The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-09-12

Credit, letter Of. Same as foreign bill
of exchange.
Customhouse entry. (see Entry.)
Customhouse Withdrawals. "
Deed. (see conveyance-Truss
|. deed.) ~
Draft. Same as inland bill of ex.
change. .
Endorsement of any negotiable instru-
ment exempt.
Entry of any goods, wares. or mer-
chandlse atany customhouse, either
for consumption or warehousing:
not exceeding 800 in value..-- Is
Exceeding 300, and not exceeding
$500 in value. SO
Exceeding $500 in value. l. 90
Entry for the withdrawal of any
goods or merchandise from bonded
warehouse 5U
Gauger's returns exempt.
Endorsement upon a stamped obliga-
ton in acknowledgment of its full
filment-- exempt.
Insurance (life) policy. When the
amount insured shall not exceed
@iOoO 20
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
SoUUu oU
ANNSSNAhS %cOoO. ~
Insurance (marine, inland, and fre)
policies, or renewal of the same: If
the premium does not exceed $40. 10
Exceeding $50, and not exceeding
@oU 90
Exc, eding so
Insurance contracts or tickets against
accidental in~j uries 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
Where the rent or rental value ex-
ceeds the sum of $500 per annum,
for each additional 5000 or frac-
t1onal 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.
Writs 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 will.)
Letters t~estamentary, 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:
ship, vessel, or steamer does not ex-
coed 3OO i w
Exceeding 300 tons, and not exceed
ing OUU tons 5 w
Exceeding 600 ns--------.--- S 90
[These provisions do not apply to
vessels or steamboats, plying be-
tween ports of the United States
and British North America.1
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 tho
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 l 90
And for every additional $500, or
fractional part thereof, iii excess of
$lOUu 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 $35-.... so
Exceeding $35, and not exceeding
] w
And for every additional $50, or
fraotiopa1 mart thereof in aycacc of
| w
/ PassageFtickets to ports in British
North America exempt:
Pawners' checks 5
Power of attorney for the sale or
transfer ofany stock, bonds, or scrip,
or for the collection of any divi-
dends or interest thereon.---... 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
lect 70
Power of attorney to sell and convey
real estate, or to rent or lease the
same 90
| Powes of attorney for any other pur-
pose SO
Probate 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 for 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
| Pr0mlSSOrY note Nee RiIi of ay.
change, inland.)
Deposit note to mutual insurance
companies, when the policy is SUBJ
Jectto 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. 25
Quit-claim deed to be stamped as a
conveyance, except when given asa
release of a mortgage by the mort
gagee to the ~mortgagor, lin which
case it is exempt; but if it contains
covenants may be subject as an a.
greement or contract.
Receipt for satisfaction Of any mort
gage or judgment or decree of any
court exempt.
Receipts 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..-... 81
(See Indorsement.)
Receipts for the delivery Of property. Exempt.
Renewal Of agreement, contract, or
charter, by letter Or otherwise, sans
stamp as original instrument.
Sheriffs return, on writ, or other pro
cess ex empt.
Trust deed, made to secure a debt, to
be stamped as a mortgage.
Warehouse receipts. exempt.
Warrant of attorney accompanying a
bond or note, if the bond or note is
stamped. exempt.
Weigher's returns. exempt
Official documents, instruments, and
papers issued by officers of the Uni