THAT it be Enacted , that a Supply of the several sorts and sizes of Parchment and Paper , for the Ends , Intents and Purposes herein after-mentioned , be from time to time provided , during the Continuance of this proposed Act , at the proper Cost and Charges of Their Majesties , Their Heirs and Successors , having and bearing such different Impressions , Seals and Stamps thereon , as Their Majesties in Their Great Wisdom shall Esteem most meet and convenient , to the End that such Parchment and Papers , and no other , shall or may from time to time , during the Continuance of this Act , be made use of or employed by Their Majesties Subjects , in such manner , and at , for and under , and upon such Rates and Prizes for the same , as are and be herein after particularly mentioned .

That for the more easie Collection of the said Rates and Prizes , so to be settled or rated , by this Honourable House , some convenient place in or about the City of London or Westminster , be chosen or erected by such person or persons , as Their Majesties shall thereunto Commissionate , Nominate or Appoint ; from whence a General distribution of the said Parchments and Papers may be made throughout Their Majesties Kingdom and Dominion .

That for the Encouragement of Stationers , and all other persons whatsoever , to distribute the said Parchment and Papers , it be Enacted , That a Profit of 〈…〉 per cent . be allowed to every Retailer of the same . ▪

That for the more easie supply of the small Towns and Country-Villages , the Collectors or Receivers of Their Majesties Customs or Excise , or other Their Majesties Revenues , shall and be supplied with such quantities of Parchment and Papers as from time to time they can vend or dispose of , giving an account every Month of the several sorts and sizes by them so sold or disposed of .

That all and every Installments , or Creation to Dignities ; All Advancements in Quality ; All Promotions either in Church or State ; All gradual Advancements in Universities , Colledges or Free-Schools ; All Preferments , Ecclesiastical , Military or Civil , shall be wrote or printed thereon , for which shall be paid

That all Pardons , Reprieves , or Relaxation from pecuniary Fines or Corporal Punishments be written thereon , for which shall be paid

That all Petitions to Their Majesties , or either Houses of Parliament , or any of Their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council , or other Their Majesties Ministers or Officers , Ecclesiastical , Military or Civil , shall be wrote thereon , for which shall be paid

That all poor and indigent Persons , who receive the Alms of the Parish , or are allowed to Sue or Plead in Forma pauperis , shall have such inferior Paper as shall be thereunto appointed , at the first or prime cost thereof .

That all Corporations , Companies , Universities , Colledges , Bodies Politique , or other publique Communities or Societies , enjoying the benefit of His Majesties Charters , shall not receive or grant any Petition , or dispose of any Places of Benefit or Profit , but what shall be wrote on the said Paper , for which shall be paid

That no person deliver any Bills or Accounts exceeding the Summ of 〈…〉 relating to their Majesties most Honourable Houshold , Stables , Store-houses , Magazins , or other Offices or Places belonging to Their Majesties but what is wrote on the said Paper , for which shall be paid

That all Tradesmens Quarterly or Annual Bills , for any Goods or Commodities delivered to and for the use of their Majesties , or any other person or persons whatsoever , be wrote on the said Paper , for which shall be paid

That all Commissions , Warrants , Grants , Charters , Briefs , Certificates , Citations , Licences for Wine , Ale and Beer , and all other Licenses whatsoever , grantable by their Majesties or any of their Ministers or other Officers , either Ecclesiastical , Military or Civil , within their Majesties Kingdom and Dominions , be wrote or printed on the said Parchment or Paper , for which shall be paid

That all Bonds , Contracts , Agreements , Leases , Deeds , Releases , Awards , Arbitration-Bonds , Charter-parties , Pollicies of Insurance , Protests , Bills of Sales , Letters of Atturney , or other obligatory Instruments whatsoever , be wrote on the said Parchment or Paper , for which shall be paid

That all Processes at Law in all and every their Majesties Courts , all Writs , Affidavits , Interrogatories , Depositions , or other proceedings in Law or Equity , or any other inferiour or other Court , be wrote on the said Paper or Parchment , for which shall be paid

That all Copies of Records , Judgments , Decrees , Sentences , Awards , Orders , or any other proceedings in any of their Majesties Courts , be wrote the first Sheet thereof on the said Paper , and to be continued by one Sheet in for which shall be paid

That all Indentures , Leases , Deeds , Indented or Poll , Wills , Administrations , Naturalizations , Dennizations , Freedoms , and all other the like Deeds or Instruments whatsoever , shall be wrote on the said Paper or Parchment , for which shall be paid

That all Ptinted Bonds , Releases , Pollicies of Insurance , Letters of Atturney , Charter-parties , and other obligatory Instruments whatsoever , be printed on the said Paper or Parchment , for which shall be paid

That it be provided if any person or persons whatsoever , shall presume to Counterfeit the said Impression , Seal or Stamp , such person or persons so offending , shall be punished as in Cases of High Treason .

That all and every the aforementioned Grants or Deeds , or other Writings or Instruments whatsoever , mentioned to be wrote or printed on the said Parchment or Paper , not being wrote or printed thereon , shall be void and of no effect to all intents and purposes , as if the same had never been made or executed .

And to the end that no person or persons whatsoever , may pretend Ignorance of the several Ends , Intents or Purposes , to which the said Parchment or Paper ought or should be used or employed , As also to prevent an Imposition of greater Rates and Prizes , on their Majesties Subjects , by the Retailers of the said Parchment and Papers , Be it Enacted , That the Seals , Impression or Stamps , so to be sixed , on the several sorts and sizes of Paper and Parchments , do particularly mention the price and use to which the same should and ought to be applied .