The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-10
so cents

N'SS hos taANV'N EAoO CeEtS
When the, amount exceeds
800, sc cents
Insurance Marine, Inland and
Fire. Where the conSidera
ton paid for the Insurance,
in cash, premium notes, or
both, does not exceed $40, 10 cents
Exceeding $40, and HOT ex
ceed"g $50, so cents
Insurance, LIFG-when the
amount insured does not ex.
ceed $1,000, 25 cents
Exceeding $1,000, and not
exceeding $1,000, so cents
Exceeding $1,000, Sl.OC
LEASE of lands or tenements. -
where the rents do not exceed
$500 per annum, so cents
Exceeding 500, for each ad- -
dltional 5000, or fractional
part thereof, in excess Of
$500. 80 cents
Perpetual, subject to stamp -
duty as "coyveyance."
Clause of guaranty Of paw.
ment of rent incprpora, ed OF
indorsed, FIVE cents addition.
MEASURES REruRx-if for
quantity notexceeding 900
bushels, 10 cent.
Exceeding 1000 bushels 25 cents
MoHrGAGE-trust deed, bill Of
sale, or personal bond for tho
payment OF money exceeding
500, and not exceeding
$500, so cents
Exceeding $500, for every
additional $500. or fractional
part thereof, in excess Of
$500, so cen,s
PAwNERS' CuECKs. 3 csn,s
PASSAGE TICKET--from the
United States to any foreign
port, costing not more than
$35, SO cents
Costing more than $G5, and
no, exceeding $50. Sl.oo
For every additional $50, or
fractional part thereof, in ex
cess Of $50, sl.Ou
GENERAL REMARKS.
Revenue stamps may be used indiscrmis
ua;ely upon any of the matters or thing.
enumerated in schednIe Is, except proprie.
tarr and p'm Ing card stamps, for which
special use has been provided.
Postage siamIs can1ot be used in pay.
ment Of the duty chaigeable en- inst .u,uents.
IL IS the duty of ths maker Of an'instru.
ment to "tiS aud cancel TIE stamp there on.
u he n"g'"cis 10 do 40, the party for whose
use II II made, may stamp it before 1t is
used, bnt III TO case can il bs legally used
without stamp; and is Used after the
3Olh OF Jml|, 1861, and used without a
stamp, II cannot afterwards be rffrctusliy
stamped. ANY failure upon the part Of the
maker cf an INSTRUMENT to appropriately
stamp j., renders HIT. liable TO u penalty Of
two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced ir many States by
other processes than writ, viz summons.
warrants, publication, petition, &c, in
which case these, NJ the original process,
ssyerGlly requirs stamps.
Wits of ,cira fAcia- ARE subject to stamp
duty Ms original processes.
The jnrut uf an affidavit, taken before n
Justice Of the Peace, Notary ,'nb!i., or 9th
-r officer duly authorized 10 Take liliIlyi,s,
u
stamp duty OF ccnt., except whom taken
in su's or legal proceedings.
Certificates Of loan in which there shall
appear any printed or written evidence of
an amount Of money 10 be paid on drma nd
at any time designated, are subject 10
stamp duty n Promissory Notes.
The assignment Of n mortgage Is subject
10 the same stamp duty IA that imposed
upon the original instrument; that is TO
say, for every sum Of five bundled dollars,
or any fractional part thereof, of the an, cunt
secured by the mortgage, ut the time Of its
assignment, .hrre must be affixed a stamp
or stamps, dennting duty Of fifty cents.
When tive or more persons Join ia the
execution Of an Instrument, the stamps To
which this INSTRUMENT is liable under the
Law, may be Allied and cancelled by one Of
the PARTIES.
Ia convsyancss Of real estate, tho law
provides that the stamp affixed must answer
10 the value of the estate on interest con.
ysyed.
No stamp is required on any warrant of
attorney accompanying bond or note,
"hsn such bond or not, has affixed thereto
the stamp or stamps dsno:ing the duty re
qnifed, and whichever any bsnd or note 10
secured by morlg ,gs, bat one stamp duty
IL required on sUcn papers, such stamp du.
ty beng the highe-, rates required for such
instruments, or either Of them. In such
case note or memorandum of tie valne
or denomination Of the stamp affixed,
should be made upon the margin or in the
acknowledgement Of ;he instrument which
3 not stamped.
The, Southern Guardian.