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Show UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES. LEASE, agreement, memorandum, or contract, for the hire, use or rent of any land, tenement, or portion thereof, when rent or rental value is not over $300 per annum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Every add'! '//,200, or part thereof, 50 cents more. MANIFEST, for custom house entry or clearance of vessel's cargo for foreign port, (except to British North America,) tonnage not over 300 tons..... 1.00 Over 300 and not over 6oo tons.............. 3.00 Over 600 tons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. ca MORTGAGE, Trnst Deed, or Personal Bond, for the payment of money, over '//,100 and not over '//,500. Every add'! '//,500, or part thereof, 50 cents more. Trust Deed conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as a conveyance. OFFICIAL INSTRUMENTS, documents and papers issued by the officers of the United States government, or by the officers of any State, county or town, require no stamp. ORDER for the payment of money.-See B::mk Check. PASSAGE TrCKET, to foreign port, (except British North America,) costing $35 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . Over $35 and not over '//,50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Every add'! $50, or part thereof, $r more. POWER OF ATTORNEY, to sell or transfer any stock, bond, or scrip, or for the collection of any dividends or interest thereon....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To vote by proxy for officers of any incorporated company or society, (except religious, charitable, literary societies, or public cemeteries,) ........ . To sell or rent real estate ...................... . To collect rents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To perform any act not herein mentioned....... PROBATE OF WILL, or LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA· TION, value of estate not over $2,000 . ........ . Every add'l $1,000, or part thereof, 50 cents more. (Probate of will, letters testamentary or of administration, or administrator's or guardian's bonds, when the value of the estate, real and personal, does not exceed $1,000, require no st:tmp.) PROMISSORY NOTE, (except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be forthwith presented, and which shall be pre· sented to a bank or banker for payment), or any memorandum, check, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of money to be paid on demand, or at a time designated, exceeding $100, for every $100 or part thereo~.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Promissory Notes for sums less than $ 10~ require no stamp.) . 50 . 50 1. oo . 25 . 25 .50 .05 |
