and Things charged therewith, shall be deemed and taken to be Part of this Act, and shall be observed and enforced accordingly, and that such and the like Discounts or Allowances shall be made or allowed in respect of the Duties hereby granted as are now authorized by Law to be made or allowed in respect of the Duties hereby repealed, as far as the same shall be applicable.
The new Duties to be under the Management of the Commissioners of Stamps, who are to provide proper Stamps, &c.III. And be it further enacted, That the Duties hereby granted shall be under the Care and Management of the Commissioners for the Time being appointed and authorized by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to manage the Duties on stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper; which said Commissioners, and the major Part of them, are hereby empowered and required to provide proper and sufficient Stamps or Dies for expressing and denoting the several Duties hereby granted upon the Vellum, Parchment, or Paper chargeable therewith, and to alter and renew the same from Time to Time as Occasion shall require, and also to employ such Officers and Persons under them, and to do all such other Acts and Things, as shall be thought necessary or expedient for effectually raising and collecting the Duties hereby granted, and for putting this Act into execution, in the like and in as full and ample Manner as they or any former Commissioners are or have been authorized to do for the raising and collecting of any former Stamp Duties, or for putting into execution any Act or Acts of Parliament relating thereto.
The Commissioners may use old Stamps to denote new Duties; and Two or more Stamps to denote One Duty.IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissoners to use any of the Stamps or Dies heretofore provided to denote any former Stamp Duties, for the Purpose of expressing and denoting any of the Duties hereby granted of the same Amount; and also to use Two or more Stamps for denoting the Amount of any One Duty hereby granted, as Occasion may require, until a single Stamp shall be provided for that Purpose; and that all Instruments which have been or shall be stamped with Two or more Stamps for denoting the Amount of any single Duty charged or chargeable thereon shall be as valid as if the same had been stamped with a single Stamp for denoting such Duty; Stamps appropriated by Name to particular Instruments not to be used for any other. but 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.
