Notice!

Justice Of The Peace, Constables, and Township Officers.–

The Excise Law of the United States requires a stamp affixed on all your bonds now on file in [the] Clerks office, this was neglected when [you] filed your bond’s {Jan 5th 1863} you [will] therefore please affix the stamp and [avoid] trouble.

[Missing First Name] Burrows Clerk.

– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, January 18, 1863

Note: there was a small vertical tear thrugh the middle of this article. The words in brackets are my best guess as to what is missing. – Jim