A. D. 1713* Anno duodecimo Ann ^ Regin^e. Stat. 2. 631 ged, the Sum of fix Pence Sterling ; except Bail Bonds and Affignments thereof, and Indentures for binding poor Parifli or Charity Children Apprentices, and fuch Deeds executed in Scotland, zs are charged with the Stamp-Duty of two Shillings and three Pence, by an Aft of Parliament made in the tenth Year of her prefent Majefly's Reign. XXII. Provided always, That nothing in this Aft contained {hall extend to charge with any the Stamp- Kot to charge • Duties hereby granted, any the Matters or Things which, by an Aft of Parliament made in the ninth Year any Matters of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, Jn ASi for granting to his Majefly, e.;emp'ed by hh Hcin and Sitcccffors, further Duties upcnffampt VcUtiTii, Parchment and Paper, are exempted from the Du- 9 '^ '° ^^- 3- ties thereby granted. XXIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better and more effeftual le- Ccmmifficners. ■ vying, collefting and p:iying unto her Majefly, her Heirs and Succefiors, the faid Stamp-Duiics hereby '^^ '^"^^'^^P* • granted, the fame iliali be under the Government, Care and Management of the Com.mifiioners for the [hJfe^Djf^^ijc Time being, appointed to manage the Duties payable to her Majeily, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, and char- '* ged on firampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, by the former Afts of Parliamient in that Behalf made ; who, or the major Part of them, are hereby required and impowered to imploy the necellary Officers under them for that Purpofe, and to appoint and provide Stamps to denote the fcveral Stamp-Duties hereby charged, and to do all other Things neceflary to be by them done, for the putting this Aft in Execution with relation . to thofe Duties. XXIV. And it is hereby further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That where any mere Several Matteri'; than one of any the Matters or Things hereby charged with any Stamp-Duty, fliall be engrofled, v^'itten, vin-ten on one- entred, or regiftred upon one Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper, the faid refpcftive Duties hereby ^^i^^JrJ^^^^'^J'j'^' granted, fhall be, and hereby are charged upon every one of fuch Matters and Things refpeftively.-. char-eJ. XX /. And it is her. by enafted. That all Veliurn, Parchment, and Paper, charged by this Aft with any vdlom' &c. al- of the Stamp-Duties hereby granted, which hath been, or fhall (before the faid fecond Day oi' Augti/i one ready ftlmped thoufand feven hundred antl fourteen) be ftamped or marked, in Purfuance of the former Afts of Parlia- in PurAianceof ment, relating to her Majefty's Stamp-Duties, or any of them, fhall, before any of the Matters or Things former Afts, "to (in refpeft Vv'hereof any Duty is hereby made payable) be written or engrofled thereupon, (fuch Writing .^ "s' '° or Engroffing being at any Time after the faid fecond Day of Ai/gujl one thoufand feven hundred and four- office ^to'be teen, and within the faid Term of two and thirty Years) be brought to the Head-Office for damping or rnarked n ith marking of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, to be llamped or marked with another Mark or Stamp, over and the new Swmps, ^ befides the Marks or Stamps put or to be put thereupon, in Purfuance of the faid former Afts of Parlia- ment, or any of them ; and that all Vellum, Parchment and Paper, which hath not been, or fhall not (before the faid fecond D^y of Auguji one. thoufand feven hundred and fourteen) be ftamped or marked in Purfuance of the faid former Afts, or any of them, fiiall (before any the Matters or Things, in refpeft whereof any Stamp-Duty is payable hereby, and by the faid former Afts, or any of them, fhall be there- upon written or engroded, fuch Writing or Engr; ffing being after the faid fecond Day of Auguft one ■ thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, and within the faid Term of two and thirty Years) be brought to the • faid Head-Office, and there marked or ftamped with the proper Marks or Stamps provided, ufed, or ap-.- pointed, and to be provided, or appointed, in Purfu-^nce of this Aft, and of the faid former Afts of Par^-- liament, to denote the refpeftive Duties hereby and thereby refpeftively charged thereupon; and that if ■^ ^""i *" any of the faid Matters and Things fo to be engrofi'ed or written, as aforefaid, fhall, during the Term laft ^°'^ ^^^^" , mentioned, be engrofied or written, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning hereof, upon vellum. Parch- tjji . i.'paij 'o ment, or Pap r, not appearing to have been duly marked or ftamped according to this Aft, That then, and the (Tueen, ancC . in every fuch Cafe, there fhall be due, anfvvered, and paid to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors (over t'^)^ l^^'y l« p-nd above the Stamp-Duties payable hereby, and by the faid former Afts, or any of them), for every fuch P^"*' Matter and Thing refpeftively, the Sum of five Pounds Sterling ; and that no fuch Matter or Thing fliall be available in Law or Equity, or to be given ia Evidence, or admitted in any Court, unlefs as well the faid Duty hereby charged in refpeft thereof, as the faid Sum of five Pounds, fhall be firft paid to the Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflbrs, and a Receipt produced for the fame, under the Hand of the Receiver General, for the Time being, of the. Stamp-Duties, or of his Deputy or Clerk, and until the Vellum, Parchment and Paper, upon which fuch Matter or Thing is fo v/ritten or engrolTed, fliall be marked or ftamped, according to the Tenor and true Meaning hereof ; and the faid Receiver 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 Afts are payable in that Behalf, to give a Receipt for fuch Monies, and the'other proper Officers are thereupon required to markorftamp fuch Matter cr Thing with the proper i'Iarks and Stamps requifite in that Behalf. XXVI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Commiffioner and Officer, c^jj^mifllonera - v.'ho fliall aft in or about the managing or collefting the Stamp-Duties laft mentioned, fiiall, before he fliall to be Iwotn. aft in or about the fame, take the Oath following ;. That is to fay, A. B. do fwear. That I will faithfully execute the Truft repofed in me, purfuant to the Aft of Parlia- Their Oadi» ment m.ade in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her Majefty Queen Anne, whereby certain additional Duties are charged or made payable, in refpeft of the feveral Matters or Things engfolTed or written, as therein is mentioned, without Fraud or Concealment ; and fhall, from Time to Time, true Account make- . of my Doings therein, and deliver the fame to fuch Perfon or Perfons as her Majefty, her Heirs and Suc- ceffors fhall appoint to receive fuch Account ; and fliall take no Fee, Reward, or Pron^t for the Execution- or Performance of the faid Truft, or the Bufinefs relating thereto, from any Perfon or Perfons, other than fuch as fhall be allowed by her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, or feme, other Perfon or Peifoiis by her or them to that Purpofe authorized.' Which
