14th February, 1798. Read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House : to whom is committed the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, instructed on the fifth of December last to enquire whether any and what alterations may be necessary in the act intituled "An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper." : A bill to amend the act intituled "An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper.