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[[preprinted]] A TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES, As Amended March 3, 1863. AGREEMENT, CONTRACT, or APPRAISEMENT,not otherwise specified, each sheet................. 5 BANK CHECK, DRAFT, or ORDER FOR MONEY, payable at sight of on demand, over $20....... 2 BILL OF SALE OF VESSEL, consideration not over $500.............. 25 Over $500, not over $1,000... 50 For every additional $1,000, or part thereof, 50 cents more. BILL OF LADING,or Receipt for any goods for foreign export,(except to British North America,)...................... 10 BOND for the performance of the duties of office, or of indemnity for the payment of money..... 50 BONDS, other than in legal proceedings................ 25 CERTIFICATE OF STOCK, in incorporated company............... 25 CERTIFICATE OF PROFITS, in incorporated company, if for $10, not over $50........... 10 Exceeding $50............... 25 CERTIFICATE OF DAMAGE, and all Certificates issued by any port warden or marine surveyor 25 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, for $100 or less............... 2 Over $100............... 5 (Certificate of measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal, or other articles, Certificate of Record of Deed, or acknowledgement thereof, by attesting witness, require no stamp.) CERTIFICATE, of any description not specified above............... 5 CHARTER PARTY, of vessel or steamer not over 150 tons............ 1 00 Over 150, not over 300 tons... 3 00 Over 300, not over 600 tons... 5 00 Over 600 tons................. 10 00 CONTRACT, Broker's note, or memorandum of sale of property, (except coin,)issued by Brokers............... 10 CONTRACT, (continued.) For sale of Coin or loan on same, (of over 3 days, or renewal of shorter loan,) or of money or currency secured by pledge or deposit of gold or silver coin, shall be in writing, and have stamps equal in amount to 1-2 per cent., and interest at 6 per cent. on amount so loaned. DEED, or CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE. Where the value is over $100, not over $500............... 50 Over $500, not over $1,000.. 1 00 Over 1,000, not over 2,500.. 2 00 Over 2,500, not over 5,000.. 5 00 Over 5,000, not over 10,000.. 10 00 Over 10,000, not over 20,000.. 20 00 For every additional $10,000, or part thereof, $20 more. ENTRY OF GOODS, at any custom house, for consumption or warehousing, value not over $100, 25 Over $100, not over $500..... 50 Over 500..................... 1 00 FOREIGN BILL OF EXCHANGE, or LETTERS OF CREDIT. If in sets of three or more, each bill of each set, not over $150 3 Over $150, not over $250.... 5 Over 250, not over 500.... 10 Over 500, not over 1,000.... 15 Over 1,000, not over 1,500.... 20 Over 1,500, not over 2,250.... 30 Over 2,250, not over 3,500.... 50 Over 3,500, not over 5,000.... 70 Over 5,000, not over 7,500.... 1 00 For every additional $2,500, or part thereof, 30 cents more. INSURANCE, (Marine,Inland, and Fire). Each policy or renewal, (or assignment of same,) on which premium is $10 or less..... 10 Over $10............... 25 INSURANCE (Life) POLICY, (or assignment of do.) not over $1,000, 25 Over $1,000, not over $5,000.. 50 Over 5,000............... 1 00 LEASE, (or assignment of same,) of real estate, not over 3 years............... 50 Over 3 years...........1.00 LOTTERY TICKETS. -Each ticket, (whole or fractional,) retail price of which is $1 or less......... 50 Exceeding $1, for every dollar or part thereof, 50 cents more. MANIFEST, of vessel's cargo for foreign port, (except to British North America,) if registered tonnage is not over 300 tons... 1 00 Over 300, not over 600 tons... 3 00 Over 600 tons............... 5 00 MORTGAGE, or PERSONAL BOND for payment of any definite sum of money, upon every $200, or fractional part thereof..... 10 PASSAGE TICKET, to foreign port, (except British North America,) costing $30 or less.......... 50 Over $30............... 1 00 POWER OF ATTORNEY, to sell or transfer any scrip, or certificate of profits of any corporation or association, not exceeding $50............... 10 To sell or transfer any stock, bond, or scrip, or for the collection of interest or dividends thereon, (except as above,)............... 25 To collect rents............... 25 To vote by proxy for officers of any corporation or society, (except religious, charitable, literary societies, or public cemeteries,)............... 10 To sell or rent real estate, or to perform any other act not herein mentioned.......... 1 00 PROBATE OF WILL, or Letters of Administration, value of estate not over $2,500.......... 50 Over $2,500, not over $5,000 1 00 Over 5,000, not over 20,000 2 00 Over 20,000, not over 50,000 5 00 Over 50,000, not over 100,000 10 00 Over 100,000, not over 150,000 20 00 For every additional $50,000, or part thereof, $10 more. PROTEST, of note, check, draft, &c.......... 25 [[/preprinted]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES, Continued. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH, when charge for first ten words is 20 cents or less............... 1 When over 20 cents............. 3 WAREHOUSE RECEIPT, for property stored.......... 25 WITHDRAWAL from bonded warehouse............. 50 WRITS, or other original process, for beginning suits, (except before a Justice of the Peace, or commenced by the United States or any State,).......... 50 -- PROPRIETARY, Medicines, Perfumery, &c., each package retailed at not over 25 cents, 1 cent; over 25 and not over 50 cents, 2 cents; over 50 and not over 75 cents, 3 cents; over 75 cents and not over $1.00, 4 cents. Every additional 50 cents, or part thereof, 2 cents more. PLAYING CARDS, price not over 18 cents each pack, 1 cent; over 18 and not over 25 cents, 2 cents; over 25 and not over 30 cents, 3 cents; over 30 and not over 36 cents, 4 cents; over 36 cents, 5 cents. -- [[image - drawing of hand with pointed finger]] The indiscriminate use of all kinds of stamps (except postage or proprietary) is permitted, care being taken to affix a stamp or stamps of the proper amount. -- Documents made in any foreign country, to be used in the United States, shall pay the same duty as when made here. The party to whom the same is issued, or by whom it is used, shall affix thereon the proper stamp, before using. No deed, or mortgage of real estate, shall be required to pay a stamp duty of over $1,000 in any event. Powers of Attorney, or other papers relating to applications for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, require no stamp: neither do warrants of attorney accompanying a bond or note when such bond or note shall be stamped; and whenever any bond or note shall be secured by mortgage, but one stamp duty is required, provided the stamp duty placed thereon is the highest rate required for said instrument, or either of them. No document signed or issued prior to June 1st, 1863, without being stamped, shall be invalid for that reason; but it shall not be admitted or used in any court until it shall have been stamped, and the initials of the person using, and the date when it is used, placed thereon. [[image]] A TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES ON Demand and Time Notes, INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE, ETC. [[image]] Amount | Demand or 30 Days | 60 Days | 4 months | 6 months | Over 6 months $20 to $200 | $0 01 | $0 02 | $0 03 | $0 04 | $0 06 | $0 10 200 to 400 | 0 02 | 0 04 | 0 06 | 0 08 | 0 12 | 0 20 400 to 600 | 0 03 | 0 06 | 0 09 | 0 12 | 0 18 | 0 30 600 to 800 | 0 04 | 0 08 | 0 12 | 0 16 | 0 24 | 0 40 800 to 1,000 | 0 05 | 0 10 | 0 15 | 0 20 | 0 30 | 0 40 1,000 to 1,200 | 0 06 | 0 12 | 0 18 | 0 25 | 0 36 | 0 60 1,200 to 1,400 | 0 07 | 0 14 | 0 21 | 0 28 | 0 42 | 0 70 1,400 to 1,600 | 0 08 | 0 16 | 0 24 | 0 32 | 0 48 | 0 80 1,600 to 1,800 | 0 09 | 0 18 | 0 27 | 0 36 | 0 54 | 0 90 1,800 to 2,000 | 0 10 | 0 20 | 0 30 | 0 40 | 0 60 | 1 00 2,000 to 2,200 | 0 11 | 0 22 | 0 33 | 0 44 | 0 66 | 1 10 2,200 to 2,400 | 0 12 | 0 24 | 0 36 | 0 48 | 0 72 | 1 20 2,400 to 2,600 | 0 13 | 0 26 | 0 39 | 0 52 | 0 78 | 1 30 2,600 to 2,800 | 0 14 | 0 28 | 0 42 | 0 56 | 0 84 | 1 40 2,800 to 3,000 | 0 15 | 0 30 | 0 45 | 0 60 | 0 90 | 1 50 3,000 to 3,200 | 0 16 | 0 32 | 0 48 | 0 64 | 0 96 | 1 60 3,200 to 3,400 | 0 17 | 0 34 | 0 51 | 0 68 | 1 02 | 1 70 3,400 to 3,600 | 0 18 | 0 36 | 0 54 | 0 72 | 1 08 | 1 80 3,600 to 3,800 | 0 19 | 0 38 | 0 57 | 0 76 | 1 14 | 1 90 3,800 to 4,000 | 0 20 | 0 40 | 0 60 | 0 80 | 1 20 | 2 00 4,000 to 4,200 | 0 21 | 0 42 | 0 63 | 0 84 | 1 26 | 2 10 4,200 to 4,400 | 0 22 | 0 44 | 0 66 | 0 88 | 1 32 | 2 20 4,400 to 4,600 | 0 23 | 0 46 | 0 69 | 0 92 | 1 38 | 2 30 4,600 to 4,800 | 0 24 | 0 48 | 0 72 | 0 96 | 1 44 | 2 40 4,800 to 5,000 | 0 25 | 0 50 | 0 75 | 1 00 | 1 50 | 2 50 Over $5,000, for each 200} | 0 01 | 0 02 | 0 03 | 0 04 | 0 06 | 0 10 [[/preprinted]]
