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by law with the payment of duty, fhall have Manner been, or fhall be written or printed, by any of legaliperfon or persons whomfoever, upon vellum, inftruparchment, or paper not ftamped or marked ment not according to law, or upon vellum, parchment, stamped or paper, stamped or marked at a lower rate or improperly of duty than is by law required for fuch deed, ftamped. inftrument, or writing; then, and in every fuch cafe, it fhall be lawful for the perfon or perfons holding fuch deed, inftrument, or writing, within twelve calendar months after the time of giving notice as aforefaid, or within fix calendar months after the execution of fuch deed, instrument, or writing, to pay to the collector of the revenue within whose collection district fuch perfon or perfons fhall refide, the duty chargeable by law on fuch deed, inftrument, or writing, together with ten dollars in addition to fuch duty, which duty and additional fum of ten dollars, fuch collector is hereby authorized and required to receive, and without fee or reward to endorfe a receipt therefor under his hand and seal, upon some part of fuch deed, inftrument or writing, which deed, inftrument or writing fo endorsed, it fhall then be lawful for fuch perfon or persons to produce to the furveyor of the revenue within whofe affeffment diftrict such person or perfons shall refide, which furveyor thereupon fhall certify under his hand and feal, and upon fome part of the faid deed, inftrument or writing, that the fame fo endorfed as aforefaid has been produced to him, and that the faid endorsement is in his belief genuine; after which faid endorfement and certificate, and not otherwife, fuch deed, inftrument or writing, fhall be to all intents and purposes as valid and available, as if the same had been or were ftamped, counter-ftampVOL. V.

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èd, or marked as by law required, any thing in any act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That every collector of the revenue fhall keep a separate the Col- account of all monies by him received in manner laft aforefaid, and fhall at fuch times veyors of as the Secretary of the Treafury fhall direct, the reve- tranfmit the faid account together with fuch nue here- monies, and a memorandum of all receipts by him endorsed in manner aforefaid, to the fupervisor of the district, or the inspector of the furvey, as the cafe may be; and that every furveyor of the revenue fhall, at fuch time as the Secretary of the Treasury fhall direct, transmit to the faid fupervisor or inspector, as the case may be, a true copy of all certificates given by him as aforefaid, and of the receipts refpectively certified, and thereupon fuch furveyor fhall be entitled to receive from the fupervisor or inspector fifty cents for every fuch certificate by him figned as aforefaid.

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Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any Penalty perfon, with intent to defraud the United on forg- States of any fum of monies directed to be ing or ut- paid by this act, or of any of the duties or duceipts or ty laid by the act, entitled "An act laying certifi- duties on ftamped vellum, parchment, and cates di- paper," shall counterfeit or forge, or cause or rected by the fixth Procure to be counterfeited or forged, any of the certificates, receipts or endorsements, provided for and directed by the fixth fection of this act, or shall utter, pass away, vend or of fer in evidence, in any court of juftice, any fuch forged or counterfeit receipt, certificate, or endorsement, knowing the fame to be forged or counterfeit, then every fuch perfon fo offending, and being thereof convicted in due form of law, fhall be adjudged guilty of a

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misdemeanor, and shall be subject to be fined
in any
fum not exceeding one thousand dollars,
and to be imprisoned for any term not exceed-
ing seven years.

dividuals,

Sec. 9. And for the convenience of thofe perfons who may be inclined to have their own vel. Mode of lum, parchment, and paper ftamped or marked, procuring ftamps to Be it further enacted, That when any perfon or the blank perfons shall deposit any vellum, parchment, or vellum, paper, at the office of any fupervifor, accompa. &c. of innying the fame with a lift, which fhall fpecify the number and denomination of the ftamps or marks which are to be thereto affixed, it shall be the duty of the faid fupervisor to tranfmit the fame to the ftamp-office at the feat of government, where fuch paper, parchment and vellum fhall be properly marked or ftamped, and forthwith fent back to the faid supervisor, who fhall thereupon collect the duties and deliver the vellum, parchment, and paper, pursuant to the order of the perfon from whom it was received.

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Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all vellum, parchment, and paper, to be stamped or Vellum, marked at the faid office, fhall, before it is de- &c. to be livered for fale, ufe, or diftribution, be carried counterfrom the faid office to the office of the commiffioner of the revenue, and be there counterftamped or marked, under the direction of the faid commiffioner, and in fuch manner as the Secretary of the Treasury fhall devife and direct; and after being so counter-stamped or marked, shall be returned to the office of the fuperinten dant of ftamps, to be by him distributed according to the true intent and meaning of this act, of all which vellum, parchment, and paper, fo fent to be counter-ftamped or marked, and fo returned to the office of the fuperintendant aforefaid, an account fhall be kept by the com

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miflioner of the revenue, and from time to time returned to the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any Penalty perfon or perfons, with intent to defraud the on forging United States of any of the duties or duty laid ftamps, by the act, entitled "An act laying duties on

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ftamped vellum, parchment, and paper," or by any actor acts for amending the fame, fhall counterfeit or forge, or fhall caufe or procure to be counterfeited or forged, or fhall knowingly or wilfully aid or affift in counterfeiting or forging any stamp, counter-ftamp, or mark, which fhall be provided or made in pursuance of this act, or fhall counterfeit or refemble, or fhall knowingly and wilfully aid or affift in counterfeiting or refembling, or shall cause to be counterfeited or resembled, the impreffion of any fuch ftamp, counter-ftamp or mark, upon any vellum, parchment, or paper, or shall knowingly or wilfully utter, vend, or fell, or offer in evidence in any court of juftice any vellum, parchment, or paper, with fuch counterfeit mark or impreffion thereon, or fhall privately or fraudulently use any stamp, counter-ftamp or mark directed or allowed to be used by this act, then every such person fo offending, and being thereof convicted in due form of law, fhall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to be fined in any fum not exceeding one thoufand dollars, and imprisoned for any time not exceeding seven years.

THEODORE SEDGWICK,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TH: JEFFERSON,

Fice-Prefident of the United States, and
Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED-April 23d, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER XXXII.

An ACT to aiter and to establish fundry poft roads.

Sec. I.

certain

poft roads.

E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States Difcontiof America, in Congrefs affembled, That the fol- nuance of lowing poft roads be difcontinued, viz. From Washington, to Petersburg, in Georgia:-From Augufta, by Robinfon's, at the White Ponds, and Gillet's Mills, to Coofawhatchie :-From Charlotte, by Lincolnton, to Statesville, NorthCarolina: From Chefter Court Houfe to Spartan Court House :--From Fayetteville, by Lumberton, to Cheraw Court Houfe:-From Moffat's store to Danville:-From Culpepper Court House, to Orange Court House: From Leefburg, to Fauquier Court Houfe :-From Tappahannock, by Richmond Court Houfe, and Weftmoreland Court Houfe, to Kinfale:-From Prince Edward Court Houfe, to Lynchburg: From Eafton, by New-Market, to Vienna: From Allensfresh, by Hce's ferry, to Port Conway :-From Bladensburgh to Upper Marlborough:-From Harrisburg, by Petersburg, Millers-town, Thompson-town, Mifflin-town, Lewis-town, Huntingdon, Alexandria, Center-furnace, Bellefont, Milefburg, Aaronsburg, Mifflinsburg, Lewisburg, Northumberland and Sunbury, to Harrisburg :-From Eafton, to Suffex Court House:-From New Brunswick to NewGermantown:-From Washington, in Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, in Virginia :-From Old Fort Schuyler, by Cincinnatus, to Oxford :From Vergennes, to Bafonharbour, to Plattsburg :-From Rome, to Rotterdam :-From Boston, by Taunton, to New-Bedford :-From Camden, by Lancaster, South-Carolina, Charlotte, North-Carolina, and Lincolnton, to Statel

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