The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-08-20

Revenue law, which went into effect on the
1st of August, 1864:
Stamp Duty.
Acknowledgment of deeds exempt
Affidavit, Sets
Affidavit in suits or legal proceed
iDgs, exempt
Agreement orAppraisement( for each
sheet or piece of paper on which the
same is written Gets
Assignment or transfer of mortgage,
lease or policy of insurance, the
same duty as the original inslru-
ment,
Assignment of patent right, Gets
Bank Checks, drafts or orders, &C.,
at sight or on demand, Gets
Bills of Exchange INLAND draft or
order, payable otherwise than at
sight or on demand, and any
promissory note, whether payable
on demand or at a time designated
Except bank notes issued for cir
cuation, and checks made and in
tended to be, and which shall be,
forthwith presented for payment)
for sum not exceeding 800, Sets
For every additional 800, or frac-
fractional part thereof. 5cts
The warrant of an attorney to con-
TESS judgment on a note or bond
is exempt from stamp duty, if the
note or bond is properly stamped
Bill Of sale exceeding $500, and not
exceeding 81, 600, 500
Bill of Sale exceeding, $1,000, for
each $500, or fractional part
thereof, scots
Bill of Sale of personal property
(other than ship or vessel, s cts
Bond, personal, for the payment of
money. (Sse Mortgage
Bond, official, 81 90
Boud, for indemnifying any person
for the payment of any sum of
money, where the money ultimate
" recoverable thereupon is 81 900
or less, so cts
Bond, where the money recoverable
exceeds 900, for every addi-
tional 81 1000, or fractional part
thereof, so cts
County, city, and town
bonds, and scrip, are subject to
stamp duty. (See Mortgage.)
Bonds of any description, other than
such as are required in legal pro-
ceedings, and such as are not 9TH
erwise charged in the Schedule, 25 cts
Certificates of deposit in bank, sum
not exceeding $100, 2 cts
Certificates of deposit in bank, sum
exceeding 500, 5 cts
Certificates Of stock in an incorpo-
rated company, 25 cts
Certificates general, 5 cts
Certificates of record upon the in
strument recorded, exempt
Certificates Of record upon the book, exempt
Certificates of weight or measurement
Of animals, coal, wood. or other
articles, except weighers' and
measurers' returns, exempt
Certificates Of qualification of
Justice of the Peace, Commits
sioner of Deeds, or Notary Public, 5 cts
Certificates of search Of records, cts
Certificates that certain papers are
on file, ct:
Certificates that certain papers can
not be found. cts
Certificates of redemption of land
sold for taxes, cts
Certificates of birth, marriage, and
death, 8 cts
Certificates of qualification of school
teachers, cts
Certificates of profits in an incorpo-
rated company for a sum not less
than SO. and not exceeding $50, 10 cts
Certificates exceeding $50, and not
exceeding $1,000, 90 cts
Certificates exceeding 81 900, for
every additional $1,000 or frac-
tional part thereof, % cts
Certificates of damage, or otherwise,
and all other certificates or docu-
ments issued by any port warden,
marine surveyor, or other person
acting as such, 25 CT:
Certified transcript of judgements,
satisfaction ofjudgements, and of
all papers recorded or on file, CT.
IN. B--As a general rule, every
certificate which has, or may have,
a legal value in any court of law or
equity viii require stamp duty
of cts
Check, draft, or order FOR the pay
ment of any sum of money ex-
ceedng $40, drawn upon any
person other than bank, bank
er, or trust company, at sight or
on demand, ct
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Coutraet-Brokers, 10 ct
Conveyance, deed, instrument, or
writing, whereby lands, tene-
ments, or other reality sold, shall
be conveyed, the actual value of
which does not exceed $500, so ct
Convey snce, &c, exceeding $500,
and not exceeding $1,000, 10
Conveyance, DC, for every addi-
tional $500, or fractional part
thereof, in excess of 81, 600, 50et
Endorsement of any negotiable IL
strument, exemp
Insurance MARINE, Inland, and
FIRE. where the consideration paid
for the insuranc In cash, premium
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