The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-02 00:00:00

NEW STANIP DUTIES.

Stamp-Office, London,. July 20, 1315.
NOTICE is hereby given, that two Acts were
passed iu the late Session of Pailiament, for repeal-
ing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, "Law Prom dings, and other
written'or printed.lnstruments, and the Duties on Firerlu-
stirances and on Legacies, and Successions to personal:Lstate
upon Intestacies, and also the Duties on AdeertiAments,
AlmanaCks, Newspapers, Paiiiphlets, Gold-and Silver. Plate,
Stage Coaches, and Licences fur keeping Stage Coailie.§, now
payable in Great Britain, and for granting new Dutie's, in lieu
theteut ; am t !at the new Duties ate to commence upon the
Ist ofSeptenmer next; except the Duty on Fite Insurances,
which-is to commence on the •29thSepA,,i;ber; and the Duties
on Stage Coaches and Stage Coach Licences, which are to
commence on the sth September.

A very general increase of the prev.nt tinties is enactacl ;

aad soax Instrouleats are sul.jeLted to ad ra..itrcat Duties

winch arc IE4 so at present, sad] as Deeds of Exchange and

Partition, Leases, SOticnients of Money and of shares in the

puhlic Stocks or Funds, her voluntary or upon Marriage,
and Warrants of Attorney to confess Judgment, when given
ass security for looney ins.eau of bonds or.wortgages.• And
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes at u:01!Otn two
months after date, or sixty days after sight, are charged with
higher Duties than those payable at shorter periods. •

The netv•Dutxs are contained in Schedules, wl)ch• the

instruments and things charged are classed and alphabetically
arraL,,A, so as to afford a complete Table of Duties, in the

rncst convenient -and practical furin, and t& supersede any .2c-

elision for those compilations, published by private indivi-
duals, to which the profession of the law and the public have
formerly found it convenient to resort. And as,the Schedules

will not admit of an abrid,4ment that can be safely

on, the Commissioners reco,nnend
,it to the profession and

others nut to trust to any thing else in mattersot Liportance.
The Acts contain 'various provisions fir se::oring the Du-
ties, which are material to. be attended to by those who wish
to avoid Penalties. And the provisions of former Acts are to
he enforced, iu regard to those Duties, concerning which no
new provisions are enacted. With respect to the
RECEIPT D UTI ES,

it is to be observed, that not only formal Receipts, but all
Notes and Memorandums, whether signed or not, which shall
import any acknowledgment, that a sum of 9.1, or upwards,
has been paid, settled, balanced, or otherwise discharged or
satisfied, are liable to these Duties ; and that all persons pay-

ing- money are intitied to have stamped Receipts, at the ex-
pence of thu persons receiving it, and on tendering a proper
Stamp, may insist on having a Receipt written thiireon, anti
on being paid for the Stamp ; and that all persons refusing to
gi've such Receipt and pay for the Stamp, as well as all pl.-
sans giving a Receipt, or any such Note or Memorandmuas
afSre aid, without a Stamp; or upon a Stamp of insufficient
will incur a penalty of Ten Pounds for' every offence,
which will be strictly enforced on every occasion.

By Older of the Commissioners,
WM. KAPPEN, Secretary.