of Great Britain and Ireland in this present session of Parliament; and so much of the said duties on sugar as shall arise and be payable in Ireland shall be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer in Ireland, and shall be carried to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

VI. That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, at any time or times when they shall think fit so to do, to cause or direct any number of Exchequer bills to be made out at the receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole, including any sum or sums of money issued towards the aids or supplies in pursuance of this Act, the sum of 3,000,000l., in the same or like manner, form, and order, and according to the same or like rules and directions, as are directed and prescribed in and by an Act, 48 Geo. 3. c. 1, intituled, An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer bills.'

VII. That all and every the clauses, provisoes, powers, privileges, advantages, penalties, forfeitures, and disabilities, contained in the said recited Act, 48 Geo. 3. c. 1, shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as if the said several clauses or provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the body of this Act.

VIII. That the Exchequer bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an interest not exceeding the rate of 41. per centum per annum upon or in respect of the whole of the monies respectively contained therein.

IX. That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, by placing to the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of England, upon the credit of the Exchequer bills authorized by this Act, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of 3,000,000l. ; anything in an Act, 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20, intituled, An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of One Million five hundred thousand pounds towards carrying on the War against France,' or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

x. That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be delivered from time to time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such proportions as the public service may require, as security for the advance or advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England under the authority of this Act. XI. That the Exchequer bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the interest that may become due thereon, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged upon the duties granted by this Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury and they are hereby authorized from time to time to direct to be issued to the paymasters of Exchequer bills, by way of imprest and upon account, such sums of money and at such periods as the said Commissioners shall think necessary for or towards paying off and discharging the Exchequer bills which shall have been made forth by virtue of this Act, or any of them, and for and towards paying the interest to become due on the said bills or any of them.

XII. That the monies remaining unsatisfied or not discharged, with the interest due or to grow due thereon, shall be paid and satisfied out of the next aid or aids to be granted in Parliament after the 5th of July, 1840.

XIII. That the surplus of the monies arising from the duties granted and imposed by this Act, after paying off and satisfying all the Exchequer bills issued by virtue of this Act, together with the interest that may become due thereon, shall, as a surplus of any such monies respectively, be carried to and made part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

XIV. That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or any three or more of them, for the time being, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to pay and allow, or cause to be paid and allowed, out of the monies to arise of or from the said duties hereby granted, or of or from the said Consolidated Fund from time to time the necessary charges of making forth the Exchequer bills hereby authorized to be made forth, and such other charges as shall be necessarily incident in or for the execution of this Act, or any part thereof, in relation to the said bills; anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XV. Provided and enacted, That whatever monies shall be issued out of the said Consolidated Fund shall from time to time be replaced by and out of the first supplies to be thereafter granted by Parliament; anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XVI. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament.

CAP. XXII.

AN ACT to enable Justices of Assize on their Circuits to take Inquisition of all Pleas in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas which shall be brought before them without a special Commission for that Purpose.

(4th July 1839.)

ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENT.

Justices of Assize may try causes, &c. pending in the Exchequer without a special commission.

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By this ACT,

After reciting that by Stat. West. 2. 13 Edw. 1. c. 30, the Justices of Assize on their several circuits are empowered to take inquisitions of all pleas in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas: And that it is expedient to extend the said power to pleas in the Court of Exchequer, in order to put an end to the practice which has hitherto obtained of issuing a separate commission from the said court upon each record brought therefrom before the Judges of Assize:

It is Enacted,

That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for all Justices of Assize, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, on their respective circuits, to try causes and take inquisitions of pleas pending in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas which shall be brought before them, and to proceed thereon in like manner as they can or may do in respect of causes and pleas pending in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas under and by virtue of the said Act, or by any other law, statute, or usage whatsoever; and that it shall not be necessary hereafter to issue any commission from the said Court of Exchequer of Pleas for that purpose.

CAP. XXIII.

AN ACT to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Paper made in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS.

(19th July 1839.)

1. Duties. Allowances.-Drawbacks.

2. Duties and drawbacks to be under the management of Commissioners of Excise.

3. Paper-makers to make entry of their premises.

4. Work-houses, store-houses, &c. to be kept marked and numbered.

5. Paper mills to be distinguished by letters or numbers.

6. Two mills not further apart than a mile, when the paper is removed from one to the other to be finished, may be worked as one mill. 7. Powers for officers of Excise to enter into mills.

8. Commissioners of Excise to provide stamps for denoting the charge of duty.

9. Commissioners to provide and issue labels.

10. Paper, &c. to be made up into reams, &c. and to be tied up.

11. Quantities in which paper, &c. is to be tied up.

12. Parcels less than a ream, &c. may be made up, if necessary, on number of sheets being marked on the label.-Not to weigh less than twenty pounds.

13. Paper-maker, before tying up paper, may cut edges, and make into quires without folding.

14. Weight of ream or parcel to be written on the label.

15. Paper-maker desirous of having any paper, &c. weighed and charged with duty to give notice to the officer.

16. At the time specified in the notice the proper officer to attend, and weigh the paper, and charge and stamp it. 17. Allowing paper to be tied up, charged, and sent out on rollers.

18. Paper, &c., after being weighed, to be kept separate for twenty-four hours, unless sooner re-weighed.

19. If paper-maker shall desire paper, &c. not to be re-weighed on Sunday, it shall be kept over to the Monday.

20. Paper-maker to keep sufficient scales and weights, and to allow the officers of Excise to use them.

21. Paper-maker at all times to bring his paper to be weighed, and assist the officer in weighing.

22. In weighing paper, &c. for charge of duty, the turn of the scale to be given in favour of the Crown, and in lieu thereof two per

cent. to be allowed the trader.

23. Paper, &c. not charged with duty to be kept separate from charged paper.

24. Paper-maker not to open any ream, &c. after being tied up, or take out or put in any paper, &c., or alter any of the particulars on the label.-Penalty.

25. Paper-maker to enter daily in a book an account of the paper sent out from his mill.

26. Paper-maker sending out any ream, half ream, or parcel of paper, &c. not tied up in wrappers, or not having a proper label, with particulars thereon, to forfeit 501.

27. Every ream or parcel of paper, &c. different from the marked weight to be forfeited.

28. Paper-maker sending out any paper before charged with duty to forfeit S001.

29. Regulations under which paper may be removed from one mill to another to be sized or finished.

30. Regulations as to paper charged with duty at another mill, or returned from a customer.

31. Makers of paste-board, not being makers of paper, to use only duty-charged paper.

32. Maker of paste-board, not being also a maker of paper, to produce to the officer all paper before making use of it, in order to its being taken account of.

33. Paper-maker or his chief workman to declare that no other than duty-charged paper has been sent out of his mill.

34. Officer of Excise to make a return of the duty charged on every paper-maker at the end of every six weeks, and the amount to be paid in six days afterwards.

35. In making up the charge against a maker of paste-board, not being also a maker of paper, the duty on the paper to be deducted. 36. No person to carry on the business of a stationer at a mill, nor maker to be a stationer within one mile of his mill.

37. Stationer, printer, paper-stainer, and maker of paste-board not to receive into their possession, and no other person to receive from a mill, paper in less quantity than a ream or half ream, in wrappers with labels.

$8. Every person on opening paper to write across or otherwise deface the label.

39. Penalties on persons returning labels or wrappers which have been used, and on paper-makers and their servants receiving or having such labels or wrappers.

40. Penalty not to be incurred if paper, &c., is returned for not being approved of.

41. Any stationer having paper liable to seizure, and giving notice thereof so as to cause its seizure, shall on its condemnation be paid the value of it.

42. Penalty on forging stamps and counterfeiting labels.

43. Penalty for altering the number of the mill or weight on the label.

44. Regulations for obtaining the allowance of duty on books printed in the Latin, Greek, Oriental or Northern languages in the Universities.

45. Declaration to be made by the chief manager of the press.

46. Regulations for obtaining the allowance on paper used in printing Bibles, Testaments, &c. in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, or by the Queen's printers.

47. Declarations to be made by the chief manager of the press in the Universities and by the Queen's printers.

48. On production of the certificate, with declaration subscribed, to the Commissioners of Excise, they are to direct payment to be made.

49. As to the allowances to be granted on books printed in Latin, Greek, Oriental, or Northern languages.

50. Any house or place approved by the Lords of the Treasury, and used by the Queen's printer, to be deemed his ordinary printing house.

51. Regulations for obtaining the allowance on paper used in pressing woollen cloths.

52. Persons intending to export paper, &c., on drawback to give a packing notice.

53. Penalty on putting any heavy substance or other matter in boxes, &c. containing paper, &c. packed for exportation.

54. Boxes, &c. packed for exportation not to be opened.-Penalty 100l.

55. Exporters to give a shipping notice, and enter into security.

56. Packages to be produced to the officer of Customs, who shall see them shipped in his presence.

57. Certificate of the due landing of goods exported to Guernsey and Jersey.

58. Officers of Customs and Excise may open and examine packages.

59. Drawback not to be allowed on books in the Latin, &c. languages, nor on Bibles, &c., nor other books exported by persons not being printers, &c.

60. None but stationers to export account books on drawback.

61. Regulations for exporting paper cut, gilded, or otherwise prepared.

62. Penalty on fraudulently obtaining or endeavouring to obtain drawbacks.

63. Allowance of duty on paper lost by fire or wreck.

64. Conditions on which the allowance is to be obtained.

65. Explanation of the terms in this Act.

66. All paper, &c. to be included in this Act.

67. Repeal of Acts:-10 Anne, c. 19; 21 Geo. 3. c. 24; 24 Geo. 3, sess. 2. c. 18; 34 Geo. 3. c. 20; 41 Geo. 3. c. 8; 42 Geo. 3. c. 94; 54 Geo. 3. c. 106; 54 Geo. 3. c. 153; 56 Geo. 3. c. 103; 56 Geo. 3. c. 78; 1 Geo. 4. c. 58; 5 Geo. 4. c. 55; 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 52.

68. Commencement of Act.

69. Act may be altered this session.

By this ACT,

After reciting that the laws for collecting and securing the duties of Excise on paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, and scale-board have become numerous and complicated, and it is expedient to consolidate and amend the same:—

It is Enacted,

1. That there shall be raised, levied, and collected, allowed, granted, and paid, the duties, allowances, and drawbacks of Excise following: (that is to say,)

On every pound weight avoirdupois of all paper, glazed paper, sheathing-paper, button-paper, or by whatsoever name any paper may be known, and on all button-board, mill-board, paste-board, and scale-board, made in the United Kingdom, a duty of 14d. For all such glazed or other press papers, made and charged with duty in the United Kingdom, for clothiers and hotpressers, as shall be actually and bond fide used, employed, and consumed in the pressing woollen cloths and stuffs in the United Kingdom, an allowance of 14d. the pound avoirdupois :

For all paper made and charged with duty in the United Kingdom which shall be used in the printing of any books in the Latin, Greek, Oriental, or Northern languages within the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or within the Universities of Scotland, or the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Dublin, by permission of the vice chancellors, rectors, or principals or provost of the said Universities respectively, or which shall be used in the printing of Bibles, Testaments, Psalm-books, Books of Common Prayer of the Church of England, the book commonly called or known in Scotland by the name of "The Confession of Faith," or the larger or shorter Catechism of the Church of Scotland,

within the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin, by permission of the vice chancellors or provost of the same, or by the Queen's printers in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, an allowance of 14d. the pound avoirdupois :

For every pound weight avoirdupois of all paper, sheathing paper, button paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, and scale-board made and charged with duty in the United Kingdom, and which shall be duly exported as merchandise, a drawback of 1d.:

For every pound weight avoirdupois of printed books in perfect and complete sets, or, if periodical publications, in perfect parts or numbers, and of blank, plain, or ruled account books, whether bound or unbound, made of or printed or ruled on paper made and charged with duty in the United Kingdom, and which shall be exported as merchandise, a drawback of 14d. For every dozen square yards of paper made and charged with duty, and printed, painted, or stained, in the United Kingdom, and exported as merchandise, a drawback of 2d.

11. That the said duties, allowances, and drawbacks shall be under the management of the Commissioners of Excise, and shall be collected, paid, and accounted for in the same manner as other the duties, allowances, and drawbacks under the management of the said Commissioners, and shall be charged, raised, levied, sued for, granted, and paid under the provisions of this Act, and under the general or special provisions, clauses, enactments, regulations, pains, penalties, and forfeitures contained in any Act or Acts relating to the collection and management of the revenue of Excise.

III. That every paper-maker shall, before beginning to make or manufacture any paper of any description, or any buttonboard, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or to prepare any materials for the same, make a true and particular entry in writing, signed by such paper-maker (or by each such paper-maker in case of partnership), of every mill, workhouse, storehouse, and other place intended to be made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of paper of any description, or button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or for the keeping or preparing of any materials for making the same, and of all engines, chests, machines, vats, and presses intended to be used in or for the making of paper of any kind, or buttonboard, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or in preparing the materials for the same, by delivering such entry to the officer of Excise in whose survey his mill or premises shall be situated; and in every such entry every workhouse, storehouse, and other place, and every engine, chest, machine, vat, and press, shall be distinguished by a particular number or letter, or number and letter or letters; and in default thereof such paper-maker shall, for every unentered mill, workhouse, storehouse, or place, engine, chest, machine, vat, and press, forfeit 2001., together with all paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board and all materials found therein: Provided always, that nothing hereinbefore contained shall require any paper-maker to make entry of any half stuff mill, or of any warehouse or storebouse, not forming part of nor communicating with his paper-mill, and used wholly and solely for the preparing of half stuff, or for storing or keeping of rags or other materials, and in which no paper, button-board, mill-board, or scale-board, nor any pulp, shall be made or prepared. IV. That every paper-maker shall mark and number, and at all times keep marked and numbered, every workbonse, storehouse, and other place, and every engine, chest, machine, vat, and press, by him made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of any kind of paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or for keeping or preparing the materials for the same, with distinguishing numbers or letters or numbers and letters corresponding to the description thereof in the entry; and every warehouse, storehouse, or place, engine, chest, machine, vat, and press, made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of paper of any kind, or of button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or for keeping or peparing materials for the same, which shall not be so marked or numbered, or which shall not correspond with the description in the entry, shall be deemed and taken to be unentered.

v. That every paper-mill shall be distinguished in the books of the officers of Excise by some letter or number or letter and number, as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct; and every paper-mill to which any letter or number or letter and number shall have been affixed shall continue to be distinguished by the same letter or number or letter and number during the time that such mill shall continue to be entered by any person, and the business of paper-making carried on therein: Provided always, that where the entry of any mill shall be withdrawn and not renewed, or any mill shall not be worked for the space of two years, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, if they see fit, to order the distinguishing letter or number or letter and number of such mill to be changed or altered, and for such mill to be distinguished by another or other different letter or number or letter and number.

VI. That where any two or more mills belonging to one person or partnership shall be situated not more than one mile apart from each other, and the paper, button-board, mill-board, paste board, or scale-board made at either of such mills shall not, for want of sufficient means, be wholly made and finished therein, but shall be required to be removed to the other of such mills to be finished therein, it shall be lawful for such mills, by the permission of the Commissioners of Excise, and under such regulations as they shall direct, to be worked together as one mill, under one entry and one licence.

VII. That it shall be lawful for any officer of Excise, at all times upon his request, to enter into any mill, workhouse, storehouse, or place made use of by any paper-maker for the making, drying, or keeping of any paper of any kind or description, or any button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, or for the keeping or preparing of any materials for making the same, except half stuff mills and warehouses and storehouses not required to be entered as herein before provided, and to examine and inspect every such mill, workhouse, storehouse, or place, and every engine, chest, machine, vat, press, vessel, and utensil, and all paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, and scale-board, therein, and to examine and take an account of all paper of any kind or description, and of all button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board, from time to time made or making by any such maker; and every paper-maker into whose mill, workhouse, or premises aforesaid any officer of Excise shall, on his request or application, be prevented from entering, shall forfeit 2001.

VIII. That the Commissioners of Excise shall and they are hereby required to provide or cause to be provided proper stamps, with such marks and devices thereon as they shall see fit, for marking or stamping all paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, and scale-board, to denote the duty being charged thereon, when made and tied up in the manner herein.

after 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.

1x. That the Commissioners of Excise shall and they are hereby required to provide, and from time to time to cause to be issued to every supervisor of Excise in whose district any paper-mill shall be situated, or in which any maker of paper, buttonboard, 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 scale-board, as hereinafter by this Act directed; and every such papermaker 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 Dumber 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 papermaker 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 scale-board as hereinafter 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, 10l.

x. That every paper-maker shall cause all paper, button-board, mill-beard, 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 to be inclosed in a wrapper or wrappers, on or to which wrappers, or one of them if two are made use of, one of the labels hereinbefore directed to be provided and delivered to paper-makers shall have been previously firmly and permanently fixed 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, paste-board, 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 buttonboard, 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, balf ream, or parcel, shall forfeit 10l. for every ream, balf ream, or parcel not inclosed and tied up according to the directions aforesaid, or not having written or printed in mauner 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. 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 balf 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 516sheets the ream, or 258 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, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board shall cousist 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 and enacted, That if from the size of the sheets, or from any other cause, it shall be necessary for any papermaker 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 to make and tie up such paper in parcels containing a less number of sheets than a 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. 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 paper into quires without folding the same, such quires, when made up into reams or half reams, being separated by a slip of coloured paper.

XIV. That every paper-maker shall, at the time when any ream, half ream, or parcel of paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board is tied up as hereinbefore 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 10l., and the ream, half ream, or parcel of paper, button-board, mill-board, paste-board, or scale-board.