Stamps Act 1697

VIII.

Commissioners of Stamps to be appointed, &c; Head Office to be kept in London or Westminster; Commissioners to appoint inferior Officers.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for the better and more effectual levying collecting and paying unto His Majesty His Heires and Successors the several and respective Duties hereby granted for or upon stampt Velum Parchment and Paper it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty His Heires and Successors and to and for the Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or any Three or more of them or the High Treasurer of England for the time being from time to time to nominate and appoint such Persons as they shalt think fit to be Co[m]missioners or Officers for the stamping and marking of Parchment Velum and Paper and manageing the Duties thereupon pursuant to this Act. And that the Co[m]missioners soe to be appointed shall keep their Head Office in some convenient Place within the Cities of London or Westminster and such Co[m]missioners or the major Part of them are hereby impowered under their Hands and Seals to appoint such other inferior Officers for the marking or stamping of Velum Parchment and Paper or for the better collecting or levying the Duties hereby granted to His Majesty His Heires and Successors as they in their Discretion shall think fit. And the same Co[m]missioners shall provide from time to time Marks or Stamps proper for the marking and stamping of Velum Parchment and Paper according to which Marks or Stamps the Kings Dutys ought to be paid.