12-1-4: REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX STAMPS REQUIRED:
   A.   The tax herein levied and imposed shall be collected by the Finance Department through the sale of real estate transfer tax stamp(s), which shall be caused to be prepared by said Finance Department in such quantities as said Director of Finance may from time to time prescribe. Such stamp or stamps shall be numbered 00001 and upward and in the denomination of the amount of said real estate transfer tax due and shall be in substantially the following design:
   B.   Such stamps shall be available for sale at, and during the regular business hours of the Village offices and the offices of such agent as the Village may designate. For the purpose of reviewing the request for the stamp(s), the Village shall process a request within three (3) working days. Upon payment of the tax herein levied and imposed, the stamp(s) so purchased shall be affixed to the deed, assignment, facsimile or other instrument of conveyance or transfer. Any person so using and affixing a stamp shall cancel it and so deface it as to render it unfit for reuse by marking it with his initials and the day, month and year when the affixing occurs. Such marking shall be made by writing or stamping in indelible ink or by perforating with a machine or punch; however, the stamp shall not be so defaced as to prevent ready determination of its genuineness. (Ord. 94-24, 3-15-94)