The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-06-06

Credit, letter of. SAME as foreign bill
of exchange.
Customhouse entry. (See Entry.)
C~ustomhouse Withdrawals. "
:. Deed. (See Conveyance-Trust
Draft. Same as inland bill of ex.
change.
Endorsement of any negotiable instru-
ment rXemp.
Entry of any goods, wares, or mer-
chandise at any customhouse, either
for consumption or warehousing:
not exceeding 300 in valne---.-. u
Exceeding 500, and not exceeding
S)UU III value oU
Exceeding $500 in value. ...... W
Entry for the withdrawal of any
goods or merchandise from bonded
warehouse tO
Gauger's returns. exempt.
Endorsement upon a stamped Obliga-
ton in acknowledgment of its full
exempt.
insurance (lift) policy. When the
amount insured shall not exceed
plooV 20
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
SoUUO ou
Exceeding :SotUU- l w
Insurance (%nar;ne, inland, and fre)
policies, or renewal of the same: If
the premium does not exceed $40. III
Exceeding $40, and not exceeding
SoD 70
Exc 'rding 5O
Insurance contracts or tickets against
accidental injuries to personS----.- exempt.
Lease. agreement, memorandum, or
contract for the hire, use, or rent of
any land, tenement, or portion there
of: Where the rent or rental value
is $500 per annum or less.-..-... so
W here the rent or rental value e1-
ceeds the sum of $500 per annum,
for each additional $500 or frac-
tlonal part thereof in excess of $500 so
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.
Wrts 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
Letters testamentary, when the value
OF the estate and objects, real and
personal, does not exceed $1,000. exempt.
Exceeding $1,000. 5
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 3UO tons. ! 90
Exceeding 800 tons, and not exceed
ing 600 tons 800
Exceeding 900 tons. 5 OO
These provisions do not apply to
vessels or steamboats, plying be-
tween ports of the United States
and British North America.
Measurer' return exempt.
Memorandum of sale, or brokers note.
(See Contract.)
Mortgage of lands, estate, or property,
real or personal, heritable or nova
Bile, whatsoever, a trust deed in the
nature OF a 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 tor every additional $500. or
fractional part thereof. in excess of
SlUUn SO
Order for payment OF money, if the
amount is $40, or 2
Passage ticket on any vessel from a
port in the United States to a for
eign port, not exceeding $35.-... so
Exceeding $35. and not exceeding
90
And for every additional $50, or
fractional part thereof, in excess of
90
PassageRtickets to ports in British
North america exempt:
FaWnerS checks 3
Power of attorney for the sale or
transfer ofany stock, bonds, or scrip,
or for the collection of any divi-
dends or interest thereon.-.- %
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
lect Is
Power of attorney to sell aud convey
real estate, or to rent or lease the
same 90
Power of attorney for any other pur-
pose IN
i IVA = VIII VI lcbLcES OF duIni0lS-
tration; where the estate and effects
for or in respect of which such pro-
bate or letters Of administration ap-
piled for shall be sworn or declared
not to exceed the value of $1,000. exemnt.
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
$4,000 no
Exceeding $4,000, for every addition.
al $1,000, or fractional part thereof,
in excess of $4,000. 90
Promlssory note. (See Bill of ex-
change, inland.)
deposit note to mutual insurance
companies, when the policy is SUBJ
JecC 10 exempt
Renewal OF a note. subject to the
same duty as an original note.
Protest of note, bill Of exchange. ac-
: ceptance, check, or draft, or any {
marine protest. Ok
deed to be stamped as a !
conveyance, except when given asa 4
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. .
for satisfaction of any mort s
gage or Judgment or decree of any ]
court eran,t
for any sum of money or
debt due, or for a draft or other in
strument given for the payment of r
money; exceeding $40, not being !
for satisfaction of any mortgage or. y
judgment or decree of court..o.. 9 I
(See Indorsement.) Z
for the delivery of property .Rexempt. S
of agreement, contract, or t
charter, by letter or otherwise, same o
stamp as original instrument. b
heriffs return on writ, or other pro n
cess ~, .. exempt.
be stamped as a mortgage.
varehouse receipts. exempt. =
bond or note, if the bond or note is 2
stamped. EXEMPT.
Veigher's returns. exempt Il
Official documents, instruments, and n