Person who shall counterfeit, forge, or imitate, or cause or
procure to be counterfeited, forged, or imitated, any Stamp,
Die, Device, or Label, or any Figure, Letter, or Part of any
Stamp, Die, Device, or Label, directed to be provided and used
in pursuance of this Act, or which shall have been provided in
pursuance of any other Act in force for securing the Duties on
Paper at the passing of this Act; or shall have in his Custody
or Possession any such counterfeit, forged, or false Stamp, Die,
Device, or Label, or any counterfeit, forged, or false Figure,
Letter, or Part of any such Stamp, Die, Device, or Label, knowing
the same to be counterfeit, forged, or false; or who shall, upon
any Wrapper used or to be used for tying up any Quantity of
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or
upon any such Label as aforesaid, counterfeit, forge, or imitate,
or cause or procure to be counterfeited, forged, or imitated, the
Mark or Impression of any such Stamp, Die, or Device, or of any
Figure, Letter, Character, or Part of such Stamp, Die, or Device,
or shall knowingly have the same in his Custody or Possession;
or who shall have in his Custody or Possession, or utter, vend,
or sell, any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or
Scale-board with a counterfeited, forged, false, or imitated Mark
or Impression of any such Stamp, Die, or Device, or any Figure,
Letter, Character, or Part thereof, on the Wrapper of such Paper,
Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or on the
Label affixed thereto or thereon, or with any false, counterfeit,
or forged Label aforesaid, or any false, counterfeit, or forged
Figure, Letter, Character, or Part of such Label as aforesaid,
or with any false, counterfeited, or forged Printing or Writing
on any such Label, knowing the same or any Part thereof to be
counterfeited or forged; or who shall upon any Quantity of Paper,
Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board put or
place any Wrapper or Part of any Wrapper, or any Label or Part
of any Label, having thereon or therein any false, counterfeit,
or forged Writing, Printing, Letter, Figure, Character, Mark,
or Impression, knowing the same to be false, counterfeited, and
forged; or who shall, upon any Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel of
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board not
taken account of and charged with Duty by the proper Officer of
Excise put or place any of the Stamps or Impressions directed by
or provided or used in pursuance of this Act or any such other
Acts as aforesaid; shall for every such false, counterfeit,
or forged Stamp, Die, Device, or Label, or Figure, Letter,
Character, or Part of such Stamp, Die, Device, or Label, forfeit
and lose the Sum of One thousand Pounds, and for every such
Wrapper, Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel respectively the Sum of Five
hundred Pounds; and every such false, counterfeited, and forged
Stamp, Die, Device, and Label, Figure, Letter, Character, and
Part of such Stamp, Die, Device, or Label, and every such false,
counterfeit, and forged Impression, and every such Wrapper, Ream,
Half Ream, and Parcel respectively, shall be forfeited.
s. 43. “And be it enacted, That every Paper Maker, Stationer,
or other Person who shall alter the distinguishing Letter or
Number of any Mill on the Label attached to the Wrapper of any
Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, save and except in the Case of Paper
sent from one Mill to another, or returned to any Mill, under the
Provisions herein-before contained, or who shall alter the Weight
inserted on any such Label, shall forfeit Twenty Pounds, together
with the Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel to which such Label shall be
attached.
s. 44. “And be it enacted, That the Allowance of the Duty
on Paper used in the printing of Books in the Latin, Greek,
Oriental, or Northern Languages within the Universities of
_Oxford_ and _Cambridge_, the Universities of _Scotland_, and
the University of _Trinity College, Dublin_, shall be made
and allowed in manner following; (that is to say,) the chief
Manager of the Press in the said Universities respectively
shall, Forty-eight Hours before any such Paper shall be begun
to be printed, give to the proper Officer of Excise a Notice in
Writing of the Intention to print such Paper, specifying the
Number of Reams of Paper and the Title of the Book intended to
be printed, and of how many Copies the Edition is to consist;
and upon the Attendance of the Officer of Excise all such Paper
shall be produced to him enclosed in the original Wrappers in
which the same was charged with Duty, with the respective Labels
thereon, and the several Matters herein-before prescribed to
be marked, written, or printed and stamped on such Labels and
Wrappers remaining thereon; and such chief Manager of the Press
shall provide sufficient Scales and Weights, and shall permit
and assist such Officer to use the same, and to ascertain the
Weight of such Paper; and within One Month after the whole of
such Edition shall have been printed off such chief Manager
shall give to the proper Officer of Excise Forty-eight Hours
Notice in Writing, specifying a Day and Hour when such Edition
will be ready to be produced to him, and thereupon such Officer
shall attend and examine and weigh the whole of such Edition
unbound and in Sheets, and thereupon give to such chief Manager
a Certificate of his having so done, specifying the Name of the
Book, the Size thereof, the Number of Copies of which the Edition
consists, and the Weight of the Paper on which it is printed; but
if such Weight shall exceed the Weight of the Paper taken account
of by the Officer previous to the Printing, such last-mentioned
Weight shall be inserted in the Certificate, and the Allowance
shall be made for no more.
s. 45. “And be it enacted, That the Chief Manager of the Press in
the said Universities respectively shall make and subscribe at
the Foot or on the Back of such Certificate as aforesaid, before
the Vice Chancellor, Principal, or Rector or Provost of the
University respectively, a Declaration in Writing setting forth
that the whole of the Edition of the Book so printed was and is
printed for the University for which the same expresses to be
printed, and that no Bookseller or other Person had or hath any
Share or Interest therein, or in the Allowance payable in respect
of the Paper on which the same was or is printed.
s. 46. “And be it enacted, That the Allowance of the Duty on
Paper used in the Universities of _Oxford_ and _Cambridge_,
and in the University of _Trinity College, Dublin_, or used by
the Queen’s Printers in _England_, _Scotland_, or _Ireland_
respectively, in the printing of Bibles, Testaments, Psalm
Books, Books of Common Prayer of the Church of _England_, the
Book commonly known in _Scotland_ by the Name of ‘The Confession
of Faith,’ or the Larger or Shorter Catechism of the Church of
_Scotland_, shall be made and allowed in manner following; (that
is to say,) the chief Manager of the Press of such Universities
respectively, or such Queen’s Printers respectively, shall,
Forty-eight Hours before any such Paper is begun to be prepared
for printing, give to the proper Officer of Excise a Notice in
Writing of the Intention to print such Paper, specifying in such
Notice the Number of Reams of Paper so intended to be printed,
and whether the same is to be printed for Bibles, Testaments,
Psalm Books, Common Prayer Books, Books of Confession of Faith,
or the Larger or Shorter Catechism, of what Size the intended
Impression or Edition of such Book is to be, and of how many
Copies the same is to consist; and all the Paper intended to
be used shall, on the Attendance of the Officer of Excise, be
produced to him enclosed in the original Wrappers in which the
same was charged with Duty, with the respective Labels thereon,
and the several Matters herein-before prescribed to be marked,
written, or printed and stamped on such Labels and Wrappers
remaining thereon; and such chief Managers and Queen’s Printers
respectively shall provide good and sufficient Scales and
Weights, and shall permit and assist the Officer of Excise to
use the same, and to ascertain and take an Account of the true
Quantity and Weight of such Paper; and such chief Managers of
the Press and such Queen’s Printers respectively shall, within
One Month after the whole of such Impression or Edition shall
have been printed off and finished, give to the proper Officer of
Excise Forty-eight Hours Notice thereof in Writing, specifying
a Day and Hour when such Impression or Edition will be ready to
be produced to him, and thereupon such Officer of Excise shall
attend, and inspect, examine, and weigh the whole of such Edition
unbound and in Sheets, and shall thereupon give and deliver
to such chief Manager of the Press or Queen’s Printer, as the
Case may be, a Certificate in Writing of his having so done,
specifying therein the Name of the Book, together with the Size
thereof, and the Number of Copies of which such Impression or
Edition consists, and the Weight of the Paper on which the same
is printed; but if such Weight shall exceed the Weight of the
Paper actually produced to and taken account of by the Officer
of Excise previous to the printing thereof as aforesaid, then
and in such Case such last mentioned Weight shall be inserted in
such Certificate, and the Allowance shall be made for no greater
Weight than the Weight specified in such Certificate.
s. 47. “And be it enacted, That the chief Manager of the Press
in the said Universities respectively shall make and subscribe,
at the Foot or on the Back of such Certificate, before the Vice
Chancellor or Provost of the University, a Declaration in Writing
setting forth that no Drawback or Allowance has been before
granted or paid on such Paper, and that the whole of the Edition
of such Book so printed is printed for the University for which
the same expresses to be printed, and that no Bookseller or
other Person had or hath any Share or Interest therein, or in
the Allowance payable in respect of the Paper on which the same
is printed; and the Queen’s Printers in _England_, _Scotland_,
and _Ireland_ respectively, or the acting Patentee in such
Office, shall make and subscribe, at the Foot or on the Back of
such Certificate, before the Commissioners of Excise, or such
Person as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct and appoint to
receive the same, a Declaration in Writing setting forth that no
Drawback or Allowance has been before claimed or paid for or in
respect of the Paper mentioned in such Certificate, or any Part
thereof, and that the whole of such Impression or Edition of such
Bible, Testament, Psalm Book, Book of Common Prayer, Confession
of Faith, or Larger or Shorter Catechism, has been printed by him
or them at his or their usual and ordinary Printing House, on his
or their own Account, under and by virtue of the exclusive Patent
or Privilege belonging to him or them as such Queen’s Printer,
and for his or their sole and entire Benefit, Profit, Emolument,
and Advantage.
s. 48. “And be it enacted, That on the said Certificates
respectively, with such Declaration as aforesaid made and
subscribed thereon, being produced to the Commissioners of
Excise, the said Commissioners shall and they are hereby
required, on being satisfied of the Correctness thereof, to
cause Payment of the Amount of the Allowance appearing by such
Certificate to be due to be made to the chief Manager of the
Press of the said Universities respectively, or to such Person
as the Vice Chancellor, Principal, or Rector or Provost of the
said Universities respectively shall appoint to receive the
same, or to such Queen’s Printer by whom or on whose Behalf such
Certificate shall be produced, as the Case may be.
s. 49. “And be it enacted, That no such Allowance shall be
granted or paid on any Book in the Latin, Greek, or Oriental or
Northern Languages, unless such Book shall be wholly printed
in the Latin, Greek, Oriental or Northern Languages, as the
Case may be: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, if they shall see fit,
to direct such Allowance to be made and granted on any Book
partly in the Latin, Greek, or Oriental or Northern Languages,
and partly in the English or any other Language.
s. 50. “And be it enacted, That every House, Office, or Place
heretofore approved of or which may hereafter be approved of by
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in which the Queen’s
Printers in _England_, _Scotland_, and _Ireland_ respectively
shall have printed or may hereafter print, by themselves or their
own _bonâ fide_ Agents, and not by others, and for their own sole
and undivided Interest, the whole of any Impression or Edition
of any Bible, Testament, Psalm Book, Book of Common Prayer,
Confession of Faith, or Larger or Shorter Catechism, shall be
deemed and taken to be an ordinary and usual Printing House of
such Queen’s Printer within the Meaning of this Act for entitling
such Queen’s Printer to the Allowances aforesaid.”
s. 52. “And be it enacted, That every Person intending to
export any Paper, or any Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board,
or Scale-board, or any Books, as Merchandize, and to obtain
the Drawback thereon, shall give Twelve Hours Notice of his
Intention to the Officer of Excise who shall be appointed by the
Commissioners of Excise for that Purpose, specifying in such
Notice the Time and Place when and where and the Person on whose
Account such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or
Scale-board, or Books, is or are intended to be packed; and such
Notice having been given, an Officer of Excise shall attend at
the Time and Place specified, and all the Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, intended
to be exported, shall be produced to him, and in the Case of
Paper (except Paper printed, painted, or stained, or out and
gilded, as herein-after mentioned), Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, the same shall be produced in the
original Wrappers in which the same was charged with Duty,
with the Labels, having printed or written, marked and stamped
thereon, the several Particulars required by this Act; and such
Officer shall examine the same, and shall cancel, obliterate,
or destroy every such Label, and the Impressions of the Duty
Stamp on each Ream, Half Beam, or Parcel; and such Officer shall
weigh and take an Account of all such Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, as shall be
produced to him, or, in the Case of Paper printed, painted,
or stained, shall measure and take an Account of the Number
of Square Yards thereof; and all such Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, shall be
packed in the Presence of the Officer of Excise, and the Packages
containing the same shall be marked with the true Weight thereof
in the Presence of such Officer, and shall be secured with such
Fastenings, and sealed with such Seals or Marks, by such Officer,
as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct; and every such
Officer shall make out an Account of the Quantities and Kinds and
Weight, or, in the Case of Paper printed, painted, or stained,
of the Number of Square Yards, of all such Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, as shall be
produced to him and be packed in his Presence, and shall make a
Return thereof to the Export Officer of Excise, or Officer acting
as Export Officer, at the Port of Exportation: Provided always,
that if the Person giving such Packing Notice shall not begin
and proceed to pack up all such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, at the Time mentioned
therein, such Notice shall be null and void, and a like fresh
Notice shall be required before the packing up the same or any
Part thereof.
s. 53. “And be it enacted, That if any Person shall put or place
any heavy Substance, or other Matter than Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, except the
Materials necessarily used in packing the same, in any Cask, Box,
Chest, or Package containing Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, packing or packed for
Exportation, or shall pack in any Cask, Box, Chest, or Package
any other Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or
Scale-board, or Books, or other Substance or Article, (except
as aforesaid,) than the Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, produced to the Officer as
to be packed and exported, or shall, by any Art, Contrivance, or
Device, prevent, hinder, or deceive any Officer of Excise from or
in taking a true Account of the Kind or Weight (or, in the Case
of Paper printed, painted, or stained, the Measure) of the Paper,
Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books,
packed or produced to be packed, such Person shall forfeit Two
hundred Pounds, and every such Cask, Box, Chest, or Package, with
the Contents thereof, shall be forfeited.
s. 54. “And be it enacted, That every Person who shall open any
Cask, Box, Chest, or Package containing Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, which shall
have been packed for Exportation, or shall wilfully destroy or
deface any Seal or Mark of the Officer placed thereon, or damage
any of the Fastenings thereof, and every Person who shall cut
out, erase, obliterate, alter, or damage any Figure, Letter, or
Mark cut, written, painted, branded, or made on any Cask, Box,
Chest, or Package containing Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or any Books, for Exportation,
expressing or denoting the Weight of such Cask, Box, Chest, or
Package, or the Weight of the Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, therein, or the Number
thereof, shall forfeit One hundred Pounds, and every such Cask,
Box, Chest, or Package, with the Contents thereof, shall be
forfeited, and may be seized by any Officer of Excise or Customs.
s. 55. “And be it enacted, That every Person intending to
export any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or
Scale-board, or any Books, on Drawback, shall, by himself or
his Agent, give to the Export Officer of Excise, or Officer
acting as such, at the Port of Exportation, a Notice in Writing
of his Intention to ship such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, Six Hours at least before
such Shipment shall be made, in which Notice shall be specified
the Number of Packages to be shipped, with the respective Marks
and Numbers thereon, and the Quantity, Weight, and Kinds of
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or
Books, in each Package, with the Amount of the Drawback claimed
thereon, and the Value of the same for Home Consumption, and
shall also specify the Quay or Place where the Packages are then
lying, and from which the same are to be shipped, and the Time of
Shipment, with the Name of the Ship and the Master thereof, and
the Place or Port to which such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, is or are to be exported;
and the Person so intending to export such Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, shall also,
by himself or his Agent, make a Declaration before the Export
Officer of Excise, or Officer acting as such as aforesaid,
that such Packages, and the Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, contained therein, are the
same described and set forth in the Account or Certificate of the
Packing Officer, and that to the best of his Knowledge and Belief
the full Duties of Excise have been charged and secured on such
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board,
or on the Paper on which such Books shall have been printed or
ruled, and shall also give Bond, with One or more sufficient
Surety or Sureties, to be approved of by the Officer appointed
by the Commissioners of Excise to take such Bond, in Double the
Value of the Drawback, conditioned that such Packages, with the
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board,
or Books therein, shall with all convenient Speed be shipped
and exported, and shall not be unpacked in any Port or Harbour
of the United Kingdom, nor unloaded, unshipped, or relanded,
or put on board any other Ship or Vessel, in any Part of the
United Kingdom, Shipwreck or other unavoidable Accident excepted;
and such Notice having been given and such Declaration made as
aforesaid, and such Security entered into, the Officer of Excise
receiving the same shall write his Name upon the said Shipping
Notice as a Certificate of the Requisites aforesaid having been
complied with, and shall forward and transmit the said Notice,
with his Name thereon, to the proper Officer of Customs at the
Port whose Duty it may be to attend the shipping of such Goods.
s. 56. “And be it enacted, That all the said Packages, with the
Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or
Books therein, shall, at the Time specified in the Notice for
shipping the same, be produced to the proper Officer of Customs,
who shall inspect and examine the same, and, being satisfied that
they are the Packages specified in the Shipping Notice, shall
see them shipped in his Presence, and certify such Shipment on
the Shipping Notice, and return the same to the Export Officer
of Excise, or Officer acting as such, and such Export Officer,
having received back the said Notice, with the Certificate of
Shipment thereon, shall deliver to the Exporter or his Agent a
Debenture, in such Form and with such Particulars thereon as the
Commissioners of Excise shall direct, for Payment of the Amount
of Drawback at the Expiration of Six Weeks from the Time of
Shipment.
s. 57. “Provided always, and be it enacted, That no Debenture
shall be made out for the Payment of Drawback on any Paper,
Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books,
exported to _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, _Alderney_, or the _Isle of
Man_, until a Certificate shall be produced of the due landing
thereof under the Hand of the Chief Officer of Customs of the
said Islands respectively.
s. 58. “And be it enacted, That in every Case where any such
Notice for shipping any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board,
Paste-board, or Scale-board, or any Books, on Drawback, shall
be given, it shall be lawful for the Officer of Customs to whom
the Package or Packages containing such Paper, Button-board,
Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or Books, shall be
produced for Shipment, and for any other Officer of Customs or
of Excise, to open all or any of the Packages mentioned in such
Notice, and to unpack and examine the Contents thereof; and if
the same shall be found correct such Officer shall, at his own
Expence, to be allowed him by the Commissioners of Customs or
of Excise, as the Case may be, cause the same to be carefully
repacked, and the respective Packages again secured and sealed;
but if on such Examination any Package, or the Contents thereof,
shall be found to vary in any Particular from the Description
contained in the Shipping Notice, so that a higher or greater
Sum than of right due shall have been claimed, or in case such
Discovery had not been made would have, on the Exportation
of such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or
Scale-board, or Books, been deemed payable as Drawback, or Her
Majesty in any respect defrauded therein, such Packages, and the
Contents thereof, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any
Officer of Excise or Customs, and the Exporter thereof shall
forfeit Treble the Value of the Drawback sought to be obtained,
or Two hundred Pounds, at the Election of the Commissioners of
Excise.
s. 59. “And be it enacted, That no Drawback shall be allowed for
or in respect of the Paper of any Books in the Latin, Greek,
Oriental, or Northern Languages printed within the Universities
of _Oxford_ and _Cambridge_, or the Universities of _Scotland_,
or _Trinity College, Dublin_, by Permission of the Vice
Chancellors or Principals or Provost of the same respectively,
nor for or in respect of any Bibles, Testaments, Psalm Books,
or Books of Common Prayer, Confession of Faith, or Larger or
Shorter Catechism, printed in the Universities of _Oxford_ or
_Cambridge_, or _Trinity College, Dublin_, or by the Queen’s
Printers in _England_, _Scotland_, or _Ireland_ respectively, nor
for or in respect of any other printed Books exported by any
Person not being a Printer or Bookseller or Stationer, or which
have ever been before sold to any Person not using or exercising
the Trade or Business of a Printer or Bookseller or Stationer.”