Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-07

wares or merchandise not otherwise
provided for, deposited or stored in nny
public or private wnrch .usc,' hot ex. s.
oecding $500 in value > 10 cents
| Exceeding 5000, an not exceeding.
$1,000 20 cents
Exceeding ST. 900. for every additional
! $l00Os or. fractional part thereof, in
excess Of $1,000 10 cents
For any goods, &C., not otherwise pro-
| vidnl for. storel or deposited in any
! public or plivate ware onsG or yard 25 cenls
WRlTS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS
wrts or other legal process. by which
any suit is commenced in any court Of
| record, either Of law equity SO cents
! Writ or other originnl process issued by
court not record whcro the amount
| claimed is s 90 or over so cents
! Upon every confession Of Judgment or
cognoyit, Tor StUO Or over. except in
cases where the tux for IL writ has been ''
paid SO cents
Writ or othrr process appeals from JUS
tccs Q arts, or othOr courts Of inferior
i.i'rsa'cIion, to a cDnrt OF record 80 cents
Warrants OF distress. Mlen The amount
oil rent claimed does not exceed SttO 26 certs
When the amount exceeds 500 50 cents
tNSU URANCE-Alarinc. Inland and Fire.
Where the consideration paid for the in
snrancc in c.,Sh premium, notes. or both,
docs NO, exceed $40 o cents
EXoreaihE S'o, anu not exceeding $50 80 CO ts
NSURANEE. ILfE--when the amount
insured does not exceed 81 900 25 cents
Exceeding 81 900, and not exceeding
$4,000 90 conts
Exceeding SIS coo 81 %
LEASEor nnls or tcnemcrits mhere
the rent does not exceed T3uU per nh
nun 30 centa
Exceeding $500. for each additional
SOU or fractional part thereof, in
cess OF $500 so cents
Perpetual. subject to stamp dn,y as
conveyance.
Clause Of guaranty Of payment Of rent,
incorporates VI lnuo, scd five cents I'D
ditionnl.
MEAsuRERs' RETURN-if for ouan-
tity not exceeding 300 bushels 10 cents
Exceeding .0JD bushels 25 cents
MORTG >GE-trust d.ed bill of sale or
personal bond io the payment Of mon
ey cxcne ing $lUo, aud not exceeding
5000 SO conts
Exceeding $500, for every additional
$500 or fractional part thereof, mex
cess Of S5DU. so cents
PAWNERS CHECKS S cents
PASSAGE TlCkET--from tho Untod
STATES 10 any foreign port, costing not
/ NOR. than S35 80 cents
Costing more than Sl5, aud not exceed.
ing $50 Sl.oO
For every additional $50, or fractional
part thereof, in excess Of $50 Sl.0o
GENERAL REMARKS.
Revenue Stamps may he used ndiscrminats.
~ upon any "f the matters or things enumerated
in schcdulo Is. except proprietary and playing
card stnmps, for which II special uso has been
provided.
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment
Of the duty chnrgealle on Instruments.
ltis the duty Of the maker Of an instrument
to athx and cancel the stamp thereon. If no
hcglccts to q" 40. the party for whose use il ia
made m"y stamp it before it il used but in no
case call it be legally nse without stamp and
iiuaed ~ ter the 30n nf June, 1864, aud used
without stamp. II cannot afterwards be ehec-
tnally stamped. Any fnilure upon the part Of
The maker "f an instrument to appropriately
stamp It. rurders him liable to ponalty oft two
hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced iii many States by other
process tllan writ, via summons, warrant, pub.
l,caton, petition. &C.. in which case5,thcsn. as
the original process sevcrally require stamps.
Wrs Of scire ncias are subject to stamp duty
as mi ginnl processes,
The urat of nn iii. lnvt, tnken bcfre JUS
tice oI .he Pence. Notary Public. ur other nffiror
duly authorized to inke aiGlavits, is held to be
certificate, and subject to & stamp duty of S
cents except when tAken IN snits or legal pror
ceedmys.
Certificates Of loan. in which there shall ap.
penr any printed or written ey dence Of any
amount Of money to be paid ON dcmnnd. At
any time dssig"nted are subject TO stump duty
| AZ = Pr''mi>sory Notes"
The assignment Of n mortgage ia subject TO
tho same stamp duty as that imposed upon tho
original instrument that is to soy, for every
sum of five hundred dollars. or any frnctinnal
part thereof. OF the amount secured by tho
mortgage. at the time Of its assignment, there
must be nbxed Il stamp stamps, denotiDg n
duty Of fifty cents.
When tw" or more per.o join in the execu.
non "f nm ine trnment. ihe stamps to whch the
| instrument ia linble undo, Tho law, may he
"flxei and cancelled BY one Of the a'tioa.
IN. convey 'nro of real estate. tho law pro.
Vldes that he stamp affixed mnat ons" or totl,s
value ct the cRta'e on interest conveyed. .t5y
NO stamp ia required or any warrant Of at
| t"rney accompanying bond or note when such
bond or note has affixed thereto tho stamp or.
stamps denoting the duty required, and " hen-
| ever any bund or note is seclrad nv nnnrt gave
bur one stamp duty is required nn snch paprrs.
ench stamp being the highest rates required for
such Instruments. or either Of then,. In anch
case a note or memorandum of the value nr do