UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES. 



Official Instruments, documents and papers issued 



by the officers of the United States government, 



or by the officers of any State, county or town, 



require no stamp. 



Affidavits in suits or legal proceedings, exempt. 



Order for the payment of money. — See Bank Check. 



Passage Ticket, to foreign port, (except British 



North America,) costing ©35 or less 50 



Over $35 and not over $ 50 1.00 



Every add'l $ 50, or part thereof, $ 1 more. 

 Power of Attorney, to sell or transfer any stock, 

 bond, or scrip, or for the collection of any divi- 

 dend, or interest thereon 25 



To vote by proxy for officers of any corporation 

 or society, (except religious, charitable, literary 



societies, or public cemeteries,) 10 



To sell or rent real estate 1.00 



To collect rents 25 



To perform any act not herein mentioned 50 



Probate of Will, or Letters of Administration, 



value of estate not over $2,000 1-00 



Ever)' add'l $1,000, or part thereof, 50 cents more. 

 (Probate of will, letters testamentary or of admin- 

 istration, or administrator's or guardian's bonds, 

 when the value of the estate, real and personal, 

 does not exceed $1,000, require no stamp.) 

 Promissory Note.— See Bill of Exchange, Inland 

 Protest of note, bill of exchange, acceptance, check 

 or draft, or any marine protest, whether protested 

 by a notary public or by any. other officer who 

 may be authorized by law to make such protest, .25 

 Receipts for any sum of money, or for the payment 

 of any debt exceeding $20 in amount, not being 

 for the satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment 

 or decree of any court, or by indorsement on any 

 stamped obligation in acknowledgment of its 



fulfdment 02 



Warehouse Receipt, exempt. 



Canned Meats, &c, for and upon every can, bottle 



or other single package, containing meats, fruits, 



vegetables, sauces, sirups, prepared mustard, 



jams or jellies, not exceeding 2 lbs. in weight. . . .01 



Every additn'l pound or part thereof, 1 cent more. 



UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES. 



Proprietary, Medicines, Perfumery, Cosmetics, 

 Preparations, &c, each package retailed at not 

 over 25 cents Ql 



Over 25 cents and not over 60 cents 02 



Over 50 cents and not over 75 cents 03 



Over 75 cents and not over $1 04 



Every add'l 50 cents, or part thereof, 2 cents more. 



Friction Matches, or lucifcr matches, or other 

 articles made in part of wood, and used for like 

 purposes, each package of 100 matches or part 

 thereof. QZ 



Packages of more than 100 matches, for each 100 



or part thereof. 01 



Cigar Lights, made in part of wood, wax, glass, pa- 

 per, or other materials, in packages containing 

 twenty -five lights or less, each package 01 



Every additional twenty-five lights or part thereof, 

 1 cent more. 



Playing Cards, for and upon every pack, not ex- 

 ceeding fifty-two cards in number, irrespective 

 of price or value : Q5 



The indiscriminate use of all kinds of stamps (except 

 postage or proprietary) is permitted, care being taken to affix a 

 stamp or stamps of the proper amount. 



Documents made in any foreign country, to be used in the 

 United States, shall pay the same duty as when made here. 



Powers of Attorney, or other papers relating to applications 

 for bounties, arrearages oi ^ay, or pensions, require no stamp; 

 neither do indorsement of negotiable instrument, nor any war- 

 rant of attorney accompanying a bond or note when such bond 

 *rnotc shall be stamped; and whenever any bond or note shall 

 „o secured by mortgage, but one stamp duty is required, pro- 

 vided the stamp duty placed thereon is the highest rate required 

 for said instrument, or either of them. 



The person using or affixing the stamp or stamps, shall write 

 Ehcreupon the initials of his name and the date upon which the 

 same shall be attached or used, so that the same shall not be used 

 again, under a penalty of $50; or they may be otherwise canceled 

 as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe. 



Violations of these Stamp Duties will be punished as the law 

 directs. 



