Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19


U TO authorizes any lottery or the sale Of any lottery
D or the sale of any lottery tickets, tokens, or certif
Q Gates, representing shares or fractional parts o.
shares therein, within any state or territory Of the
Unired States in which lotteries or the sale of lot
D terry tickets is ST shall Ike specially prohibited by the
: laws thereof, or in violation of the laws of FAM
f state or territory; and nothing in this act shall be
held or construed 50 as to prevent the several state;
within the limits thereof, from placing a duty, ta1
or license, for state purposes, on any sale Of lottery
t tickets GU which a duty is required to qe paid by
, this act"
Sec. 3: And be it farther enacted, That any per-
son or persons. firm, company OF corporation, who
shall Issue tickets or contracts of insurance against
fatal OF ~non-fatal insury to persons while travelling
by land or water, shall pay a duty of one per centum
on the gross amount of all the receipts for such in
surance, andshall be subject to all the provisions
and regulations o, existing law applicable thereto,
in relation TO insurance companiet: Provided, That
no stamp duty shall be required upon tickets or
CONTRACTS of i~nsuIInce' as aforesaid when limited to
fatal or n0a- fatal injury to persons while travelling.
See. 4. And be it further enacted. That all con-
tracts for the purchase or sale of gold or silver coin,
or bulliOn, and all contracts for the loan OF money
or currency secured by pledge or deposit, or other
disposition of gold or silver coin ofthe Udited State
if TO be performed after a period exceeding three
days, shall be in writing or printed, and signed by
the parties of their agents or attorneys, and shall
have one or more adhesive stamps, as provided in
the act to which this is an amendment, equal in
amount to one half of one per centum and interest
at the rate Of six per eentum per annum on the
amount so loaned, pledged, or deposited. And if
any such loan pledge or deposit, made for a period
not exceeding three days, shall be renewed or in
any way extended for any time whateAer, said loan
pledge OF deposit shall be subject to the duty i'm
posed on loans exceeding three days. And nc loan
Of currency or money on the security of gold or sill
yer coin Of the United States, as AFORESAID, or Of any
certificate or other evidence of deposit payable in
gold or silver coin. shall be made exceeding in
amont the par value of the coin pledged or deposit
ed as security: and any och loan 80 made, or at
tempted to be made, shall be utterly void; Provided
That if gold or silver coin be loaned at its par value
it shall be subject only to the duty imposed on
other loans Provided further, That nothing herein
contained shall apply 20 any transaction by or with
The COVER nment Of the United States.
Sec. ). And be it further enacted, That all con-
trUcts, louns, or sales of gold and silver coin and
bullion, not made in accordance with this act, shall
qe wholly and absolutely void; and in addition to
the penalties provided in this act to which this is
an amendment, any party to said contract may, at
any time within one year from the date of the con-
tract, bring suit before any court Of competent juT-
i>dictiOn TO recover back, for his own use and bene-
fit, the money paid on any contract not made in ac-
cordance with this act.
See. 6. And be it further enacted, That section
one hundred AMI ten be, and hereby is, amended as
follows: ANY memorandum, check, receipt, or
other written or printed evidence of an amount of
money to qe paid on demand or at a time designated
oudll ~ STU dt u ptOLulSSOIJ uOb6 Nllulu Tue
meaning of the last section be aud is hereby amend
ed so that any inland bill of exchage draft or order
for the payment of any sum Of money exceeding
twenty dollars, otherwise than at sight or on de-
mand, and any prOmissOry note shall in lieu of the
duties prescribed in Schedule y have a stamp or
st3mps affixed thereon denOting a duty, upon every
sum of two hume red dollars or any fractional part
thereof, if payable on demand or at any time not
exceeding thrty-three dPys including the grace
from the date or sight, Of one cent, LOl
If payable at any time not less than thirty-three
days as aforesaid, and not exceeding sixly-three
days, including the grace, from date or sight, of
two cedts, I02.j
If payable at any time not less than sixty three
days, as aforesaid and not Cx~eeeliDg ninety three
days; including the grace, from date or sight, Of
three cents, LD3
If payable at any time not less than ninety three
days, as aforesaid and not exceeding fOnr menths
from date or sight and grace, of four cents 1911
If payable at anytime not less than four months,
from date or sight and grace, Of ten cents, TO-
And tat Schedule b, following section one hun
dred and ten be and is hereby further amended, so
that the stamp duty on certificates of any other
description than those speciged in said schedule, in
lieu of ten cents as therein prescribed; shall be five
cents, 1851
On passage tickets by an vessel from a port of
the United States to a foreign port, C. sting dollars
or less, fifty cents, 49,.
On any power OF attorney for the sale or transfer
of any scrip or certificate of profits as memOran-
dunn, showing an interest in the profits or accumu-
latiOns of any corporation or association, if for a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, ten cents, TI0l
On any policy of insurance or other instrument,
by whatever name the same shall be called, by
which insurance shall be made or renewed upon
property Of any description whether against peTils
by sea, or by fire or other peril Of any kind made
by any Insurance com paDy or Its agents or by any
other company or pe:Son in which the premium OF
assessment shall not exceed ten dollars, ten cents,
No.
On any bill Of sale by which any ship or vessel or
any part thereof shall be conveyed to or vested il
any other person or persons when the consideration
shall not exceed five hundred dollars, there shall
be affixed a stamp or stamps denVting a duty of
twenty-five cents, Us
If the consideration exceeds five hundred and
does not exceed one thousa sand dollars, the duty shall
be fifty cents, 80.
If the consideration exceeds one thousand dollars
for each and every addition amount of one thou
sand dollars, or any fractional part thereof in ex-
cess of one thousand dollars, the duty in addition
shall be fifty cents, So
On each and every assignment or transfer of a
mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, a stamp du-
ty shall be paid equal to that imposed on the origi-
nal instrument.
ANY power OF attorney, conveyance, or document
of any kind made, or purportIng to be made, in any
foreign country Ia be used in the United States
shall pay the same duty as is required by law on
similar instruments or documents when made or is
issued in the Tinted States; and the party to whom
it is to be used, shall before using the same, aflx
thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty re-
CURED.
Any mortgage or perseal bond for the payment of
money; or as security for the payment of any def
mite or certain sum Of money; in lieu of the duties
imposed as prescribed in Schedule b following the
one hundred aud tenth section, shall have q stamp
or stamps affixed thereon denoting a duty upon
every sum of two hundred dollars, or any fractional
part thereof, of ten cents, [IO.l
NO conveyance deed mortgage or writing, where
by any lands, tenements, realty, or other property
shall be sold, granted, assigned or otherwise con-
veyed or shall be mades:as security for the payment
OF any sum of money shall be required to pay a
stamp duty OF more than the sum of one thousand
dollars, anything to the contrary Notwithstanding.
No stamp duty shall be required on powers OF at
torney or any other paper relating to applications
Tor bOunties arrearages Of pay, or pensions or to
the receipt thereof from time to time; or indemnity
awarded for depredations and injuries by certain
bands Of Sioux Indians; nor on any warrant of at
tOrney accompanying a bond or note; when such
bond OF note shall have affixed thereto the stamp or
stamps denoting the duty required; and whenever
any bond or no4ee shall be secured by a mortgage
but one stamp daty shall be required to be placed on
such papers: Provided, That the stamp duty placed
thereon is the highest required for said Instruments
or either Of them; nor on certificates of the measure
mcnt or weight of animals, wood coal or other arti-
cles; nor on deposit'notes to mutual insurance com
Panlds for insurance upon which policies subject to
stamp duties have been, or are to be, issued; nor on
amp certificate OF the record of a deed or 9th CT in
strument IN writing or of the acknowledgment or