thereon. shall have been at-
fixed thereto, or used thereon, and the initials
of the persons using or afXing the same. to-
grhar with the date when the same is so
used or affixed shall have been placed there
ON. Aud the person desiring to use any such
instrument, document, writing, or paper, as
evidence, or hi, agent or attorney, is author
lied i'm the presence Of the court to stamp the
same as herenbefore provided. And section
twenty-four of an act entitled "An act in
crrasing, temporarily, the duties OH imports,
and for other purposes" approved July four
teen, Ammo Domini eighteen hundred and six.
ty-two, is hereby repealed.
Approved, Dec. 25, 1862.