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bound to serve as a clerk, in order to his 
admission as a solicitor or attorney, the ad- 
ditional duties following, viz. For every piece 
of vellum, parchment, or paper, upon which 
shall be written any such contract, whereby 
any person shall become bound to serve as 
a clerk as aforesaid, in order to his admission 
as a solicitor or attorney in any of the courts 
at Westminster, there shall be charged a 
stamp-duty of 100/. 
And in order to his admission as a solicitor 
or attorney in any of the courts of great ses- 
su>n in Wales, or in the counties palatine of 
Chester, Lancaster, or Durham, or in any 
court of record in England, holding pleas to 
the amount of 40s. and not in any of the said 
courts at Westminster, there shall be charged 
a stamp-duty of 50/. 
Award, lo,s. 37 Geo. III. c.,90. 
Bail-bonds, and assignments thereof, 1?. 
10 W. III. c . 25. 
Beneficial warrant under sign manual (ex- 
cept for navy, army, or ordnance), 1/. 5s. 
37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Bill of exchange, promissory or other note, 
draft, or order, where the sum amounts to 
40 y. and does not exceed 5l. 5s., 6d. 4l 
Geo. Ilf. c . 10. 
Above 51. 5s., and not exceeding 30/., 
•Is. 41 Geo. III. c. 10. 
Above 30/., and not exceeding 50/., Is. 6d. 
41 Geo. III. c. 10. 
Above 50/., and not exceeding 100/., 2.s. 
41 Geo. III. c. 10. 
Above 100/., and not exceeding 200/., 3s. 
41 Geo. III. c. 10. 
Bills and notes not exceeding 200/. value, 
and for every bill of exchange, promissory or 
other note, draft or order, payable on de- 
mand, or otherw'ise, where the sum shall 
exceed 200/., there shall be charged 4s. 4l 
Geo. III. c. 10. 
Foreign bills of exchange, drawn in sets 
according to the custom of merchants, where 
the sum shall not exceed 100/., Is. Id. 4l 
Geo. III. c. 10. 
Above 100/., and not exceeding 200/., 
Is. 6c/. 41 Geo. III. c. 10. 
And exceeding 200/. 2s. 41 Geo. III. 
c. 10. 
Bill of lading, 2s. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Bill of Middlesex. See Original Writ. 
Bills, answers, replications, rejoinders, de- 
murrers, interrogatories, depositions taken 
by commissions, and other proceedings in 
courts of equity, 2s. 6c/. 23 Geo. III. c. 58. 
Bonds (except such as are given as security 
for money), 15s. 4l Geo. III. e. 86. 
Coast bonds, and bonds on wills or admi- 
nistrations not exceeding 20/., and bonds 
given by the widow of any soldier or sailor, 
are exempt from the duty imposed by 37 
Geo. III. c. 90. 
Bonds given as security for payment of 
money, if not above 100/., 15s. 41 Geo. 
ill. C : 86. i , , 
Above 100/., and under 500/., 1/. 37 
Geo. III. c. 90. 
If of 500/. or upwards, 1 /• 10s. 37 Geo. 
III. c. 90. 
When the amount shall be of the value of 
100/. or upwards, 2/. 37 Geo. Ilf. c. 90. 
When the amount shall be of the value of 
200/. or upwards, 3/. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
When the amount shall be of the value of 
5000/. or upwards, 5/. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
STAMP DUTIES. 
Briefs for collecting charitable benevolence, 
&c . 4/. 23 Geo. 111. c. 58. 
Capias writ. See Original Writ. 
Cards per pack, 2s. 6 d. 41 Geo. III. 
c. 86. 
Catalogue. See Inventory. 
Certificate of barrister in any of the inns of 
court, 2$l. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Certificate or debenture for drawback, 4s. 
37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Certificate of marriage, except of seamen’s 
widows, 5s. 5 W. III. c. 21. 
Certificate. See Register, Registry, Sa- 
crament. 
Certiorari, writ of error, or writ of appeal, 
except to delegates, 1 0s. 
Certificate to kill game, 31. 3s. See Game. 
Certificate of appointment of game-keeper, 
10s. 6 d. 
Certificate for wearing hair-powder, 1/. Is. 
4l Geo. III. c. 69. 
Certificate for attorneys. See Attorney. 
Charter. See Adjudication. 
Charter-party. See Deeds. 
Chadty-children’s indenture. See Ap- 
prentice. 
Citation or monition, libel or allegation, 
deposition or inventory, exhibited in any ec- 
clesiastical court, and all copies tlrereoi (ex- 
cept copies of citation or monition, for which 
see Answer), 2s. 6d. 23 Geo. III. c. 58. 
Clare -constat. See Adjudication. 
Clerk. See Admittance. 
Clerks to attorneys. See Attorneys’ Clerks. 
Cognition of heirs. See Adjudication. 
Collation, donation, or presentation to any 
ecclesiastical dignity, promotion, or benefice, 
of the yearly value of 1 0/. and upwards in 
the king’s books, 12/. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
And to any other benefice, dignity, or spi- 
ritual or ecclesiastical promotion, 6/. 37 
Geo. III. c. 90. 
Commission, ecclesiastical, 5s. 10 W. III. 
c. 25. 
Common bail in the courts at Westminster, 
great sessions, or county palatine, Is. 6 d. 
32 Geo. II. c. 35. 
Confirmation. See Adjudication. 
Contract. See Deed. 
Conveyance, surrender, or grants of offices, 
release, or other deed inrolled in any court 
of record, or by any custos rotulorum, or 
clerk of the peace, 1/. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Copy of court-roll. See Surrender. 
Copy of depositions in chancery, or other 
court of equity at Westminster, copy of any 
bill, answer, piea, demurrer, replication, re- 
joinder, interrogatories, or other proceedings 
whatsoever, in such courts of equity, 3d. 19 
Geo. III. c. 66. 
Copies of wills, 6d. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Any copy purporting to be a true copy, 
or attested to be a true copy, of any inden- 
ture, lease, or other deed, or any* part there- 
of, for the security or use of any person, 
being a party to the same deed, and not hav- 
ing the custody of the original, or where such 
copy shall not be made in lieu of such origi- 
nal, 6s. 8 d. 40 Geo. III. c. 72. 
And the number of stamps required to be 
used for such copies of deeds is, one for 
every ten common law sheets of 72 words : j 
but if after a calculation of that number, j 
there shall remain a number of words less in 
quantity than ten common law-sheets, no 
further stamp is required for the excess. 
And by 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 72. from 
August 1, 1800, in lieu of the stamp-duty o 
6s. 8 c/. upon the copy of any deed, when it 
is for the use of any person, other than any 
of the parties to the same deed, and who 
shall not have the custody of the original, or 
where such copy shall not be made in lieu 
of such original, there shall be paid a stamp- 
duty of 6c/. on every piece of vellum or 
parchment, or sheet or piece o" paper, on 
which any such copy shall be written. 
And the number of stamps to be put upon 
every copy, is to be calculated according to 
the last act. 
And by 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 84. copies 
of indentures or other deeds, liable to the 
duties granted by 37 Geo. c. 90., may be 
stamped within sixty days after date of the 
attestation, on payment of the duty only. 
Copy ci any surrender of, and admittance 
to, any custom-right estate, not. being copy- 
hold, which shall pass by surrender and ad- 
mittance only, and which shall not pass by 
deed, within England, Wales, and town of 
Berwick upon Tweed, 12s. 41 Geo. III. c. 
86 . 
Copyhold estate. See Surrender. 
Covenant, writ of. See Writ of Covenant. 
Debenture for drawbacks. See Certificate. 
Declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, 
demurrer, or other pleading whatsoever, in 
any court of law at Westminster, or in any 
of the courts of the principality of Wales, or 
in any of the counties palatine of Chester, 
Lancaster, or Durham, and copies thereof, 
3d. 32 Geo. II. c. 35. 
Declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, 
demurrer, or other pleading whatsoever, in 
any inferior court of law, and copies thereof, 
2d. 10. W. III. c. 15. 
Decree, personal. See Warrant. 
Dedimus potestatem. See Original Writ. 
Deeds. Any indenture (except parish-in- 
dentures), lease or deed-poll ; and any char- 
ter-party, release, contract, or other obli- 
gatory instrument ; or any procuration of 
letters of attorney ; for every 15 common 
law-sheets, oi 72 words each, 15s. 4l Geo. 
III. c. 86. 
And moreover, by 87 Geo. III. there shall 
be paid upon every deed which shall be made 
after August !, 1797, an additional stamp- 
duty of 10s. over and above all duties now 
payable on the vellum or paper whereon 
such deed shall be engrossed (but this is upon 
the first skin only), the provisions of this act 
being as follow : 
It shall not extend to any bond or letter of 
attorney, bearing date before Aug. 1, 1797. 
Also it shall not extend to any indenture 
of apprenticeship, where a sum not exceed- 
ing 10/. shall be given; nor to any lease for 
not exceeding twenty-one years, the full and 
improved value whereof, and rent reserved 
thereby, shall not be more than 10/. nor to 
any lease for lives, or years determinable on 
lives, where the fine shall not exceed 20/. 
nor the rent reserved 40/. 
But by 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 42, the 
above duties shall extend to every deed, 
which by lease may form, or is intended to 
form, a part of any conveyance of lands or 
tenements, whereby a greater interest in the 
same shall be conveyed than a term of 
twenty-one years, whatever may be the value 
thereof. 
Nor shall any deed be subject to the pay- 
ment of any greater duty than the sum be- 
