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The Stamp Act is not included in the printed editions of Acts of Parliament, nor in any book accessible to students, except those favored few who have the use of the great libraries of the country. In making this reprint it has not been thought necessary to repeat certain words which recur in the Act from ten to fifty times. These omissions are noted in the usual way, the words omitted can be supplied by turning back a page or two, except in the case of the words italicised in the following sentences, which have been omitted except in the first section of the Act : " For every skin, or piece ofvelliiin, or parcJiment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be ingraved, ivritten or prinied, etc., be it enacted by the authority aforesaid'' It has been the aim of the editors to preserve the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation of the original printed copy. The only addition made is the insertion, in square brackets, of section num- bers before the paragraphs of the Act. For further information see the works of George Bancroft, Hildreth, Gay, Lord Mahon, Adolphus and Massey. The best comprehensive accounts are those of Mellen Chamber- lain in the Auirative and Critical History, VI; Lecky in his History of England, ^n(\^\c\\a.xd Frothingham in The A'ise of the /^cp iridic of the 2 THE STAMP ACT. United Slates. For further references, see Channing and Hart, Guide to the Study of American History, ^ 56, and Winsor, in the "Editorial Notes" to the Judge Chamberlain's chapter, above noted. thp: stamp act. 5 Geo. III. Cap. XII. Whereas by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, several Duties were granted, continued, and appropriated, toward defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the British Colonies and Plantations in America : And whereas it is just and necessary, that Provision be made for raising a further Revenue within Your Majesty's Domin- ions in America, towards defraying the said Expenses: We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Com- mons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, have there- fore resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several Rates and Duties liere in after mentioned ; and do most hum- bly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal, and CommonS; in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and sixty- five, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, throughout the Colonies and Plantations in America which now are, or hereafter may be, under the Dominion of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors. [i.] For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Declaration, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading, or any Copy thereof, in any Court of Law within the British Colonies and Plantations in America, a Stamp Duty of Three Pence. [2.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed any Sjjccial Bail and Appearance upon Such Bail in any such Court, a Stam[) Duty of Two Shillings. THE STAMP ACT. 3 [3.] For every Skin ... on which shall be ingrossed any Petition, Bill, Answer, Claim, Plea, Repli- cation, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading in any Court of Chancery or Equity within the said Colonies and Planta- tions, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence. [4.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed any Copy of any Petition, Bill, Answer, Claim, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading in any such Court, a Stamp Duty of Three Pence. [5.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed any Monition, Libel, Answer, Allegation, Inventory, or Re- nunciation in Ecclesiastical Matters, in any Court of Probate, Court of the Ordinary, or other Court exercising Ecclesias- tical Jurisdiction within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling. [6.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed, printed, any Copy of any Will (other than the Probate thereof,) Monition, Libel, Answer, Allegation, Inventory, or Renuncia- tion in Ecclesiastical Matters in any such Court, a Stamp Duty of Six Pence. [7.] For every skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed, any Donation, Presentation, Collation, or Institution of or to any Benefice, for any Writ or Instrument for the like Purpose, or any Register, Entry, Testimonial, or Certificate of any Degree taken in any Lhiiversity, Academy, College, or Sem- inary of Learning, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Two Pounds. [8.] For every skin . . . on which shall be ingrossed any Monition, Libel, Claim, Answer, Allegation, Information, Letter of Request, Execution, Renunciation, Inventory, or other Pleading in any Admiralty Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling. [9.] For every Skin . . . on which any Copy of any such Monitions, Libel, Claim, Answer, Allegation, Informa- tion, Letter of Request, Execution, Renunciation, Inventory, or other Pleadings shall be ingrossed ... a Stamp Duty of Six Pence. [10.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Appeal, Writ of Error, Writ of Dower, 4 THE STAMP ACT, Ad Quod Da77inum, Certiorari, Statute Merchant, Statute Sta- ple, Attestation, or Certificate, by any Officer, or Exemplica- tion of any Record or Proceeding in any Court whatsoever within the said Colonies and Plantations (except Appeals, Writs of Error, Certiorari, Attestations, Certificates, and Ex- emplifications, for or relating to the Removal of any Proceed- ings from before a single Justice of the Peace) a Stamp Duty of Ten Shillings. [ii.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Writ of Covenant for levying of Fines, Writ of Entry for suffering a Common Recovery, or Attach- ment issuing out of, or returnable into, any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Five Shil- lings. [i2.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Judgement, Decree, Sentence, or Dis- mi^^sion, or any Record oi Nisi Priiis or Postea, in any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Four Shillings. [13.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Affidavit, Common Bail or Appear- ance, Interrogatory Deposition, Rule, Order, or Warrant of any Court, ox 2iny Dcdimus Prof esfatem, Capias Subpoena, Sum- mons, Compulsory Citation, (Commission, Recognizance, or any other Writ, Process or Mandate, issuing out of, or re- turnable into, any Court, or any Office belonging thereto, or any other Proceeding therein whatsoever, or any Copy thereof, or of any Record not herein before charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations (except Warrants relating to Crimi- nal Matters, and Proceedings thereon, or relating thereto) a Stamp Duty of One Shilling. [14.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Licence, Appointment, or Admission of any Counsellor, SoUicitor, Attorney, Advocate, or Proctor, to practise in any Court, or of any Notary within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Ten Pounds. [15.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Note or Bill of Lading, which shall be signed for any kind of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, to be exported from, or any Cocket or Clearance granted within THE STAMP ACT. 5 the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Four Pence. [16.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . Letters of Mart, or Commission for Pri- vate Ships of War, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Twenty Shillings. [17.] For every Skin ' . . . on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Grant, Appointment, or Admission of or to any public beneficial Office or Employment, for the Space of One Year, or any lesser Time, of or above the Value of Twenty Vow\\d& per Annirm Sterling Money, in Sal- ary, Fees, and Perquisites, within the said Colonies and Plan- tations (except Commissions and Appointments of Officers of the Army, Navy, Ordinance or Militia, of Judges and of Justices of the Peace) a Stamp Duty of Ten Shillings. [18.] For every Skin . . . on which any Grant of any Liberty, Privilege, or Franchise, under the Seal of any of the said Colonies or Plantations, or under the Seal or Sign Manual of any Governor, Proprietor, or public Officer, alone, or in Conjunction with any other Person or Persons, or with any Council, or any Council and Assembly, or any Exempli- fication of the Same, shall be ingrossed . . , within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Six Pounds. [19.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any License for retailing of Spirituous Liquors, to be granted to any Person who shall take out the same within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Twenty Shillings. [20.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Licence for Retailing of Wine, to be granted to any Person who shall not take out a License for retailing of Spirituous Liquors, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty o^ Four Pounds. [21.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . License for Retailing of Wine, to be granted to any Person who shall take out a License for Re- tailing of Spirituous Liquors, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Three Pounds. [22.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Probate of a Will, Letters of Admin- 6 THE STAMP ACT. istration, or of Guardianship for any Estate above the Value of Twenty Pounds Sterling Money, within the British Colo- nies and Plantations upon the Continent of America, the Islands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama Islands, a Stamp Duty of Five Shillings. [23.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be in- grossed any such Probate, Letters of Administration or of Guardianship, within all other parts of the British Dominions in America, a Stamp Duty of Ten Shillings. [24.] For every Skin ... on which shall be ingrossed any Bond for securing the Payment of any Sum of Money, not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds Sterling Money, within the British Colonies and Plantations upon the Continent of America, the Islands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama Islands, a Stamp Duty of Six Pence. [25.] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any Bond for securing the Payment of any Sum of Money above Ten Pounds, and not exceeding the Sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling Money, within such Colonies, Plantations, and Islands, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling. [26.] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any Bond for securing the Payment or any Sum of Money above Twenty Pounds, and not exceeding Forty Pounds Sterling Money, within such Colonies, Plantations, and Islands, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence. [27.] For every Skin ... on which shall be ingrossed any Order or Warrant for surveying or setting out any Quantity of Land, not exceeding One Hundred Acres, issued by any Governor, Proprietor, or any Public Officer alone, or in Conjunction with any other Person or Persons, or with any Council, or any Council and Assembly, within the British Colonies and Plantation in America, a Stamp Duty of Six Pence. [28.] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any such Order or Warrant for surveying or setting out any Quantity of Land above One hundred, and not exceeding Two hundred Acres, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling. [29.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- THE STAMP ACT. 7 grossed any such Order or Warrant for surveying or setting out any Quantity of Land above Two hundred, and not ex- ceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, and in Proportion for every such Order or Warrant for surveying or setting out every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence. [30.] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any Original Grant, or any Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other Instrument whatsoever, by which any Quantity of Land, not exceeding One hundred Acres, shall be granted, conveyed, or assigned, within the British Colonies and Plantations upon the Continent of America, the Islands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama islands (except Leases for any Term not exceeding the Term of Twenty one Years) a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence. [31.] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any such Original Grant ... by which any Quantity ot Land above One hundred, and not exceeding Two hundred Acres, shall be granted . . . within such Colonies, Plantations, and Islands, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings. [32.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any such Original Grant . . . what- soever, by which any Quantity of Land above Two hundred, and not exceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, shall be granted . . . and in Proportion for every such grant . granting . . . every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, wiihin such Colonies, Plantations, and Islands, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings and Six Pence. \j,2»-\ For every Skin ... on which shall be en- grossed . . . any such Original Grant . '. . by which any Quantity of Land, not exceeding One hundred Acres, shall be granted . . . within all other Parts of the British Dominions in America, a Stamp Duty of Three Shillings. [34.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed any such Original Grant ... by which any Quantity of Land above One hundred, and not exceeding Two hundred Acres, shall be granted within the same Parts of the same Dominions, a Stamp Duty of Four Shillings. 8 THE STAMP ACT. [35.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any such Original Grant ... by which any Quantity of Land above Two hundred, and not exceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, shall be granted and in Proportion for every such Grant . . . grant- incr . . . every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, within the same Parts of said Dominions, a Stamp Duty of Five Shillings. [36.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Grant, Appointment, or Admission, of or to any publick beneficial Office or Employment, not herein before charged, above the Value of Twenty Pounds per Annum Sterling Money, in Salary, Fees, and Perquisites, or any ^Exemplification of the same, within the British Colo- nies and Plantations upon the Continent of America, the Islands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama Islands (except Commission of Officers of the Army, Navy, Ordnance, or Militia, and of Justices of the Peace) a Stamp Duty of Four Pounds. [37.] For every Skin ... on which shall be in- grossed . . . any such grant . . . within all other Parts of the British Dominions in America, a Stamp Duty of Six Pounds. [38.] For every Skin . . . on which shall be in- grossed . . . any Indenture, Fease, Conveyance, Con- tract, Stipulation, Bill of Sale, Charter Party, Protest, Arti- cles of Apprenticeship or Covenant (except for the Hire of Servants not Apprentices, and also except such other Matters as herein before charged), within the British Colonies and Plantations in America, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings and Six Pence. [39.] For every ^ Skin ... on which any Warrant or Order for auditing any Public Accounts, Beneficial War- rant, Order, Grant, or Certificate, under any public Seal, or under the Seal or Sign Manual of any Governor, Proprietor, or public Officer alone, or in Conjunction with any other Person or Persons, or with any Council, or any Council and Assembly, not herein before charged, or any Passport or Let- pass, Surrender of Office or Policy of Assurance, shall be in- grossed . . . within the said Colonies and Plantations THE STAMP ACT. 9 (except .Warrants or Orders for the Service of the Navy, Army, Ordnance, or Militia, and Grants of Offices under Twenty Pounds/oss thereby in printing more such copies than will be sold ; it is hereby provided, and be it fur- ther enacted . . . That the proper Officer or Officers appointed for managing the said Stamp Duties, shall and may cancel, or cause to be cancelled, all the Stamps upon the copies of any Impression of any News Paper or Pamphlet contained in One Sheet, or any lesser Piece of Paper, which shall really and truly remain unsold, and of which no Profit or Advantage has been made; and upon Oath, or if by a Quaker, upon Solemn Affirmation, made before a Justice of the Peace, or other proper Magistrate, that all such Copies^ containing the Stamps so tendered to be cancelled, are really and truly remaining unsold, and that none of the said Copies have been fraudulently returned or rebought, or any -Profit or Advantage iiiade thereon ; which Oath or Affirmation such Magistrate is hereby authorized to administer, and to examine upon Oath or Affirmation into all Circumstances relating to the selling or disposing of such printed Copies, shall and may deliver, or cause to be delivered, the like Number of other Sheets, Half Sheets, or less Pieces of Paper, properly stamped with the same respective Stamps, upon Payment made for such Paper, bat no Duty shall be taken for the Stamps thereon ; any thing herein contained to the contrary not- withstanding ; And the said Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties for the time being are hereby impowered^ from time to time, to make such Rules and Orders for regu- lating the Methods, and limiting the Times, for such cancel- ling and Allowance as aforesaid, with respect to such News Papers and Pamphlets, as they shall, upon Experience and Consideration of the several Circumstances, find necessary or convenient, for the effectual' securing the Duties thereon, and doing justice to the Persons concerned in the printing and publishing theieof. [84.] Provided always, and be it further enacted . That any Officer or Officers emplo)ed by the said Commis- tioners for managing the Stamp Duties, shall and may deliver so any Person, by or for whom any Almanack or Almanacks shall have been printed, Paper marked or stamped according THE STAMP ACT. ii to the true Intent and Meaning hereof, for the Printing such Ahiianack or Ahiianacks, upon his or her giving sufficient Security to pay the Amount of the Duty hereby charged thereon, within the space of Three Months after such De- livery ; and that the said Ol^cer or Officers, upon bringing to him or. them any Number of the Copies of such Ahiianacks, within the Space of Three Months from the said Delivery and Request to hiiii or them in that Behalf made, shall cancel all the Stamps upon such Copies, and abate to every such Person so much of the Money due upon such Security as such cancelled Stamps shall amount to. [85.] Provided always, That where any Almanack shall contain more than One Sheet of Paper, it shall be sufficient to stamp only One of the Sheets or Pieces of Paper upon which such Almanack shall be printed, and to pay the Duty ac- cordingly. [86.] And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the said First Day of Novem- ber, One thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, in case any Person or Persons, within any of the said Colonies or Planta- tions, shall sell, hawk, carry about, utter, or expose to Sale, any Almanack, or Calendar, or any News Paper, or any Book, Pamphlet, or Paper, deemed or construed to be, or serving the Purpose of, an Almanack or News Paper, within the In- tention and Meaning of this Act, not being stamped or marked as by this Act is directed ; every such Person shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Forty Shillings. [87.] And be it further enacted . . . That from and after the said First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, the full Sum or Sums of Money, or other valuable Consideration received, or in any wise directly or indirectly given, paid, agreed, or contracted, for, with, or in relation to any Clerk or Apprentice, within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, shall be truly inserted, or written in Words at Length, in some Indenture or other Writing which shall contain the Covenants, Articles, Contracts, or Agreements, relating to the Service of such Clerk or Appren- tice ; and shall bear Date upon the Day of the signing, seal- ing, or other Execution of the same, upon Pain that every Master or Mistress to or with whom, or to whose Use, any 22 THE STAMP ACT. Sum of Money, or other valuable Consideration whatsoever, shall be given, paid, secured, or contracted, for or in respect of any such Clerk or Apprentice, which shall not be truly and fully so inserted and specified in some such Indenture, or other Writing, shall, for every such Offence forfeit Double the Sum, or Double the Amount of any other valuable Con- sideration so given, paid, agreed, secured, or contracted for; to be sued for and recovered at any Time, during the Term specified in the Indenture or Writing for the Service of such Clerk or Apprentice, or within One Year after the Determina- tion thereof; and that all such Indentures, or other Writings, shall be brought, within the Space of Three Months, to the proper Officer or Officers, appointed by the said Commis- sioners for collecting the said Duties within the respective Colony or Plantation ; and the Duty hereby charged for the Sums, or other valuable Consideration inserted therein, shall be paid by the Master or Mistress of such Clerk or Apprentice to the said Officer or Officers, who shall give Receipts for such Duty on the Back of such Indentures or other Writings; and in case the Duty shall not be paid within the Time before limited, such Master or Mistress shall forfeit Double the Amount of such Duty. [88.] And be it further enacted . . . That all In- dentures or Writings within the said Colonies and Plantations, relating to the Service of Clerks or Apprentices, wherein shall not be truly inserted or written the full Sum or Sums of Money, or other valuable Consideration, received, or in any wise directly or indirectly given, paid, agreed, secured, or contracted, for, with, or in relation to any such Clerk or Ap- prentice, and a Receipt given for the same by the Officer or Officers aforesaid, or whereupon the Duties payable by this Act shall not be duly paid or lawfully tendered, according to the Tenor and true meaning of this Act, within the Time herein for that Purpose limited, shall be void and not available in any Court or Place, or to any Purpose what- soever. [89.] And be it further enacted by the Authority afore- said, That if any Master or Mistress of any Clerk or Appren- tice shall neglect to pay the said Duty, within the Time herein before limited, and any such Clerk or Apprentice shall in THE STAMP ACT. 23 that case pay, or cause to be paid, to the Amount of Double the said Duty, either during the Term of such Clerkship or Apprenticeship, or within One Year after the Determination thereof, such Master or Mistress not having then paid the said Double Duty although required by such Clerk or Appren- tice so to do ; then, and in such Case, it shall and may be lawful, to and for any such Clerk or Apprentice, within Three Months after such Payment of the said Double Duty, to de- mand of such Master or Mistress, or his or her Executors or Administrators, such Sum or Sums of Money, or valuable Consideration as was or were paid to such Master or Mistress, for or in respect of such Clerkship or Apprenticeship ; and in case such Sum or Sums of Money, or valuable Consideration, shall not be paid within Three Months after such Demand thereof made, it shall and may be lawful to and for any such Clerk or Apprentice, or any other Person or Persons on his or her Behalf, to sue for and recover the same, in such Man- ner as any Penalty hereby inflicted may be sued for and re- covered ; and such Clerks and Apprentices shall immediately after payment of such Double Duty, be and are hereby dis- charged from their Clerkships or Apprenticeships, and from all Actions, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Damages, for not serving the Time for which they were respectively bound, contracted for, or agreed to serve, and shall have such and the same Benefit and Advantage of the Time they shall re- spectively have continued with and served such Master or Mistress, as they would have been intitled to in case such Duty had been paid by such Master or Mistress, within the Time herein before limited for that Purpose. [90. J And be it further enacted . . . That al! printed Indentures or Contracts for binding Clerks or Ai -- prentices, after the said First Vide-)- oi November, One thousar.d seven hundred and sixty-five, within the said Colonies and Plantations, shall have the following Notice or Memorandum printed under the same, or added thereto, videlicet, The Indenture must bear Date the Day it is executed, and the Money or other Thing, given or contracted for xdth the Clerk or Apprentice, must be inserted in Words at Length, and the Duty paid, and a Receipt given on the Back of the In- denture, by the Distributor of Stamps, or his Substitute, within 24 THE STAMP ACT. Three Months after the Execution of such Indenture, under the Penalties inflicted by Law. And if any Printer, Stationer or other Person or Persons, within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, or any other Part of His Majesty's Dominions, shall sell, or cause to be sold, any such Indenture or Contract, without such Notice or Memorandum being printed under the same, or added thereto ; then, and in every such Case, such Printer, Stationer, or other Person or Persons, shall, for every such Offence, for- feit the Sum of Ten Pounds. [91.] And, for the better securing the said Duty on Play- ing Cards and Dice; be it further enacted . . . That from and after the said First Day of November, One thou- sand seven hundred and sixty-five, no Playing Cards or Dice shall be Sold, exposed to Sale, or used in Play, within the said Colonies or Plantations, unless the Paper and Thread inclosing, or which shall have inclosed, the same, shall be or shall have been respectively sealed and stamped, or marked, and unless One of the Cards of each Pack or Parcel of Cards, so sold, shall be also marked or stamped on the spotted or painted Side thereof with such Mark or Marks as shall have been provided in pursuance of this Act, upon Pain that every Person who shall sell, or expose to Sale, any such Cards or Dice which shall not have been so respectively sealed, marked, or stamped, as hereby, is respectivel) required, shall forfeit for every Pack or Parcel of Cards, and every One of such Dice so sold or exposed to Sale the Sum of Ten Pounds. [92.] And it is hereby enacted . . . lliat if any Person within the said Colonies . . . shall sell or buy any Cover or Label which has before been made use of for denoting the said Duty upon Cards, in order to be made use of for the inclosing any Pack or Parcel of Cards ; every Per- son so offending shall, for every such Offence, forfeit Twenty Pounds. [93.] Provided always, and be it enacted . . . That if either the Buyer or Seller of any such Cover or Label shall inform against the other Party concerned in buying or selling such Cover or Label, the Party so informing shall be admitted to give Evidence against the Party informed against, and shall be indemnified against the said Penalties. THE STAMP ACT. 25 [94.] And be it further enacted . . . That jf any Person or Persons shall fraudulently inclose any Parcel or Pack of Pla) ing Cards in any Outside Paper so sealed and stamped as aforesaid, the same having been made use of for the Purpose aforesaid ; then, so often, and in every such Case, every Person so offending in any of the Particulars before-mentioned, shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds, [95.] And be it further enacted . . . That from and after said First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and sixty five, every Clerk, Officer, and other Person employed or concerned in granting, making out, or deliver- ing Licences for retailing Spirituous Liquors or Wine within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, shall, and he is hereby required and directed, within Two Months after delivering any such Licences, to transmit to the Chief Dis- tributor of stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, a true and exact List or Account of the Number of Licences so delivered, in which shall be inserted the Names of the Per- sons licensed, and the Places where they respectively reside; and if any such Clerk, Officer, or other Person, shall refuse or neglect to transmit any such List or Account \o such Dis- tributor, or shall transmit a false or untrue one, then, and in every such Case, such Clerk, Officer, or other Person, shall, for every such OfTence forfeit Fifty Pounds. [96,] And be it further enacted by the Authority afore- said. That Licences for selling or uttering by Retail Spiritu- ous Liquors or Wine within any of the said Colonies and Plantations, shall be in Force and serve for no longer than One Year from the Date of each Licence respectively. [97.] Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted . That if any Person licensed to sell Spirituous Liquors or Wine, shall die or remove from the House or Place wherein such Spirituous Liquors or Wine shall, by virtue of such Licence, be sold, it shall and may be lawful for the Ex- ecutors, Administrators, or Assigns, of such Person so dying or removing, who shall be possessed of such House or Place, or for any Occupier of such House or Place, to sell Spirituous Liquors or Wine therein during the Residue of the Term for which such Licence shall have been granted, without any 26 THE STAMP ACT. new Licence to be had or obtained in that Behalf; any thing to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. [98.] And it is hereby enacted by the authority afore- said, That if any Person or Persons shall sell or utter by Re- tail, that is to say, in any less Quantity than One Gallon at One Time, any kind of Wine, or any Liquor called or re- puted Wine, or any kind of Spirituous Liquors, in the said Colonies or Plantations, without taking out such Licence yearly and every year, he, she, or they, so offending, shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds. [99.] And be it further enacted . . . That every Per- son who shall retail Spirituous Liquors or Wine in any Prison or House of Correction, or any Workhouse appointed or to be appointed for the Reception of Poor Persons within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, shall be deemed a Retailer of Spirituous Liquors or Wine within this Act. [100.] Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, l^hat, if at any Time after the said First Day of Novembe?-, One thousand seven hundred and sixty five^ there shall not be any Provision made for licensing the Re- tailers of Wine or Spirituous Liquors, within any of the said Colonies or Plantations; then, and in every such case, and during such Time as no Prohibition shall be made, such Licenses shall and may be granted for the Space of One Year, and renewed from time to time by the Governor or Commander in Chief of every such respective Colony or Plantation. [10 1.] And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That every Person who shall at any One Time buy of any Chief Distributor within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, the Duties where- of shall amount to Five Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain, or upwards, shall be allowed after the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum, upon the prompt Payment of the said Duties to such Chief Distributor. [102.] And be it further enacted . . . That all Publick Clerks or Officers within the said Colonies or Plantations, who shall from time to time have in their Custody any Pub- lick Books, or other Matter or Things hereby charged with a Stamp Duty, shall, at any seasonable Time or Times, permit THE STAMP ACT. 27 any Officer or Officers thereunto authorized by the said Com- missioners for managing the Stamp Duties, to inspect and view all such Publick Books, Matters, and Things, and to take thereout such Notes and Memorandums as shall be nec- essary for the Purpose of ascertaining or securing the said Duties, without Fee or Reward ; upon Pain that every such Clerk or other Officer who shall refuse or neglect so to do, Upon reasonable Request in that Behalf made, shall, for every such Refusal or Neglect, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds. [103.] And be it further enacted . . . That the High Treasurer of Great Britain or the Commissioners of His Maj- esty's Treasury, or any Three or more of such Commissioners, for the time being, shall Once in every Year at least, set the Prices at which all Sorts of stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, shall be sold by the said Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties, and their Officers ; and that the said Commissioners for the said Duties shall cause such Prices to be marked upon every such Skin and Piece of Vellum and Parchment, and Sheet and Piece of Paper: And if any Officer or Distributor to be appointed by virtue of this Act, shall sell or cause to be sold, any Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, for a greater or higher Price or Sum, than the Price or Sum so set or affixed thereon ; every such Officer or Dis- tributor shall, for every such offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds. [104.] And be it also enacted . . . That the several Officers who shall be respectively employed in the raising, re- ceiving, collecting, or paying, the several Duties hereby charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations, shall every Twelve Months, or oftener, if thereunto required by the said Com- missioners for managing the said Duties, exhibit his and their respective Account and Accounts of the said seveial Duties upon Oath, or if a Quaker upon Affirmation, in the Presence of the Governor, or Commander in Chief or prin- cipal Judge of the Colony or Plantation where such Officers shall be respectively resident, in such Manner as the High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of such Commissioners for the time being, shall, from time to time, direct and appoint, in order that 28 THE STAMP ACT. the same may be immediately afterwards transmitted by the said Officer or Officers to the Commissioners for managing the said Duties, to be comptrolled and audited according to the usual Course and Form of comptrolling and auditing the Accounts of the Stamp Duties arising within tliis Kingdom : And if any of the said Officers shall neglect or refuse to ex- hibit any such Account, or to verify the same upon Oath or Affirmation, or to transmit any such Account so verified to the Commissioners for managing the said Duties, in such Manner, and within such Time, as shall be so appointed or directed ; or shall neglect or refuse to pay, or cause to be paid, into the Hands of the Receiver General of the Stam^y Duties in Great Britain, or to such other Person or Persons as the High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of such Commissioners for ' the time be- ing, shall, from time to time, nominate or appoint, the Monies respectively raised, levied, and received, by such Officers under the authority of this Act, at such Times, and in such Manner, as they shall be respectively required by the said High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasur}- : or if any such Officers shall divert, detain, or misapply, all or any Part of the said Monies so by them respectively raised^ levied, and received, or shall knowingly return any Person or Persons insuper for any Monies or other Things duly an- swered, paid or accounted for, by such Persqn or Persons, whereby he or they shall sustain any Damage or Prejudice ^ in every such Case, every such Officer shall be liable to pay Treble the Value of all and every Sum and Sums of Money so diveited or misapplied; and shall also be liable to pa}^ Treble Damages to the Party grieved, by returning him in- super. [105.] And be it further enacted . . . That the Commis- sioners, Receiver or Receivers General, or other Person or Persons, u'ho shall be respectively employed in Great Britain^. in the directing, receiving, or paying, the Monies arising by the Duties hereby granted, shall, and are hereby required^ between the Tenth Day of October and the Fifth Day of January following, and so from Year to Year, yearly, at those Times, to exhibit their respective Accounts thereof to His Majesty's Auditors of the Imprest in England iw \\\c: THE STAMP ACT. 29 time being, or One of them, to be declared before the High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being, according to the Course of the Exchequer. [106] x\nd be it further enacted . . . That if thesaid Commissioners for managing the said Duties, or the said Re- ceiver or Receivers General, shall neglect or refuse to pay into the Exchequer all or any of the said Monies, in such Manner as they are required by this Act to pay the same, or shall divert or misapply any Part thereof; then they, and every one of them so offending, shall be liable to pay Double the Value of all and every Sum and Sums of Money so diverted or mis- applied. [107.] And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller or Comptrollers for the time being of the Duties hereby imposed, shall keep perfect and distinct Accounts in Books fairly written of all the Monies arising by the said Duties : and if any such Comptroller or Comptrollers shall neglect his or their Duty therein, then he or the\', for every such offence, shall forfeit the su.n of One hundred Pounds. [108.] And be it further enacted . . . That all the Monies which shall arise by the several Rates and Duties hereby granted (except the necessary Charges of raising, col- lecting, recovering, answering, paying, and accounting for the same, and the necessary Charges from time to time in- curred in relation to this Act, and the Execution thereof) shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, and shall be entered separate and apart from all other Monies, and shall be then reserved to be from time to time disposed of by Parliament, towards further defraying the necessary expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the said Colonies and Plantations. [109.] And whereas it is proper that some Provision should be made for Payment of the necessary Expences which have been, and shall be incurred in relation to this Act, and the Execution thereof, and of the Orders and Rules to be established under the Authority of the same, before the said Duties shall take Effect, or the Monies arising thereby shall be sufficient to discharge such Expences ; be it therefore enacted That His Majesty may, and He is hereby impowered 30 THE STAMP ACT. by any Warrant or Warrants under His Royal Sign Manual, at any Time or Times before the Twentieth Day of Aprils One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, to cause to be issued and paid out of any of the Surplusses, Excesses, Over- plus Monies, and other Revenues composing the Fund com- monly called The Sinking Fund (except such Monies of the said Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Use or Uses, by any former Act or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf) such Sum and Sums of Money as shall be necessary to defray the said Expenses; and the Monies so issued, shall be reimbursed, by Payment into the Exchequer of the like Sum or Sums out of the First Monies which shall arise by virtue of this Act ; which Monies, upon the Payment thereof into the Exchequer, shall be carried to the Account, and made part of the said Fund. [no.] And it is hereby further enacted and declared, That all the Powers and Authorities by this Act granted to the Commissioners for managing the Duties upon stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, shall and may be fully and effectually carried into execution by any Three or more of the said Commissioners: any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. [in.] And be it further enacted . . . That all Forfeitures and Penalties incurred after the Twenty ninth Day of September One thousand seven hundred and sixty- five, for Offences committed against an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the R^ign of His present Majesty, intituled. An Act for granting certain Duties in the l^'Rivisn Colonies and Planta- tions in America ; for continuing, amending, and maki?tg per- petual, an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the BETTER SECURING AND ENCOURAGING THE TrADE OF HlS Majesty's Sugar Colonies in Ainerica ; for applying the Produce of such Duties, and of the Duties to arise ly virtue of the said Act, towards defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the said Colonics atid Plantations ; for explaining an Act made in the Twenty fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades and for the better securing the Plantation Tradk ; THE STAMP ACT. 31 and for altering and disallowing several Drawbacks on Ex- ports from this Kingdom, and more effectually preventing the clandestine Conveyance of Goods to and from the said Colon- ies and /Plantations, afid improving and securing the Trade be- tween the same and Great Britain, and for Offences com- mitted against any other Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Trade or Revenues of the said Colonies or Plantations ; shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, in any Court of Record, or in any Court of Admiralty, in the re- spective Colony or Plantation where the Offence shall be committed, or in any Court of Vice Admiralty appointed or to be appointed, and which shall have Jurisdiction within such Colony, Plantation, or Place (which Courts of Admir- alty or Vice Admiralty are hereby respective!)' authorized and required to proceed, hear and determine the same) at the Election of the Informer or Prosecutor. [112.] And it is hereby further enacted and declared . . . That all Sums of Money granted and imposed by this Act, as Rates or Duties, and also all Sums of Money imposed b\' this Act, as Rates or Duties, and also all Sums of Money im- posed as Forfeitures or Penalties, and all Sums of Money re- quired to be paid, and all other Monies herein mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to be Sterling Money of Great Britain, and shall be collected, recovered and paid, to the Amount of the Value which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain, and that such Monies shall and may be received and taken, according to the Proportion and Value of Five Shil- lings and Six Pence the Ounce in Silver ; and that all the Forfeitures and Penalties hereby inflicted, and which shall be incurred, in the said Colonies and Plantations, shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, in any Court of Record, or in any Court of Admiralty, in the respective Colony or Plantation where the Offence shall be committed, or in any Court of Vice Admiralty appointed or to be ap- pointed, and which shall have Jurisdiction within such Colony, Plantation, or Place, (which Courts of Admiralty or Vice Ad- miralty are hereby respectively authorized and required to proceed, hear, and determine the same,) at the Election of the Informer or Prosecutor ; and that from and after the Twenty ninth Day of September, One thousand seven hundred 3 2 THE S TA MP ACT. and sixty five, in all cases, when any Suit or Prosecution shall be commenced and determined for any Penalty or Forfeiture inflicted by this Act, or by the said Act made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, or by any other Act of Parliament relating to the Trade or Revenues of the said Colonies or Plantations, in any Court of Admirality in the respective Colony or Plantation where the Offence shall be committed, either Party, who shall think himself aggrieved by such Determination, may appeal from such Determination to any Court of Vice Admiralty appointed or to be appointed, and which shall have Jurisdiction within such Colony, Plan- tation, or Place, (which Court of Vice Admiralty is hereby authorized and required to proceed, hear, and determine such Appeal) anv Law, Custom, or Usage, to the contrary notwith- standing ; and the Forfeitures and Penalties hereby inflicted, which shall be incurred in any other Part of His Majesty's Dominions, shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, and re- covered, with Full Costs of Suit in any Court of Record within the Kingdom, Territory, or Place, where the Offence shall be committed, in such and the same Manner as any Debt or Damage, to the Amount of such Forfeiture or Pen- altv, can or may be sued for and recovered. [113.] And it is hereby further enacted, That all the Forfeitures and Penalties hereby inflicted shall be divided, paid, and applied, as follows; (that is to say) One Third Part of all such Forfeitures and Penalties recovered in the said Colonies and Plantations, shall be paid into the Hands of One of the Chief Distributors of stamped Vellum, Parch- ment, and Paper, residing in the Colony or Plantation wherein the Offender shall be convicted, for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors; One Third Part of the Penalties and Forfeitures, so recovered, to the Governor or Commander in Chief of such Colony or Plantation; and the other Third Part thereof, to the Person who shall inform or sue for the same ; and that One Moiety of all such Penalties and Forfeitures recovered in any other Part of His Majesty's Dominions, shall be to the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, and the other Moiety thereof, to the Person who shall inform or sue for the same. [1T4,] And be it further enacted. That all the Offences THE STAMP ACT. Zl which are by this Act made Felony, and shall be committed within any Part of His Majesty's Dominions, shall and may be heard, tried, and determined before any Court of Law within the respective Kingdom, Territory, Colony or Planta- tion, where the Offence shall be committed, in such and the :same Manner as all other Felonies can or may be heard, tried, and determined, in such Court. [115.] And be it further enacted, That all the present ^Governors or Commanders in Chief of any British Colony or Plantation, shall, before the First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and sixty five, and all who hereafter isliall be made Governors or Commander in Chief of the said Colonies or Plantations, or any of them, before their en- trance into their Government, shall take a solemn Oath to do their utmost, that all and every the Clauses contained in this present Act be punctually and bona fide oh^^xv^A, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, so far as appertains unto the said Governor or Commander in Chief respectively, binder the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities, either for neglecting to take the said Oath, or for wittingly neglect- ing to do their Duty accordingly, as are mentioned and ex- pressed in an Act made in the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of King William the Third, intitled. An Act for preventing Frauds and regulating Abuses, in the Pla?itation Trade; and the said Oath hereby required to be taken, shall be administered by such Person or Persons as hath or have been, or shall be, appointed to administer the Oath required to be taken by the said Act made in the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of King William the Third. [116.] And be it further enacted. That all Records, Writs, Pleadings, and other Proceedings in all Courts what- soever, and all Deeds, Instruments, and Writings whatsoever, hereby charged, shall be ingrossed and written in such Man- ner as they have been usually accustomed to be ingrossed and written, or are now ingrossed and written within the said Colonies and Plantations. [117.] And it is hereby further enacted. That if any Person or Persons shall be sued or persecuted, either in Oreat Britain or America for anything done in pursuance of this Act, such Person and Persons shall and may plead the 34 THE STAMP ACT. 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