Stamps (Ireland) Act 1812
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(52 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXVI.
[18th July 1812]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Forty third Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Forty third Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the Forty sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland,and to grant new and additional Duties in lieu thereof; and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the Forty seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland,and to grant new and additional Duties in lieu thereof; and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the said Forty seventh Year of His said Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland,and to grant certain new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the Forty eighth Year of His said Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland,and to grant certain Stamp Duties in lieu thereof; and also certain other Stamp Duties; and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of His said Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland;and to grant new and additional Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas it is expedient that, as far as the same is practicable, Regulations should be established for the Collection of all Duties which shall be from time to time for ever hereafter under the Management of the Commissioners of Stamp Duties:' May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Commencementof this Act, the said several Actsshall be, and the same are hereby repealed; save and except so far as the said Acts or any of them repeal any former Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Clause, Matter or Thing herein contained; and save as to any Proceeding commenced or to be commenced in any Court Civil or Criminal, or otherwise, against any Person or Persons for any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, for or in respect of any Offence committed or to be committed against the said Acts or any of them, previous to the Commencement of this Act; and save that all Licences and Certificates granted under the said Acts respectively, before the Commencement of this Act, shall have Continuance, Force, Virtue and Effect, according to the Terms and Nature thereof respectively, as if this Act had not passed, except where it is herein otherwise provided; and save any Provision in any of the said recited Acts, making any Act, Matter or Thing which may have been done contrary to the Provisions of any former Act of Parliament valid or effectual, or for indemnifying the Person or Persons concerned therein, or any of them; and save and except as hereinafter is specially provided.
II Appointment of Commissioners and Offices.
II. And be it further enacted, That His Majesty, or the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governor ofIreland for the time being, shall have power from time to time and at all times, to appoint Commissioners for the stamping and marking of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and managing the Stamp Duties in Ireland; and that the said Commissioners shall be called ‘The Commissioners of Stamp Duties in Ireland,’ and that the said Commissioners or any Three of them, with the Consent and Approbation of His Majesty, or of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, shall have Power under their Hands and Seals to appoint such inferior Officers as they shall from time to time think proper, for the marking or stamping of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and for collecting and levying such Duties as shall from time to time be under the Management of the said Commissioners, and that every Commissioner or other Officer so appointed, before he shall proceed to the Execution of his Office under such Appointment, shall take and subscribe the Oath following; that is to say,
'IA. B. do swear, ThatI will, during my Continuance in the Office of , faithfully execute the Trust committed to me therein without Fraud or Concealment, and that I will from time to time true Account make of all such Acts as I shall do therein, and deliver the same to such Person or Persons as His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the time being, hath or have appointed or hereafter shall appoint to receive such Account; and that I will take no Fee, Reward or Profit for the Execution or Performance of the said Trust, or the Business relating thereto, from any Person or Persons other than such as shall be paid and allowed by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by some Person or Persons for that Purpose authorized by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being.'
And such Oath shall and may be administered to any such Commissioner or Commissioners by the Chancellor, Treasurer, Lord Chief Baron, or any other of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, or in their Absence by any of the Justices of any of His Majesty's superior Courts of Record inDublin , and they are hereby respectively required and impowered to administer such Oath; and any of the said Commissioners, or any Justice of the Peace within Ireland , within his proper Jurisdiction, shall and may administer the like Oath to any of the subordinate Officers aforesaid.
III Not to affect 21 & 22 G. 3. c. 33. respecting Qualifications.
III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall affect, or be construed to affect, an Act passed inIreland in the Twenty first and Twenty second Years of His Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Persons appointed to Offices in this Kingdom wherein Two or more Grantees act under One Grant, Commission or Appointment; but that the said Act, and every Part thereof, shall remain in full Force, as if this Act had not been passed.
IV Three Commissioners a Quorum.
IV. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which it shall not be otherwise directed or provided by any Act or Acts of Parliament, all and every Right, Power and Authority, which from time to time shall be vested in the said Commissioners, shall and may be used and exercised by any Three or more of the said Commissioners, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as the same could be used or exercised by all the said Commissioners for the time being.
V Officers to hold Employments till Death or Removal.
V. And be it further enacted, That the several Commissioners and inferior Officers heretofore appointed for the marking or stamping of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and managing the Duties thereupon, and now actually holding and exercising such Offices respectively, shall continue to act in the several Offices to which they have been so appointed, in like manner, with the same Powers and Authorities, and subject to such Restrictions and Limitations, as if appointed under this Act; and that every such Commissioner now appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, shall continue to hold and exercise his said Office until he shall die, resign or be removed therefrom by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland , for the time being; and that every such inferior Officer now appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, shall continue to hold and exercise his said Office until he shall die, resign or be removed therefrom by the said Commissioners, with the Consent and Approbation of His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , for the time being.
VI Reputation sufficient Evidence of Appointment.
VI. And be it further enacted, That if in any Court whatsoever, on any Trial, Proceeding or Occasion whatsoever, and whoever shall be the Parties therein, any Question shall arise concerning the Right of the said Commissioners or inferior Officers, or any of them, to hold, exercise or enjoy their said Offices respectively, then and in every such case it shall be sufficient to prove that such Commissioners or Commissioner, or inferior Officers or Officer, were or was at the time in question commonly reputed to be such Commissioners or Commissioner, or Officer or Officers respectively, without producing any Patent, Appointment or Commission, and without giving any Evidence of having performed the several Requisites prescribed by Law to enable them to execute the said Offices respectively.
VII Salaries of Officers paid out of Stamp Duties.
VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the time being, out of the Produce of the Stamp Duties which shall from time to time be payable in Ireland , to cause such Sum and Sums of Money to be expended and paid from time to time for Salaries and incident Charges as shall be...
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