Section 27
SEC. 27. All taxes required by this Act to be paid upon the manufacture or sale of distilled spirits, rectified or manufactured liquor, imitations of wines, fermented liquors, manufactured tobacco and snuff, cigars, cigarettes, and matches, and upon the execution of bonds, debentures, certificates of stock and indebtedness, or other documents, instruments, or papers, certificates, receipts, contracts, insurance bonds, tickets, and other written instruments of every kind which are subject to tax, and upon all acts, pursuits, and trades subject to the taxes herein imposed, except the poll taxes, shall be paid by the affixture of internal-revenue stamps to be purchased, attached, and canceled in the manner hereinafter provided.