Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-12-01

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the officers of the United States gov
ernment, shall be, and hereby are, ex
empt from duty. D..
Sec. 1855. And be it further enacted
That if any person shall forge oil
counterfeit, or cause or procure to be
forged or counterfeited, 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, OF
shall forge. counterfeit, or resemble,
or cause or procure to be forged, coun
forfeited, or resembled, the impress
sion, or any part of the impression,
of any such stamp or die, as aforesaid,
upon any vcllum, parchment, or pa
per, or shall stamp or mark. or cause
or procure to be stamped or marked,
any vellum, parchment, or paper,
with any such forged or counterfeited
stamp or die, or part of any stamp or
die, as aforesaid, with intent to de-
fraud 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,
parchment. or paper, article, or thing,
having thereupon the impression OF
any such counterfeited stamp or die,
or any part of any stamp or die, or
any such forged, counterieited, or re-
sembled impression, or part OF impress
sion, as aforesaid, knowing the same
respectively to be forged, counterfeit
ed, or resembled or if any person
shall knowingly use any stamp or die
which shall have been SO provided,
made, or used, as aforesaid, with in
tent to defraud the United States /; or
if any person shall fraudulently cut.
tear, or remove, or cause or procure
to be cut, torn, or removed, the i'm
preston of stamp or die which shall
have been provided, made, or used in
pursuance Of this act from any vel
lum, parchment, or paper, or any in
strument or writing charged or charge
able with any of the duties hereby i'm
posed or if any person shall wilful.
ly remove or cause to be removed from
any stamped envelope the cancelling
or defacing marks thereon, with in
tent to use the same or cause the use
of the same tho second time, or shall
knowingly or wilfully sell or buy sucl
washed or restored stamps, or Offer
the same for sale, or give or expose
the same to any person for use, OF
knowingly use the same, or prepare
the same with intent for the SECOND
use thereof, then, and in every sucf
case, every person so offending. and
every person knowingly and wilfully
aiding, abetting, or assisting in com
hitting any such offence as aforesaid
shall be deemed guilty Of felony, ant
shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit tb'
said counterfeit stamps and the arti
cles upon which they are placed, ane
be punished by iue not exceeding ont
thousand dollars, or by Imprisonment
and confinement to hard labor not ex
ceeding five years, or both, at the dis
erection of the court. aaa
Sec. 1856. And be itfurther enacted
That in any and all cases where al
adhesive stamp shall be used for de
noting any duty imposed by this ac'
except as hereinafter provided, til
person using or afixing the sam
shall write thereupon the initials @
his name and the date upon which til
same shall be attached or used, 9
that the same may not again be used
And il any person shall fraudulent
make use Of an adhesive stamp to d,
, note any duty imposed by this a.
without so efiectually cance'ling an
Celore %sn,ioned Ee she. '' of the
, shall forfeit the sum Of fifty dollars
Proridsd, That any proprietor or pre-
prietors Of any proprietary articles
or articles subject to stamp duty III
) der Schedule q of this act, shall hav
the privilege of furnishing, withot
{ expense to the United States, in suiti
, bic form. to be approved by the Con
| missioner of Internal Revenue, his {
their own dies or designs, for stamp
/ to be used thereon, to be made undo
the direction aud to be retained in til
! possession of the Commissioner Of II
ternal Revenue for his or their sep;
rate use, which shall not be duplica
ted to any other person. That in a
T cases where such stamp is used. IN
stead Of his or their writing the dat
thereon, the said stamp shall be 80 al
fixed on the box, bottle, or package
that in opening the same, or using til
contents thereof, the said stamp shaI
be effectualIy destroyed and in de
fault thereof, shall be liable to tn
same penalty imposed for neglect 4
affix said stamp as hereinbefore pre-
scribed in this act. Any person VIII
shall fraudulently obtain or use an,
of the aforesaid stamps or design
therefor, and any person forging, 0
counterfeiting, or causing or procuring
the forging or counterfciting any rep
resentatioD, likeness, similitude, o
colorado imitation of the said las
mentioned stamp, or any eDgraver o
printer who shall sell or give ava,
said stamps, or selling the same, or
being a merchant, broker, peddler, O
person dealing. in whole or in part, il
similar goods. wares, merchandise
manufactures. preparations, or arti
cles, or those designed for similar Oh
jects or purposes, shall have knowing
ly or fraudnlently in his, her, or theil
possession, any such forged, counter
feited likeness, similitud, or colorado
imitation of the said aforementioned
stamp. shall be deemed gully Of ielo
ny, and. upon conviction thereof, shall
be subject to all the penalties. foes
and forfeitures prescribed in the pre-.
ceding section of this act. aiar
Sec. 157. And be it further enacted,
That the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue be. and he is hereby, author.
lied to prescribe such method for the