Show NEW STAMP regulation N collector of internal rev revenue nue frank W howbert with headquarters at denver says the colorado springs record has promulgated another regulation touching the manner of stamping mining stocks and the cancellation cel lation of the same secretary kinney of the old exchange of this city has received a communication stating the new provisions which read I 1 I 1 in all cases where documentary stamps of a denomination of ten cents or any larger denomination shall be used for denoting any ny tax imposed by act of june 18 1898 the person using or affix affixing ink the same shall in addition to writing or stamping thereon with ink the initials of the name and date when at affixed fixed mutilate said stamp by cutting three parallel incisions lengthwise through the stamp beginning not more than one fourth of an inch from one end thereof and extending to one fourth of an inch of the other end where such stamp is canceled by cutting ting or perforating in any manner authorized by existing regulations as aforesaid the mutilation herein provided will not be required this becomes operative december 4 the brokers have also been notified and are observing the new regulation it was necessary because of the widespread fraud which was being practiced by removing stamps from documents after once being canceled and using them again some people are possessed of the notion that defrauding the government by escaping a tax in any manner possible is perfectly justifiable therefore this stringent and and extreme regulation is required the new smelter of the glasgow western exploration compana company at cherry creek nevada has been blown in |