Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-05
RICHMOND w HIG
THURSDAY MoRNING......oCT. 5, 1868
THE STAMP Law.

At the request of friends in the counir
who have not had the means of informil
themselves of the provisions of certain la"
of the United States, prescri ing regu'
tions and duties that had no existence 6eior
the war, we copy the following ex ract no
the United States Revenue Law as it wa
amended in March last:
SECTION los. Aud We 1t further enacted Tn
an per,on or persons VIII, shall make, sign
issue, or " no shall cause to be made, signed
issued any instrument, document or paper OF az
kind or description whatsoever or sha accel
negotiate or nay, or cause TO be accepted, neg
tiated or paid any hi of exchange, DRAFT, or 81
der or prolniss Iry note, Tor the pa ment OF none
without the same being duly stamped, or havi.
ther upon an adhesive stamp for denoiing III
duty chargeabe thereon, with the intent l
evade the prCvis Gus OF this act, shalI, i,'
eve-y such offence, forfeit the sum OF II " DOL
lars and such instrument, document or paper
will draft. order or note shall be invalid and OF
no effect: prov ded. tina tne title OF purchase.
OF nd nv deed, duly stained, shall not he de
fssted or affected b the want OF proper st mi
on any deed conveying said land ny any per-on
from through or under whom his att or claihi
or holds lite; nd p DIVIDED further int mere
after ia all cases where e p Irty has rot affixed
and inf y-hrst section OF the act Of June IN rtlei
eighteen hundred aud sixt, four, or the schedu
marked B, thereuntO ann Aed. the stamp lnerehl
reou red to be thereuIto affixed at the time oil
making or Issuiug e SAID INST ument, ana ne OF
they. or any party having any interest tue e"
sbal, be subsequently DESTROYS of afhXing sucl
stnmD 10 id instrument, he or they shall appe
bel ,e the Collector of the Revenue OF Il
nr,,uer District, who shall upon payment OF the
pric. # the proper stamp equired by aw, and
a ncnalty of nj V dollars, and W ere the VIII
am mt of tn. DUTY denoted by the staDp
onired shall exceed the sun of fifty dollar, oI
n4,meut lso of interest at the ale OF six lie
cent on said duty from the day on which sue
stamp ought to have been afh Ned, afhX TIL
proper ST mp to such inst ument and note up
The ma Gin of said instrument the date Of his :
doing, and the tact that such penalty has beei'
maid and such instrument shall thereupon b.
deemed and he'd TO be as valid, to al intenl
and purposes AS if stamped when made or issued.
And prorided further That where 1t shall al
pesr t. said ollector, upon Data or OtherSi'e,
bis satisfaction that any such instrument his 40
b en- duly st ,mped at the time of making or l
suing the same by reason OF ccldent, MI tab
inadye tence or urgent necessity, and with"G
sny yilful design TO defr I'D the Uuited ates
the stamp duty. or TO evade or delay the payne
thereof. then an in such case, If such instru
meat shall within twelve ca endar months att
the making or ssuing there f. be brought u
said Collector of revenues to be stamped and u
stamp duty chargesble thereon sh III be ID !
shall ie Lawful for the ~u6-COllector TO remit u
penalty aforesaid and to cause such instrumeh
to be duly stamped"