The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-05-30

Credit, letter of. Same as foreign bill
of exchange.
Customhouse entry. (See Entry.)
Customhouse Withdrawals. "
Deed. (See Conveyance-Trust
Draft. Same as inland bill of ex.
change.
Endorsement of any negotiable, instru-
ment cxemp:
Entry of any goods, wares. or mer-
chandise at any tustomholse, either
for consumption or warehousing:
not exceeding 500 in value.------ =
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding
S0UU III Vdlut.--- -
Exceeding $500 in value.--------- U
Entry for the withdrawal of any
goods or merchandise from bonded
warehouse D
Gaug"r's exempt
Endorsement upon a stamped obliga-
ton in acknowledgment of its full
exempt
Insurance (life) policy. When the
amount insured shall not exceed
SiUUU :
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
sSOUUU -
Exceeding $4,000. l u
Insurance (marine, inland, and tire)
policies, or renewal of the same: Ii
the premium does not exceed $40 II
Exceeding $50, and not exceeding
@oU <
Exc .rding 81
Insurance contracts or tickets against
accidental III juries to persons------ exempt
Lease. agreement, memorandum, or
contract for the hire, use, or rent of
any land, tenement, OF portion there
of: Where the rent or rental value
Is $500 per annum or less-----.- 81
Where the rent or rental value ex-
ceeds the sum of $500 per annum,
for each additional 5000 or frac-
tlonal part thereof in excess of $500 81
Legal documents:
Writ or other original process, by
which any suit, either criminal or
civil, is commenced in any court,
either of law or equity---.--..--- exempt
Confession of Judgment or %cognovit exempt
Nrlts or other process on appeals
from justice courts or other courts
of inferior jurisdiction to a court of
record exempt
Warrant of distress. exempt
Letters of administration. (See Pro
bate of willy
eS'tohiS Ailp J LIN anu
OF the estate and effects, real and
personal, does not exceed $1,000. exempt
Exceeding $1,000. :
Letter of credit. Same AS bill of ex-
change, (foreign.)
Manifest for customhouse entry or
clearance of the cargo of any ship,
vessel, or steamer, for a foreign
part:
If the registered tonnage Of such
ship, vessel, or steamer does not ex-
coed BOG tons. CT
Exceeding 300 tons, and not exceed
ing 60O tons 3 0C
Exceeding 600 5 OC
lIhese provisions do not apply to
vessels Or steamboats, plying be-
tween ports of the United States
and British North America.
return exempt.
Memorandum of sale, or brokers' note.
(See Contract.)
Mortgage of lands, estate, or property,
real or personal, heritable or nova
bic, whatsoever, a trust deed in the
nature of mortgage, or any per-
sonal bond given as security for the
payment of any definite or certain
sum of money; exceeding 800, and
not exceeding $500.----... SO
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding
$1,000 | 90
And for every additional $500, or
fractional part thereof, III excess Of
$lUU4 SO
Order for payment OF money, if the
amount is $40, or over.----..... 2
Passage ticket on any vessel from a
port in the United States to a for
eign port, not exceeding S35.. so
Exceeding $35, and not exceeding
co
And for every additional $5J, or
fractional part thereof, in excess of
tSOUU-- 90
Passagegetickets to ports in British
North America exempt:
Power of attorney for the sale or
transfer ofany stock, bonds, Or scrip,
or for the collection of any divi-
dends or interest hereon.-....-.. IS
Power OF attorney or proxy, for voting
at any election for officers of any
incorporated company or society, ex-
cept religious, charitable, or literary
societies, or public cemeteries. 10
Power of attorney to receive or col
lecC Is
'ower CT attorney to sell and convey
real estate, or to rent or lease the
same 10
'ower OF attorney for any other pur-
pose so
rebate of will, or letters of admins
tration; where the estate and effects
for or in respect of which such pro-
bate or letters of administration ap-
piled tor shall be sworn or declared
not to exceed the value of $1,000. EXEMPT.
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
$4,000 90
Exceeding $4,000, for every addition
al $1,000, Or fractional part thereof,
IN excess of $4,000 20
'romissory note. (See Bill of ex-
change, inland.)
Deposit note to mutual insurance
companies, when the policy is SUBJ
Ject to exemDt
Renewal of a note. subject to the
same duty as an original note.
'rotest of note, bill Of exchange. &C.
ceptance, check, or draft, or any
marine protest. q
deed to be stamped as a
conveyance, except when given asa
release of a mortgage by the mort
gage to the mortgagor, lin which
case it is exempt; but if it contains
covenants may be subject as an a.
greement or contract.
'eceipt for satisfaction of any mort
gage or judgment or decree of any
court exemnt |
for any sum of money or
debt due, or for a draft or other in
strument given for the payment of
money; exceeding $40, not being
for satisfaction of any mortgage or
Judgment or decree of court..... 2
(See Indorsement.)
ecelpts for the delivery of property- .sexempt.
enewal of agreement, contract, or
charter. by letter or otherwise, same
stamp as original instrument.
neriff7s returN on writ, or other pro
cess exempt.
rust deed, Made to secure a debt. to
be stamped as a mortgage.
,arehouse receipts exempt.
Tarrant of attorney accompanying a
bond or note, if the bond or note is
stamped. exempt.
returns. exempt
official documents, instruments, and
papers issued by officers of the Uni
tad States government avoprf |