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CHAP. 367.
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corporated by the laws of this State for the purposes
aforesaid, shall on or before the first day of June next,
file in the Executive Department of this State, their as-
sent in writing to the provisions of this act, then and in
that case, each and every policy of insurance made by
him, them or it, after the said first day of June next,
when the risk shall be for a period exceeding three
months, shall be written or printed on paper, parchment
or vellum, stamped according to the provisions of the
act passed at December session, eighteen hundred and
forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty, that is to say,
if the amount of the risk shall be above the sum of one
hundred dollars, and not exceeding two hundred dollars,
ten cents, and so progressively, increasing the amount of
duty to be paid on each policy, so as to correspond in all
respects with the scale or rate of duty, prescribed by
the said act of December session, eighteen hundred and
forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty; and it shall
be the duty of the commissioners of stamps and the other
officers mentioned in the said last mentioned act, in all
respects to execute this act, as by the said act was pre-
scribed and directed, and to account with and pay into
the treasury all sums of money received by them res-
pectively, in virtue of this act, under all the penalties pre-
scribed by the said act of December session, eighteen
hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty,
and at the periods fixed by law for that purpose.
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The 5th, 6th,
7th and 8th
taken as part
of this act.
Proviso.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the fifth, sixth, se-
venth and eighth sections of said act shall be deemed and
taken as parts of this act, to all intent and purposes;
provided, that the refusal or failure of said individuals,
association of individuals or corporations, to file their
assent as aforesaid, shall bring into operation the provi-
sions of the fifth section of this act.
CHAPTER 367.
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