The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-10-25
STAMP DUTIES.

STAMP DUTIES.
Sec "a. And be it further enacted, That
ON and after The first day of October, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-two, there shall be
levied, collected, and paid for and in res
pect of the several instruments, matters, and
things mentioned, and described in the sche-
dule (marlled By hereunto annexed or for
or in respect of the vellum, parchment, or
paper upon which such instruments, matters,
or things, or any of them, shall be written
or printed, by any person persons, or par
ty who shall make, sign, or issue the same,
or for whose use or benefit the same snail De
made, signed, or issued, the several duties
or sums of money set down in figures against
the same respectively, or otherwise specIhed
or set forth in the said schedule.
Sec. 95. 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 instrument, document, or paper OF any
kind, or description whatsoever, without
the same being duly stamped for denoting
the duty hereby imposed thereon, or without
having thereupon an adhesive stamp to de-
note said duty, such person or persons shall
incur a penalty of fifty dollars, and such in
strument document, or paper, as aforesaid,
shall be deemed invalid and OF no eff
feet
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 if so used
the same shall be of no avail.
Sec 81 And be it further enacted, That
no velum, parchment, or paper, bearing
stamp appropriated by name to any parti-
cular instrument, shall be used for any other
purpose or if so used the same shall be of no
avail.
Sec. 9S And he it further enacted, That
if any person shall forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be forged or counterfeit
ed, any stamp die, or any part of any
stamp or die, which shall have been provid-
ed, made, or used in pursuance Of this act,
or shall forge, counterfeit, resemble, or
cause or procure to be forged, counterfeted,
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 marks, or cause or
procure to be stamped or marked, any vel
lum, parchment, or paper, with any such
forged or counterfeited stamp or die, or part
of any stamp or die, as aforesaid, with in |
tent to defraud the United States of any of |
the duties hereby imposed, or any part there
Of or if any person shall utter, or sell, or |
expose to sale, any vellum, parchment, or !
paper, article or thing, having thereupon !
the impression or any such counterfeited |!
stamp or die, or any part of any stamp or
die, or any such forged, counterfeited, or
resembled Impression, or part of impression,
as aforesaid, knowing the same respectively |
to be forged, counterfeited, or resembled; |
or if any person shall knowingly Use any |
stamp or die which shall have been pro-
vided, made used, aforesaid, with in
tent to defraud the United States or if any
person shall fraudulently cut, tear, or get
off, or cause or procure to be cut torn got
off, the impression of any stamp or die which
shall have been provided, made, or used in
pursuance of this act, from any velum,
parchment or writing charged or chargcable
with any of the duties hereby imposed, then
and in every such case, every person so of
Tending, and every person knowingly and
wilfu!ly aiding, abetting, or assisting in
committing any such offence of aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall,
on conviction thereof, forfeit the said coun-
terfeit stamps and the articles upon which
they are placed, and be punished by fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, and by i'm
prisonment and confinement to hard labor
not exceeding five years.
TO BE CONTINUED.