Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-05-26
stamp Requirement. a, per the Amended Law.


Acknowledgements s. afidayits, official, exempt.
Agreement and appraisement, for each
sheet o cents.
Assignment or transfer, same as the
original Instruments
Do, ordinary,as Of bopdwithout guar
antee exempt.
Do. patent right cents.
Bis Of I.ading of the United States
or British North America exempt.
Do. 10 any foreign port 10 cent.
Bond for the payment olmoney, same
Do. Official so cents
Do for deed or conveyance Of land 20 cents.
Bonds. County, city and town bonds,
railroad and other corporation
bonds, and scrip, same as bills aad
notes.
Certificates of record, upon tie in
stiument recorded exempt.
Do. of record upon the book exempt
DO. Of weights or measurement exempt.
Do. of qualification Of Justice of
the Peace, Commissioner of
Deeds, or Notary Public cents.
Do. of search OF records cents.
Do. that certain papers are on file ccn,s ,.
Do. that certain papers cannot be
found 5 cents.
Do. Of The sale Of land FOR taxes cents.
DO. of redemption OF land sol Tor
faxes cents.
10. Of birth. marriage and death 5 cents.
DO. of qualification Of school teachers cents.
Certified Transcripts of Judgment, sat
istaction OF judgment, and of all
papers recorded, and of papers on
file, each cents,
IN B-As a general rule stamp viii BE required
a5n every certificate which has or may have, legal
value in any court a law or equity.l
| Checks payable on demand, not ex-
ceedng $500 aud exceeding $40, cent.
| IF pavabe otherwise than on demand, checks
and drafts require same stamps as promissory
notes.
does not exceed 5000. The sams daty is re.
CURED on any fractional part OF $500 above th'
| $500.
In case Of note and mortgage 10 secure The
| payment of note, but one stamp is required
..nroyided that the stamp duty placed thereon il
/ the highest rate required Tor said instrument o.
either Of them.o
But every mortgage must pay at least L
cents, unless the note tosecureNshich the mort
gage is given has paid at least Ten cents.
Contract. See Agreement.
Do. Brokers s.ea ~ ~ cents
Mortgage, trust deed, bill of sale, or
personal bond for The payment of
money, is subject TO stamp dutyas
folows for every S2UO or irac-
tioDal part thereof lO cents
/ IN B-Boud and Mortgage, or Note and Nortgag
are subject Go but st.mp duty; provided such da
ty is tie highest rate required for either Of such IN
/ re sion Papers-Powers of Attorney,
all applications for bounties, &C. exempt
| Promissory Notes.-All promissory
| notes require stamps; IT payable
on demand and not exceeding two
hundred dollars, ] cent
Do, if payable at 30 days, Z cents
Do, :" 90 days, cents
/ Do g g 90 I" cents
Do. /" months and not ex-
ceedinr cents
months. 10 cent
mortgage exempt
eTcent warehouse receipts exempt
All papers subject TO stamp tax must b
slammed before the same are issued.
Stamps must be cancelled by the party sign
/ ing the instrument.
/ Official instruments, documents and paper:
issued or used by the officers of state, are
exempt.
! Conveyance stamps must answer to the val.
ne of the estate conveyed.
When the consideration is nominal, tne pd'u'
Of the property is the measure of the stamp
When two or more persons join IN the execu-
tion of an instrument, the stamp may be cam
celIed by any one Of the parties.