The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-05-09


Customhouse Withdrawals. Z"
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 customhouse, either
for consumption or warehousing:
not exceeding $I00 in value------ Z
Exceeding 500, aud not exceeding
$500 in :
Exceeding $500 in value.-------- I
Entry for the withdrawal of any
goods or merchandise from bonded
Warehouse {
Gauger's returns.- exemp
Endorsement upon a stamped obliga-
ton in acknowledgment of its full
exemp
Insurance (ife) policy. When the
amount insured shall not exceed
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Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
fpoUGb t
Exceeding $4,000. U
Insurance (marjne, inland, and tire)
policies, or renewal of the same: If
the premium does not exceed $40
Exceeding $40, and not exceeding
$50 :
Exceeding $50. 3
insurance contracts or tickets against
accidental injuries to persOnS------ hXemp
Lease. agreement, memorandum, or
contract for the hire, use, or rent Of
any land, tenement, or portion there
of: here the rent OF rental value
IS $500 per annum or leSS-------- :;
" here 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 5
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
Wrlts 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 $780, exempt
Exceeding $100O-..-.-.---------
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-
Ctcu 1DU IO1lS.- l W
Exceeding 300 tons, and not exceed
ing 500 tons : OF
Exceeding 600 5 OF
These provisions do not apply to
~Tessels 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 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 $ou0--- 5(
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding
$1,000 OF
And tor every additional $500, or
fractional Part thereof, i'll excess of
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Order for payment OF money, if the
amount is $40, or {
Passage ticket on any vessel from a
port in the United States to a for
eign port, not exceeding $35..... sc
Exceeding $35, and not exceeding
Ot
And for every additional $50, or
fractional part thereof, in excess Of
Ot
passagestickets to ports in British
pa N15tn exempt :
Power Of attorney for the sale or
transfer ofany stock, bonds, or scrip,
or tor the collection of any divi-
dends or interest hereon.---... 25
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 49,. 10
Pow OF attorney to receive or COL
iect 2)
Power OF attorney to sell aud convey
real estate, or to rent Or lease the
same 90
Power of attorney for any other pur-.
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
S2UUU 10
Exceeding $4,000, for every: addition.
al $1,000 or fractional part thereof,
in excess Of $4,000. 90
Promissory note. (See Bill of ex-
change, inland.)
Deposit note to mutual insurance
companies, when the policy is sub
.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
9uit-claim 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 mag be subject as an a.
greement or contract.
for satisfaction of any mort
gage Or judgment OF decree of any
court exempt.
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..-. 9
(See Indorsement.) -.
for the delivery of property fexempt.
of agreement, contract, or
charter, by. letter or otherwise, same
stamp as original instrument.
heriff7s return on writ, or other pro
CcSS ------- EXEMPT.
rust deed, made to secure a debt. to
be stamped as a mortgage.
arehouse recelpfs----------.-.-, exempt.
of attorney accompanying a
bond or note, if the bond or note is
stamped. exempt.
@eigher's returns exemnt
documents, instruments, and
papers issued by officers of the Uni
ted States government. exemnt.
instruments, documents and
papers issued by the officers of any
state, county, town, or other num-