B.
STAMPED PAPER FOR PAGOS AL ESTADO (PAYMENTS TO THE STATE)
The
special classes of stamped paper for fines
(Multas) aud for restitutions (Reintegros)
were abolished by the Royal Order of
October 28, 1878. In their place a
new class of stamped paper called "PAPEL DE PAGOS
AL ESTADO" (Paper for Payments to
the State) was created. The
Royal Order of October 28, 1878,
was quoted in a decree of the Governor-General,
dated December 16, 1878, as follows:
FINANCE
By
Royal Order of the 26th of
October, last, communicated by the Most Excellent
Sir Minister of Colonies to this
Governor-General, His Majesty, the King (whom
God protects), in view of the letter No. 1195 of
the 8th of July, last, in which, upon
proposal of the General Direction of
Finance, this Governor-General submitted the reform
of certain classes of "efectos timbrados" (Stamps
and stamped paper) to the Superior approval, being in conformity with the
reasons expressed by the mentioned Central in support of such reform, has
designed to decree the following:
1.
That the stamped paper for fines and
that for restitutions which are used in these
Islands are united in one class only, which
will be called PAGOS AL ESTADO (Payments to
the State).
2.
The paper for PAGOS AL ESTADO shall
not correspond to any determined biennial period.
Its sheets will be talonaries
(provided with, stubs, i.e., consisting of an original
and a duplicate) and will be printed in ten
classes with the following prices:
First
- of 500 pesos
Second
- of 250 pesos
Third
- of 50 pesos
Fourth
- of 25 pesos
Fifth
- of 5 pesos
Sixth,
- of 1 peso
Seventh
- of 50 centimos
Eight
- of 25 centimos
Ninth
- of 125 miiesistas
Tenth
- of 6 centimos |
3.
The (paper) for PAGOS AL ESTADO will
be employed in all cases in which, by virtue of
the Proclamation of the Office of the Governor,
Captain-General of these Islands, of
the 20th of April of 1853, and subsequent
decrees, the use of paper for
MULTAS and REINTEGROS, respectively, is decreed.
…….Likewise,
His Majesty has deigned to order: That while the
new class of paper for PAGOS
AL ESTADO is not received in those Islands,
that for MULTAS or REINTEGROS will continue to
be used for the purposes for which the use
of the one or the other
is
decreed........
Manila,
December 16, 1878 - The Governor-General.
- MORIONES. [45] |
It
is probable that the first issue of
stamped paper for PAGOS AL ESTADO did not appear
until January 1, 1880. No specimen
of this issue has been seen. Hence no description
can be given. The denominations are given, however, in
the decree above quoted. The sheets of this
stamped paper were probably of the same size and
form as the sheets of stamped paper
for MULTAS and REINTEGROS, which had preceded
it.
The
second (?) issue of stamped paper
for Pagos Al Estado was that authorized
by the Royal Decree of May 16,
1886. It is probable, however,
that this issue did not appear until January
1, 1888. A specimen of this issue
is shown in Figure T. Note the irregular
margin at the top and at the bottom
of the sheet. This irregularity was prescribed
by the Royal Decree of May 16, 1886, although
the reason for this irregularity
is not given. |