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702 C. 3^* Anno fecundo Georgii III. A. D. 1762. The faid Duties to be II. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better and more efFedual under the Management raifmg, levying, collecting and paying the faid additional Rates and Duties herein before granted, of the CommuTioners for thg fj^ne fhall be under the Government^ Care and Management of the Commiirioners for the Time '^^°'P'* being appointed to manage the Duties payable to his Majefty, his Keirs and Succefibrs, and charged on ftamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, by former Adls of Parliament in that Behalf made, who are to appoint pro- who, or the major Part of them, are hereby required and impowered to employ fuch Officers under per Officers under ihem, ^hem for that Purpofc as they {hall think proper ; and to ufe fuch Dies and Stamps to denote the and provide fuitabJe Stamp Duties hereby charged as they fhall think, fit, and to repair, renew or alter the fame, from ""^ '^' time to time, as there fhall be Occafion, and to do all other A6ts, Matters and Things neceflary to be done for putting this Act in Execution with relation to the faid Rates and Duties hereby granted, in the like, and in as full and ample Manner as they, or the major Part of them, are authorized to put in Execution any former Law concerning ftamped Vellum, Parch- ment or Paper. III. Provided always, and be it further ena6led by the Authority aforefaid, That to prevent the Multiplication of Stamps for and in refpeiSl: of the additional Rates and Duties hereby granted, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid CommiHioners, inftead of diilindl Stamps, to afcertain the One new Stamp to ba Duties granted by former A6ls and this Acl, to caufe one new Stamp to be provided for denoting afTo'V""*'^^'"^^ ^'^ ^^^ ^^^ Duties, from time to time, as (hall by the faid Commiflioners be thought proper "^'"' or neceflary. Vellum, &c. ftamped IV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all Vellum, Parchment and anc°^of^olher Aas^"^'d ^^P^^ charged by this A<fl, with any of the Stamp Duties hereby granted, which hath been or fhall chirgeaMe wkh the Da- before the faid fifth Day of ^K/y be ftamped or marked in purfuance of the former Ads of Par- ties of this Aa, liament relating to his Majefty's Stamp Duties or any of them, fliall, before any of the Matters or is to be brought to the Things in refpecl whereof any Rate or Duty is hereby made payable fliall be ingrofled or written Stamp Office in order to thereupon, fuch Ingrofling or Writing being at any Time after the faid fifth Day of Ju/y, be brought im1eSr-'""°"'^^""^ ^° ^'^^ ^^^'^ ^ffi<^^ ^o damping or marking of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, to be ftamped or ^' '* ' marked with another Mark or Stamp, over and befides the Marks or Stamps put or to be put there- and fuch as fliall not have upon, in purfuance of the faid former A(Sts, or any of them • and that all Vellum, Parchment and }ld£"r^!ZVl{ P^P^'"' ^^'^^ hath not been, or ftiall not, before faid fifth Dayofjw/y be ftamped or marked in former A£ls"sto^brduly P^^fuance of the faid former Ads or any of them, fliall, before any of the Matters or Things in re- ftampeJ as'hereby direct- fpcft whereof any Stamp Duty is payable hereby, and by the faid former Ads or any of them, fhall ed, before any Matter or be thereupon ingrofled or written, fuch Ingrofling or Writing being after the faid fifth Day of yuly. Thing be ingrofled there- be brought to the faid Head Office, and there marked and ftamped with the proper Marks or Stamps, °"' or Mark or Stamp provided, ufed or appointed, or to be provided or appointed in purfuance of the faid former Ads, or of this Ad, to denote the refpective Duties thereby and hereby refpedively charged thereupon ; and if any of the faid Matters and i'hings fo to be ingrofled or written as afore- faid, fhall be ingrofled or written com ary to the true Intent and Meaning hereo/", upon Vellum, Parchment or Paper, not appearing to have been duly ma.kcd or ftamped according to this Ad, on Fo.feitureof 5l.over that then, and in every fuch Cafe, there fliall be due, anfwered and paid (over and above the and above the Duties, Stamp Duties payable hereby, and by the faid former Ads, or any of them) for or in refped of and fuch Writing, &c. gvcry fuch Matter or Thing, the Sum of five Pounds j and that no fuch Matter or Thing fliall be ti?Uhe Duties and"For available in Law or Equity, or be given in Evidence, or admitted in any Court, unlefs as well the fcitures be paid, f'l'd Duty hereby charged in refped thereof, as the faid Sum of five Pounds, fliall be firft paid to the and the proper Stamp Receiver General for the Time being of the Stamp Duties, or his Deputy or Clerk, and until the imprefTed. Vellum, Parchment or Paper, upon which fuch Matter or Thing is fo ingrofled or written, fliall ^v"R"f'"f"'ilf'^rd h^ "^^'■^^^ P"" ^^rnP^^j according to the Tenor and true Meaning hereof j and the faid Receiver Monies"'*"* °^ ^ " General, and his Deputy or Clerk, are hereby enjoined and required, upon Payment or Tender of ' the faid Duties, and of the faid Sum of five Pounds, and fuch other Sums, as by the faid former and the Stamps to be Ads are payable in that Behalf, to give a Receipt for fuch Monies ; and the other proper Officers thereupon imprefiVd, are thereupon required to mark or ftamp fuch Matters or Things with the proper Marks or Stamps, Penalty to b« applied as or Mark or Stamp, required in that Behalf; which faid Sum of five Pounds is to be applied to the the Duties. f^^^ U|-^.g ^^^j Purpofcs, as the Duties hereby granted are to be applied. Dotirs to be paid into V. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the Rates and Duties herein before the Hands of the Re- granted, fliall be paid from time to time into the Hands of the Receiver General for the Time be- "ho"i^oke"pa feparate '"^ of the Duties on ftamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, who fliall keep a feparate and diftind yvccount thereof, Account of the Rates and Duties arifing by virtue of this Ad, and pay the fame (the neceflary and pay over (he fame Charges of raifi ng, paying, and accounting for fuch Rates and Duties, being deduded) into the into the Exchequer ; Receipt of the Exchequer, for the Purpofes herein after expreflbd, at fuch Time, and in fuch Man- artd the Auditor is to Tier, as.any former Duties on ftamped Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, are direded to be paid ; and provide a Book for en- that in the Office of the Auditor of the faid Receipt fliall be provided and kept a Book or Books in ry'.'^tlalloXr Momes' ^^'^^ ^".^^^ Monies arifmg from the Rates and Duties hereby granted and paid into the faid Receipt ' as aforefaid, fliall he entered feparate and apart from all other Monies paid and payable to his Ma- jefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, upon any Account whatfoever, and fliall be applied in fuch Manner as is herein after mentioned, f rvmmiflir.reriandOf- VI. And be it further enadcd by the Authority aforcfdid. That the faid Commiffioners, and all ffirrr, employed In the Other Officers who fliall be employed in the Colledion or Maiiagement of the faid Rates and Duties ('oI>£1k n and M^mfjt- Bwo: of thcfe Duties, are to obfcrve the Dircflioa of ihe.Trcafut^ j herein