Stamp Act 1815

III Duties to be under the Management of Commissioners of Stamps, who are to provide Stamps, &c.

And be it further enacted, That the Duties hereby granted shall be under the Care and Management of the Commissioners for the Time being appointed and authorized by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to manage the Duties on stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, in Great Britain which said Commissioners (who shall be called "The Commissioners of Stamps in Great Britain") and the major Part of them are hereby empowered and required to provide proper and sufficient Stamps or Dies for expressing and; denoting the: several Duties hereby granted, or the Amount thereof in the Case of Percentage Duties (except those on Legacies and Successions to Personal Estate, and the yearly Duties on Fire Insurances), upon the Vellum Parchment, or Paper, chargeable therewith, and for expressing and denoting the Rate per Cent. of the Legacy Duties upon the Receipts and Discharges to be given Legacies and Shares of Personal Estate, and for otherwise denoting or testifying the Payment of any Duty or Duties hereby granted where necessary and to alter and renew such Stamps or Dies from Time to Time as Occasion shall require; and also to employ such: Officers and Persons under them, and to do all such other Acts and Things, as shall be deemed necessary or expedient for effectually raising and collecting the Duties hereby granted, and for putting this Act into execution in the like and in as full and ample Manner as they or any former Commissioners are or have been authorized to do for the raising and collecting of any former Stamp Duties, or for putting into execution any Act or Acts of Parliament relating thereto.