And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any
Register, Publick Officer, Clerk, or other Person in
any Court, Registry,
or Office within any of the said Colonies or Plantations, shall, at any
Time after the said First Day of November, One thousand seven
hundred
and sixty five, enter, register, or inroll, any
Matter or Thing hereby
charged with a Stamp Duty, unless the same shall appear to be duly
stamped; in every such Case such Register, Publick
Officer, Clerk, or
other Person, shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty
Pounds.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and
after the said First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred
and
sixty five, if any Councellor, Clerk, Officer, Attorney, or other Person,
to whom it shall appertain, or who shall be employed or instrusted, in
the said Colonies or Plantations, to enter or file any Matter or Thing in
respect whereof any Duty shall be payable by virtue of this Act, shall
neglect to enter, file, or record the same, as by Law the same ought to
be entered, filed or recorded, within the Space of Four Months after he
shall have received any Money for or in respect of the same, or shall
have promised or undertaken so to do; or shall neglect to enter, file,
or record, any such Matter or Thing, before any subsequent, further,
or other Proceeding, Matter, or Thing, in the same Suit, shall be had,
entered, filed, or recorded; that then every such Counsellor, Clerk,
Officer, Attorney, or other Person so neglecting or offending, in each
of the Cases aforesaid, shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds for every
such Offence.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any
Person or Persons, at any Time after the said First Day of
November,
One thousand seven hundred and sixty five, shall write, ingross, or
print, or cause to be written, ingrossed, or printed, in the said
Colo-
nies or Plantations, or any other Part of His said Majesty's Dominions,
either the Whole or any Part of any Matter or Thing whatsoever in
respect whereof any Duty is payable by this Act, upon any Part of
any Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, whereon there shall have
been before written any other Matter or Thing in respect whereof any
Duty was payable by this Act; or shall fraudulently erase, or cause to
be erased, the Name or Names of any Person or Persons, or any Sum,
Date, or other Thing, ingrossed, written, or printed, in such Matter or
Thing as aforesaid; or fraudulently cut, tear, or get off any mark or
Stamp from any Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, or any Part
thereof, with Intent to use such Stamp or Mark for any other Matter or
Thing in respect whereof any Duty shall be payable by virtue of this Act;
that then, and so often, and in every such Case, every Person so
offend-
ing shall for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every
Matter and Thing, in respect whereof any Duty shall be payable in
pur-
suance of this Act, shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, in such
Man-
ner, that some Part thereof shall be either upon, or as near as
conveniently
may be to the Stamps or Marks denoting the Duty; upon Pain that
the Person wh shall ingross, write, or print, or cause to be ingrossed,
written, or printed, any such Matter or Thing in any other Manner,
shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every
Officer of each Court, and every Justice of the Peace or other Person
within the said Colonies and Plantations, who shall issue any Writ or
Process upon which a Duty is by this Act payble, shall, at the issuing
thereof, set down upon such Writ or Process the Day and Year of this