Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-18

or over, (cxccpt III those cuscs Where the tax
for tho writ Of commencementtof suit las
been paid,) 50 cents. Writs orsother process
on appeals from justices courts 6foti,ef courts
Of inferior Jurisdiction to coHst Of record.
80 ccnts. Warrant of distress, when tho
amount of rent claimed docs notexcccd 800.
25 cents when exceeding s100; so cents. !.
EXEMPTIONS. .sse6s.sS2
No stamp duty shall be rcquiSsd s6fi powers
Of attorney or my other paper fehting to;sp.
pication for bountics, nrrearages Of pay, or pen
time or upon tickets or contracts of insurance
when limited to injury Of persons while tray.
cling nor on certificates of tho measurement
or weight of animals, wood, coal, or other ar
tic!cs, nor on deposit notes totmuual insu.
rance companies for the insurance upon which
policies subject to stamp duties hive been or
are to be issued nor any warrant Of attorney
accompanying bond or note, when such
bond or note shall have affixed thereto the
stamp or stamps dcnoting tho duty required /;
and whenever any bond or notc Shall be &C.
cured by n mortgage, but one stamp duty
shall be required to be placed OH such papers
nor on any certificate of the record of deed
or other instrument in writing, or of the nc.
knowlcds mcht or proof thereof by attcsting
witnesses nor to any cndorscMcht of ncgo.
table insuument. s
HoOhfe0, That tho stlmp duty placed
thereon shall be the highest ratc required for
said Instruments, or either of them.
Receipt by express companies for the dcliv.
cry OF amy property for transportation arc cx-
ompt from stamp duty.
PENALTIES. 59
Penalty for making, signing or issuing any
instrument, document or paper of any kind
whatsoever, or shall except, nsgotiatc or pay,
or cause. to be accepted, negotiated or paid,
any bill Of exchange, draft ororder, or prom.
issory note for the paymentFof money, with
Out the same being duly stau,WiSI,i, d or dhootiug
the duty hereby imposed thgeon, $50; and
the instrument shall be deem H.. INVALID md
y. % ssss fsF sb5r not
exceeding five years. For p,ukng, signing,
change, draft, order note without stamr, $500.
meats, f>h, fruits, sauces, jcllics, &C., without
proper stamps, $50.
OTHER Provisions.
instruments arc not be recorded unless prop
erly stamped
No instrument is invalid for the want of tho
particular kinds of stamps designated, pro-
vided legal stamp Of equal amount (except
proprietary stamps) duly affixed.
All official Instruments, documents md pa
pers issued or used by officers of the United
States Government or by the officers of any
State, County or municipal corporation, arc ex-
empt
In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be
used for dcnotihg any duty imposed by this
Act, tho person using or aflxing the same
shall write thereon the initiuls Of his name
and date upon which tho same shall be attach
ed or used, SO that the same may not aguin be
used, under penalty Of $50
Instruments heretofore issued without
stamps not to be void, where stamps arc sub
scquently affixed. Postage stamps cannot be
used as revenue stamps
Any person may present to the Commits.
sioncr Of Internal Revenue any instrument
and require his opinion whether the same is
chargcable with any duty; and if the said
Commissioner shall be Of opinion that it is
not chargeable with any stamp duty, he is re-
quircd to impress on it particular stamp with
words to signify that it is not chargeablo with
stamp duty; aud every instrument on which
said stamp is impressed shall be received in
evidence in all courts, Notwithstanding objcc-
tions on the ground of suoh Instrument being
without the proper stamp.
The party to whom document is issued
from foreign country, or by whom it is to be
used, shall, before using tho same, afix thero-
on tho stamp or stamps indicating tho duty
required. :n@
Rroprictors of cosmetics, medicines, or pro.
prietary articles, may furnish private dies, and
are allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases Of
$500; over $500, 10 per cent.
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RE- Congressional reports, to bo used as
inAsmmatory electioncering documents for tho
coming campaign, are tho order of the day.
These things should be Of the judicial digni-
ty and character, ay of old but most Of them,
in verify of statement and In reason, are little
above tho most abandoned forms Of partizan.
ship. They have that internal evidence of