Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board, to denote the Duty being charged thereon, when made and tied up in the Manner hereinafter directed, and shall cause such Stamps to be delivered to the Officers of Excise for that Purpose; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Excise to cause the said Stamps, or the Marks and Devices thereon, to be altered or varied as they shall from Time to Time see fit. IX. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Excise shall Commissioners and they are hereby required to provide, and from Time to Time to provide and to cause to be issued to every Supervisor of Excise in whose Dis- issue Labels. trict any Paper Mill shall be situated, or in which any Maker of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board shall carry on his Manufacture, a sufficient Number of Labels, of such Form and Construction and with such Devices thereon as the said Commissioners shall deem fit and proper, to be used in the tying up of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scaleboard, as herein-after by this Act directed; and every such Paper Maker shall, on his Request in Writing given to the proper Officer of Excise, specifying therein the Number of Labels which such Maker may require, be within Four Days after the Receipt of such Request supplied by such Officer with the Number of Labels required, each Label being signed by the Supervisor of the District for the Time being, and marked by such Supervisor with the Number or Letter or Number and Letter by which the Mill of such Paper Maker is then distinguished in the Books of the Excise; and every such Paper Maker, or his chief Workman or Servant, shall, at the Time of the Delivery of such Labels, give on the Back of the Request Note requiring the same a Receipt in Writing, signed by him, for the said Number of Labels delivered to him by the Officer of Excise; and all such Labels shall at all Times, when demanded by any Supervisor of Excise, or other Officer of Excise of equal or superior Rank, be delivered to the Supervisor or other such Officer demanding the same; and every Paper Maker who shall, by himself or his chief Workman or Servant, refuse to give such Receipt as aforesaid for the Labels delivered to him, or who shall destroy, cancel, or obliterate any such Label, or shall sell or dispose of or use any such Label for any other Purpose than in tying up Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scaleboard as herein-after directed, or shall suffer the same to be done, or who shall refuse to produce or deliver to any Supervisor or other such Officer as aforesaid demanding the same any such Label or Labels, or shall not satisfactorily account for any Label which shall be at any Time missing, shall forfeit for every Label so delivered to him, and for which a Receipt shall not be given, or which shall be cancelled, obliterated, or destroyed, sold or disposed of, or improperly used or not produced or accounted for, Ten Pounds. Paper, &c. to be made up into Reams, &c. and to be X. And be it enacted, That every Paper Maker shall cause all Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board made by him to be made up into Reams or Half Reams or Parcels, and shall also cause every such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel tied up. to be enclosed in a Wrapper or Wrappers, on or to which Wrappers, or One of them if Two are made use of, One of the Labels herein-before directed to be provided and delivered to Paper Makers shall have been previously firmly and permanently fixed I 3 and Quantities in which Paper, &c. is to be tied up. When Parcels less than a Ream, &c. may be made up. and united with Paste or Glue or other binding Cement, and pressed and dried thereon, and which Label, when such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel is tied up, shall be on the Top thereof, or on such other Part of the Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct; and every such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel shall, as soon as made up and enclosed in the Wrapper or Wrappers, be immediately firmly and securely tied up with strong Thread or String; and when and so soon as any Ream or Half Ream or Parcel of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Pasteboard, or Scale-board shall be tied up in manner aforesaid, the Maker thereof shall write or print, in large and legible Letters, with durable Ink, on the Label affixed on the Top thereof as aforesaid, the Description or Denomination and the Contents of such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel, whether Paper, Glazed Paper, Sheathing Paper, or Button Paper, or Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board; and every Paper Maker who shall neglect or refuse to enclose and tie up any Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, in a Wrapper or Wrappers, to which, or to One of which Wrappers, One of such Labels shall have been affixed according to the Directions herein-before given, or immediately to write or print in manner aforesaid the Particulars required to be written or printed on the Label affixed on each Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel, shall forfeit Ten Pounds for every Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel not enclosed and tied up according to the Directions aforesaid, or not having written or printed in manner aforesaid on the Label affixed to the Wrapper the Particulars herein-before required to be written or printed thereon, and every such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel shall also be forfeited. XI. And be it enacted, That a Ream of Paper, other than Glazed Paper, Sheathing or Button Paper, shall consist of Twenty Quires, each Quire containing Twenty-four Sheets, or Forty Half Quires, each Half Quire being Twelve Sheets; and a Half Ream of Paper shall consist of Ten Quires, or Twenty Half Quires, save and except the Ream or Half Ream of Paper for printing, which may consist of any Number of Sheets not exceeding Five hundred and sixteen Sheets the Ream, or Two hundred and fifty-eight Sheets the Half Ream, and save and except the outside Quires of any Ream of Paper, which may consist of any Number of Sheets not less than Twenty nor more than Twenty-four; and a Parcel of Glazed Paper, Sheathing Paper, Button Paper, Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board shall consist of even Dozens of Sheets of one and the same Denomination or Description, and of equal Dimensions, and not less than Twenty-four nor more than Seventy-two such Sheets in each Parcel; and all Paper, Glazed Paper, Sheathing Paper, Button Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board which shall be made up or tied up in any other Quantities than as aforesaid shall be forfeited. XII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if from the Size of the Sheets, or from any other Cause, it shall be necessary for any Paper Maker to make and tie up any Paper, other than Glazed Paper, Sheathing Paper, or Button Paper, in any less Quantities than a Ream or Half Ream, it shall be lawful for such Paper Maker Maker to make and tie up such Paper in Parcels containing a less Number of Sheets than & Ream or Half Ream, provided that he write and specify on the Label attached to the Wrapper of such Parcel the true Number of Sheets of Paper contained therein : Provided always, that no Paper shall be made up into any such Parcel or into any Half Ream weighing less than Twenty Pounds. XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Paper Maker, before tying up any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board into Reams, Half Reams, or Parcels, to cut the Edges thereof, and also for any Paper Maker to make his Papers into Quires without folding the same, such Quires, when made up into Reams or Half Reams, being separated by a Slip of coloured Paper. Not to weigh less than 20 lbs. Paper Maker, on the Label. XIV. And be it enacted, That every Paper Maker shall, at the Weight of Time when any Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel of Paper, Button- Ream or Parcel board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board is tied up as herein- to be written before directed, or at or before the Time when the same is or shall be produced to be weighed and charged with Duty by the Officer of Excise, write on the Label on every such Ream, Half Ream, and Parcel respectively the Weight thereof in large and legible. Letters, and in Words at length, joining to the Words expressing the Weight the Letters " lbs.," or the Word " Pounds," on pain of forfeiting for every Omission or Neglect the Sum of Ten Pounds, and the Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel of Paper, Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board. 66 having any Paper, &c. weighed and charged with Duty to give Notice to the Officer. XV. And be it enacted, That whenever any Paper Maker shall Paper Maker be desirous to have any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste- desirous of board, or Scale-board weighed and charged with Duty, such Maker shall give to the Officer of Excise under whose Survey he shall be Twenty-four Hours (if the Mill of such Maker shall be situate in a City or Market Town, and if situate out of a City or Market Town Forty-eight Hours) Notice in Writing of the particular Day and Hour of the Day when he intends to have his Paper, Buttonboard, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board weighed and charged with Duty; and in case such Paper Maker shall not, at the Time mentioned in such Notice, or within One Hour after, produce to the Officer all the Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board then to be charged with Duty, the Notice given for weighing and charging the same shall be null and void, and such Paper Maker shall be obliged to give a fresh and like Notice: Provided always, that no other Time shall be specified in any such Notice for the weighing and charging of any Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board than between the Hours of Six of the Clock in the Morning and Six of the Clock in the Afternoon, and every Notice in which any other Time for the said Purpose shall be specified shall be null and void. At the Time specified in the Notice the proper Officer to attend, and XVI. And be it enacted, That the proper Officer of Excise shall from Time to Time attend in pursuance of the Notice so to be given as aforesaid, and as soon as such Officer shall so attend, or within One Hour afterwards, all the Paper, Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board then intended to be charged weigh the with Duty shall be produced to him, made up, enclosed, and tied Paper, and up in Reams, Half Reams, or Parcels, with the Particulars required charge and written or printed on the Labels, according to the Regulations stamp it. I 4 herein Allowing Paper to be tied up, charged, and sent out on Rollers. herein-before by this Act prescribed, and such Officer shall thereupon proceed to weigh and charge with Duty all the said Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board so produced to him; and every Paper Maker shall, by himself or his Workmen or Servants, as and when each Ream or Half Ream or Parcel of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scaleboard is put into or taken out of the Scale, write on the Label affixed to the Wrapper thereof the proper progressive Number of such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel, and the Quarter and Year in which the same is so weighed and charged, according to the Number of Reams, Half Reams, and Parcels of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board respectively made by such Paper Maker at his Mill during the current Quarter of the Year, to be computed from the Fifth Day of January, Fifth Day of April, Fifth Day of July, and Tenth Day of October in each Year, such Number to be taken progressively, beginning One, Two, and so onwards, according to the Number of Reams, Half Reams, and Parcels of Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board respectively made at such Mill in each such Quarter of a Year; and the Officer of Excise, having weighed such Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board respectively, and having seen the progressive Number and Year and Quarter so written on the Labels of the respective Reams, Half Reams, or Parcels thereof, shall write upon the Label of each Ream, Half Ream, and Parcel respectively so weighed by him the Day of the Month and Year on which the same shall be so weighed and charged with Duty by him, together with any other Particulars directed by the Commissioners of Excise, and sign the same with his Christian and Surname, and shall thereupon stamp every such Ream, Half Ream, and Parcel with the Stamp denoting the Charge of Duty on the Top of every such Ream, Half Ream, or Parcel respectively, Part of the Impression of such Stamp being on the Label and Part thereof on the Wrapper, and shall also stamp every such Ream, Half Ream, and Parcel respectively, on each Side thereof, across the Edges of the upper and lower Wrappers where they join or overlap, and on such other Parts of the Wrapper or Wrappers as he may see fit. XVII. And whereas it is expedient to make Provision for Paper being tied up and charged with Duty, and sent out in single Sheets on the Rollers on which the same may be rolled or received from the Machine, without cutting or making the same up into Reams;' be it enacted, That every Paper Maker who shall intend so to send out any Paper shall, before using any Roller or Rollers, mark the true Weight of every such Roller in legible Letters or Numbers on the End thereof, and shall continue the same so marked, and shall upon each Occasion of using the same produce every such Roller so marked to the Officer of Excise surveying his Mill, who shall ascertain that such Weight is correctly marked, and shall sign his Name or Initials under such Mark; and every such Paper Maker shall cause all such Paper, as soon as received from the Machine, to be tied up, as herein-before directed, in a Wrapper or Wrappers, on or to which, or One of them, a Label has been firmly and permanently fixed and united, but in such Manner that the End of the Roller having the Weight thereof marked marked thereon shall be open and visible to the Officer of Excise, Paper, &c. after being weighed, to be kept separate for Twenty-four Hours, unless sooner reweighed. If Paper Maker shall desire Paper, &c. not to be re-weighed on Sunday, it shall be kept over to the Monday. the |