Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
LAWS OFTHE UNITED STATES
Passed at the first Session Of the Thtrty-eighh
Congress.


TPUBIIr-NO. liS
AN ACT to provide internal revenue to
port the government, to pay interest on
public debr, and for other purposes.
Be Il resolved by the Senate and House Of Re
SentahreS Of the United States Of Amerlca an
greSS assembled,
CONTINUED.
Exceeding thirty-fiye dollars and not eN-
ceeding fifty dollars, one dollar, ,.......
And for every additional fifty dollars, or
fractional part thereof, in excess of fifty
dollars, one dollar. ....,.,..... .........
POWER or ATTORNEY for the sale or trans
fer of any stock, bozds, or SCRIPT, or for
the collection of any dividends or inter-
tst thereon, twenty-five cents. .........
POWER OF ATTORNEY OR PROXY for voting
at any election for officers for any incor-
porated company or society, except re-
ligious, charitable, or literary societies,
or public cemeteries, ten cents.........
POWER or ATTORNEY to receive or collect
rent, twenty-five cent. .................,
POWER OF ATTosEEY TO sell and convey
real estate, or to rent or lease tie same,
one dollar. Observation-Disclosures.
POWER OF ATTORNEY for any other purpose,
ntty cents, observation-disclosures. ....
PROBATE OF WILL, or letters of administra-
ton Where the estate and effects for or
II respect OF which such probate or letter
Va dNAAlll' IullOh uIplltA lUI sum w
sworn or declared not TO exceed the value
of two thousand dollars one dol Ar.
Exceed g two tho sand dollar, for every
additional thousand dol aTs. or tTsCtlO-
mai art herebt, ineXeess of trO thou
sand dollars, fifty cents. .,.......,..,..
rROTEsT.-Upon the protest Of every note
bill of exchange, acceptance, check or
drat': or any marine protest, whether
protested by a notary rr"hiiH OF by any
other officer who may be authorized by
the law of any State or States to make
such protest, twenty-five cents .......
Receipt Tor the payment of any sum ofnon-
ey, or for the payment of any debt due,
exceeding twenty dollars, not being for
the satisfaction of any mortgage or
Judgment or decree os any court, and a re-
ceipt for the delivery OF any property,
two cents. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Warehouse receipts for property. goods
wares, or merchandise, not otherwise
provtced for, in any public or private
warehouse, when the property or goods
so dtposied or stored shah not exceed
in value hYe hundred doilarS, ten Cents
Exceeding IN value five hundred dollars
and not exceeding one hundred do ars,
twenty cents. .....,............
Exc ediug in value one thousand dOllara,
for every additional one thousand dol
lars, ten cents. Observation-Disclosures.
ten cents ,.'.,'.', ',.........,,.,,.
Warehouse receipt for any 90 DDS, mprchan.
disc. or property OF aTy kind, not other
wire provided for, held on storag in any
public or private warehouse or yard,
twenty-five cen S. Observation-Disclosures.
Weigh s. returns, if for a weight not ex-
Ceeding Ave thousand, pounds ten cents
Exceeding i've thousand pounds, twenty
hYe cents Observation-Disclosures.
Writ, or other original process by which
any suits commenced in sny court of
record, in one hundred dollars or over,
Ii Cohto' 80 commandments.
Upon every confession of judgment, or cog
novit, for one hundred dollars or over,
Hlty GENUS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Upon every confession of ju jgment or cog.
mott, or conyit for one hundred dollars
or over, Except in tho e cases where the
tax Tor the writ of a commencement of
suit mas been paid fifty Ce ts
Wrlts or other process on appeals from JUS
tees courts or other courts Of inferior
jurisdiction 70 court of record, fifty
GEMS. Observation-Disclosures, .,,.,,,,.,..
warrant OF distress, when the amount
of rent claimed does not exceed one hum
dred dollars, Twenty-Five cents. ....
" hen the amount cl4imed exceeds one
hundred dollars, City cents....,.,,..,,..
Pr0r1ded, That no writ, summons. or other
process issued by and retu4nabIe to n ms
tlce OF the pea e, except heron before
provided, or by any police or municipal
court having no larger jurisdiction as to
the amount OF damages it may render
than JUSTICE OF the [peacel in the same
State, or issued in any criminal or other
SUITE commenced by the United States or
any Stare, shall be subject to the pay-
ment Of stamp duties: Ind proyi9ed
t~fher,, That the stamp duties imposed
by the foregoing Schedule B on manifest
bills Of lading, and passage tickets, shall
notapPly TO steamboats, or other vessels
plying between ports of the United States
and ports in British North America.
AmdaVlts IN suits OF legal proceedings shall
De exempt from stamp duty.....,....
SCHEDULE c.
MEDICINES OR PREPA RATIoNs,
For and upon every packet, box, bottle. not
p0ial, or other enclosure, cont aiming any
pills, powders, tinctures, troches, lonzen-
ges, strip, cordials. bitters, anodynes,
tones, plastersi lin ments, slaves, oint-
ments, psstes, drops, waters, essences
spirits, oils, or other med icidal prepar-
atoms or compositions whatsoever, made
and sold, or removed for consumption
and sale, BY any person or persons what
ever, wherln the person making or pre-
pairing the same has, or ella ms to have,
any private formula or occult secret or
arr ior1ne making or preparing the same
or has, or claims to have, any exclusive
right or, title to the maeing or preparing
the same, or which are prepared, uttered
vended, or exposes for sale under any
letters patent, or held out or reeommen-
de1 TO the public by the makers vendors
or proprietors thereof as proprietary
medicines, or as remedies or specifies for
any disease, or affections whatever aft.
Getting the humane or animal body, as
follows: where such packet, box, bottle,
pot, phial, or other enclosure, with its
contents, shall not exceed, at retail price
or value the sum of twenty-five cents,
one cent. .,..,..s.s,.s.,.,.,,,
Where such racket, box, bottle, phial, OF
other enclosure, with its contents shall
exceed the retail price or value Of twenty
five cents, and not exceed the re all price
or value of fifty cents two cents.
Where such package box, bottle, pot, phial
or other enclosure, with its contents.
shall exceed the retail price of fifty cents
e and shin not exceed the retail price or
Z value Of seven y-fye cents, three cents
Where such packet, box, bottle, pot, phiaL,
or othee enclosure. with its contents
snail exceed the retail price or value OF
one dollar, fur cents. .-,..,..........,..
Where su h Tac ,e. box, bottle, rot. pfiaI.
or other enclosure, viIh its contents,
snail ezs ee1 the retail ur.c- ~ value OF
one dollar, for each 7r5 rrar, fF4- r5~4s