Show TUL STAMP ACT adt the lat late Li eternal revenue enactment of congress provides that fram from and arid ater acter the fil hust fust at L day ay of out indr all contracts or agreements orders drafts or checks for money bilis bibs of exchange cb inland or foreign bills bill of lading express receipts bonas certificates of bock aock a ock ocl or deposit or of any other description conveyances charter pArt parties les ies customhouse custom house entries val rios policies les ies of insurance of all ail kinds h p manifests man testa leases mortgages tel tei telegraphic ea dispatches des patches protests oa on 1 paper warehouse ware boube bouse receipts powers pov vers of attorney atto ney pro pros bates of wills and ind all legal leal le al doc document amenti must be stamped to give them validity sec bec of the the internal hitov eire eime act reads reada aa as ol lovs loss and cland be it further enacted that if ifancy irany ahby affy person or persons persona sali wall a all alt ma make lre ire a sint il p it I 1 0 or r 1 I issue 8 u 1 e r cause to be made algil d or ibs ies lest iest eed ikid irid any in s rumens document or paper of any kind ar description ibn whatever without the same jame iame being bein daly daiy stamped tor for delio denoting ting the duly uy hereby 11 imposed thereon or without having thereupon an adhesive stam stata to denote said sanf butr bue sue sueh such 11 person or persons shall incur a penalty cf 30 and aid such instrument document or paper haner I 1 as be be deism deemed d invalid and of no iffet I 1 j tiie toe penalty tor for violating the law w with ithe ln intent to defraud the govern m et is in each case a f of two funded hua hun lin ded dred dollars the ile law makes makel it the duty ati 0 the ifie commis of irete in anal revenue Reve nub nuo to i provider and furnish the stamps which he has failed to do ao ani auf in the absence ais ats nc e pf af any aej positive p tive knowledge knowledg ge i la in reia rela relation to an extension of the ame t me aen w uen hen tie tte law would take deflect and the penalties affixed begin to occur a question arose as to whether 0 or not under the ar bes ces the government bein tn in defa default tait tAlt in the pr promises premises craise t gach each papers and documents executed signed or issued after he the first of october without I 1 I 1 the stamp app adage would beheld beja tribunals to be legal and if any penal ty would be incurred by not riot attaching stamps I 1 when none had been made or provided by the commissioner commisso nei it has leen the opinion of or most men that inasmuch as the government I 1 i d not complied with the provisions of thee the law lawi on ita its part all transactions tranh trant actions required ta tp he be taxed could not bs be c considered S othera ova otA ew than legal legai 16 oal gal so ion lon long iong as it was impossible to comply avih the ments of the Eta hta statute tute e and end that no ili lii nalty for fon making and issuing in of writing 0 necessary in the usual business busi busl nesb nesa transactions of community could be incurred or inflicted those who have entertained such opinions have proceed d thus far ith ich avith ther the r bu busness business matters matter the ile binig same as lefore while others have hesitated not knowin what to do nor what course to take tale in Te relation lation to the matter fearin earing g that in the tile laud taud led state of firs affairs af they might incur sone penalty L ja the baide same difficulties exis exsted tedi ro 1110 stamp having haling been sent thither and no one seemed to know the cause of delay nor bof rp to be apprised that at ati extension of time hd hid h id d aey eem the ei graciously provided far for by government and aalthe first if f october drew near the pub lie mind be leeama eama greatly perplexed not knowing in what Ai kirsa tirsa wo ill lii be taken in the premises some proposed pr to go ahead the same as thou though ir no In internal revenue jaw was in existence exl exi others other P famed feared consequences the perks cf pf courts charging and col electing the tax imp legal documents in t anney intending intend ng to p chaba chasa e and affix to thra thom the required stairs stair ps when they should canne to hind which was coi col slivered a safe safo mea inea ure boh for the government ami ana parties virties biffl litigant ant aa as forfeiture for intent to derial tho thil government Governa ent could not accrue even ie it the papers 8 should ouid duld be declared tp be br invalid al id and add 91 p no effect lf in the emergency the tax collectors and assistant AsI hsi stant treasurer telegraphed to washing tea 0 inspru chod chon and at lep en c 0 to o nine dine on the evening of sept oth orb oth the f following 01 lov los telegram was received which bems begs to have measurably quieted the public sensation in relation to th vexed question IVAS nino HiNG hington ton TOX sept 1862 1802 D dla nake make ke td bial belay abelay in business for want of star stamps lips rips no penalty penally till january next stamps willi will be bi sent aa as soon us as possible G S corn corp of stamps 3 the next morning mr cheesman sent the I 1 ful fal lowing 11 note to the lull clin explanatory of 0 1 tle tie telegram having ben applied to by many parties this morning rela ive to tile the tele lele telegram grani received by me rne and in in the thoo papers of the pi pies ples es ent date aa as to the validity of 0 contract contracts i in the absence of stamps and the tiie deslie desue upon investigation ti that I 1 would give the res it for fr f r the b adit of the public respectfully submit that at under all an act supplemental to the tile leyal legal reni teni ren ten i der bill 1301 contracts on tracts executed prior to the I 1 it t of jan ian january ary aty 1863 1903 1 will be valid as between the he parti parties ct or 0 r can cam be e eo so at any anytime time lime by bavine them stamped andi anti payin paying 5 to the collector coll coli actor for foi the use of orthe the gover govar Government governments nine n t 1 or course reither the parti cs in the contract will have any occasion to the 9 4 exal excl excerpt pt lin 1 in tile the event invent of litigation when it might mi r lit be cgee necessary to te dockum n ni in evidence ta this 1 ia is based upon the best inar af f ih I 1 have aee ave beeh been beth able to aa as tu ty the provisions provis Sona of we which has bas nat nut yet reached california Oali Gall tornia fornia j D IV y I 1 te tie tle supplemental act referred kopro to pr 0 vides vidis that rio ifo instrument document or paper 1 made signed signed q or issued prior to the I 1 lat day of jabi Jahi iary 1563 ich ilu dut out being stamp pe ed deac etc 1 shall foi fop for that cause be fil fia ap ulue ulde fi 1 4 invalid aud and of i no effect provided how however ever evir that AO no euch such instrument paper piper or document sh shill yli ill be admitted aa evidence I 1 in until the same sain e shall have haie been auly duly blam stamped ped nor until i the holder thereof shall have proved prayed to the satis faction ll 11 ot 0 the court th it he has to the collector or deputy collector of the district within which anch court may be held I 1 they ibe sum of the use of the united states it appears from the for fot that docu ments requiring stamps issued witolo w A them prior to jan let iet lb 63 will be considered i valid and only five dollars will have to be paid raid to the government for he lardin ss of t I 1 j I 1 its stamp commissioner in the event a paper or document shall be needed as eviden evidence ce in a court of justice some may mav may that a lai lal lale large laie e s sum m ar d tha ero pro provision v 1 ian ion oppre oppressive ss 4 in its operation but when they beame be omo fully corl con v vinced need that the commissioner was not in fault I 1 arid and that tle cause of delay in the bit fit am de apartment part Fart ment meat was wad tiie he st institution substitution of the clerks for f or nurses nurse for lle ile lie he wounded so sol soi diera diers after gen popes reverses and that as alleged some sixty 0 of them were taken prisoners by bhe the enemy while officiating in that capacity on the battlefields battle fields near centerville Cent erville those interested may pay ft it cheerfully j |