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A. D. 175^. .Anno trice/imo fccundo GeorgiiII. ^-35* 397 this prefent Parliament aMTeinblecl, and by the Aiithoriby of the farne. That from and after the fifth Day Additional Stamp Duties of 7;//yonethoufand fev«:-n hundred and fifty-nine, there (hall be throughoiu" iiV^"^. ^'"^ ^""■" VdrmTaS4ent"i ro oi IVahs, andTovvn o^ Beriuick upon Ttv.'ed, raifed, coiledled, levied and paid, unto and for the y>^„^^^ ufed in'^Law"Mat- Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succefibrs, for every Piece of V'^ellum, Parchment or Paper, on tcr?, to t. ike I'Lce •which the feveral and refpcclive Matters and Things herein after nr.entioned, iliall be ingroffed or 5, July 1759. written at any Time or Tiraes after the faid fifth Day of July (over and above the Rates, Duties, Charges and Sums of Moikv, nov/ due and payable to his MajelLy for or in Refpedl of the fame) tije further feveral and rcfpecUve Rates, Duties, Charges and Sums of Money following; that is foiiiy, i' For "every Piece of Vellunn or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Affidavit viz. Upon Affidavits filed «D be made ufe of in any Court of Law or Equity at IVeJimtnJier, or in any Court of the Great Scf- ""^ "^"^ "^ ^°"" ^• fions for the Counties in JVdes^ or in the Court of County Palatine of Chejier^ fhall be ingroiied (AfRdavits for burying in £• written (except Affidavits taken purfuant to feveral A6ts made in the thirtieth and two and thir- WooUenjandtho'-e taken It 1 17 r 1 T) ■ r i^' r^ xL o 1 /• 1 • ■ -5 71/- 11 J „.. r u before uiacers or the Cu- Ufth Years of the Keign or King Charles the Second, for burymg in Vvoolien; and except lucn floms Juftxes, crC.m- ' Affidavits as fhali be taken before the Officers of the Cuftoms, or any Juftice or Juftices of the minioncrs cf the Pubiitk ^eace, or before any Commiffioners appointed or to be appointed by any hQi of Parliarnci-t, for tiie Taxes, excepted ) ^effing .and levying any Aids or Duties granted or to be granted to his Majeity, his Heirs and Succeiloxs, and v/hich Affidavits iliall be taken by the faid Officers of the Cuftoms, Juftices or Cor.imiffionerc, by virtue of their Authority as Juftices of the Peace, or Commillioncrs refpectively, and not otherwile) the Sum of fix Pence. , For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Copy Tjpo„ Copies of the faiJ of fuch Affidavit as is herein before charged, that (hall be filed or read in any of the faid Courts, AiTicavits, 6d. ^fliall be ingroiled or written, the Sum of fix Pence. ■ For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Comwiion tipon filing a Common Bail to b; filed in any Court of Law at IVejhninfler^ or in any of tnc aforefaid Courts, and upon Bail or Ajipearance, 6d. Vrhich any Appearance that (hall be made upon fuch Bail, Ihall be ingroffed or written, the Sum of fix Pence. . . For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Rule or Y"" ^^"'^°"^ ^"^^'^'^^ Order made or given in any the Courts?it WeJImin/icrf either Courts of Law or Equity, fhall be '-°"^' ^ *^' ingroffed or written, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Copy of Fp^" aCopy of Aich fuch Rules or Orders entered, fhall be ingroffed or written, the Sum of fix Pence. ' '^^ ""■ ''^' ^• or appoint Guardians, or any other Writ whatfoever, or any other Procefs or Mandate that fhall or Damage amounts to ifiue out or pafs the Seals of any the Courts at JVeJhninfter^ Courts of the Great Seffions in IVales^ 40 s. or more, 6d. Gourts in the Counties Palatine, or any other Court whatfoever holding PI a, where the Debt or Damage doth amount to forty Shillings, or above, or the Thing in Demand is of that Value, (hall be ingroffed or written (Writs of Covenant for levying Fines, Vrits of Entry for fuffering Com- (paiticukr Wilts ex- mon Recoveries, and Writs of Habeas Corpus^ alway excepted) the Sum of fix Pence. cepted.) i: For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Depofi- ^P""^ D5pofitions taken tion taken in the Court of Chancery, or other Court of Equity at ^^/z'w.vw/rVr (except the Paper p^,,;"""!^' .° °V^" T> 1 r T> r ■ 1 1 ■'^ • r r^ ■ n' r "^i ^ • n- i «_OUrt Of i*.quity (Paper Draughts or JJepoiitions, taken by virtue or any Cornmiihon, before they are ingroiled; O:' upon Draughts thereof ex- which any Copy of any Bill, Anfwer, Plea, Demurrer, Replication, Rejoinder, Interrogatories, ceptej) Depofitions, or other Proceedings whatfoever, in fuch Courts of Equity, fhall be ingrofied or writ- Copies of Bills, Anfwer?, ten, the Sum of one Penny.?'^.' or other Procced- ' •' ings in iudi Courts, 1 d. For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any'DecIa- Upon Declarations, and lation. Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or. other Pleading whatfoever, in any Court of other PleadiTigsin-Coorts Law at Wejimtnjler^ or in any of the Courts of the Principality of PFaies^ or in any of the Courts o^ ^^^^ ^ '^• in the Counties Palatine of Chejicr Lancajler or Durham^ fliall be ingroffed or written, the Sum of one Penny; and. For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Copy Upon any Copy thereof, thereof fhaU be v/ritten or ingrofied, the Sum of one Penny. .id. II. And be it further enacStcd by the Authority aforefaid. That for, .the better and more effecSbual Thefe Duties to be unrfer; raifing, levying, collecting and paying all the faid additional and new Rates and Duties herein be-, ^|^^ ^•'^^'"^s^'^s^t o^ff^'e' fore granted, the fame ihall be under the Government, Care and Management of the Commiffioners,^°j|^'"5^^^"p^J5j^^ ' for the Time being appointed to manage the Duties payable to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- "^^ " '"' fors, and charged on ffampcd Vellum, Parchment and Paper, by formiCr Aclis of Parliament in that Behalf made; who, or the major Part of them are hereby required and impowered to imploy fuch v.ho are to imploy proper Officers under them for tlrat Purpofe as they fhall think proper; and to ufe fuch Dies and Stamps Officers under them, and to uenote the Stamp Duties hereby tharged as they fhall think fit; and to repair, renew or alter the P|^°p^^^vf'^"'P* *'"' fame, from time to time, as there fhall be Occafion; and to do aH other Acis, Matters and Things a^j do Til other Matters ii'.r.efiary to b' done for putting this A£l in Execution, with relation to the faid feveral Rates and neceflary for carrying thi*. Duties'hereby granted, in tiie like and in as full and ample Manner as they, or the niajor Part of Aft into Esccutiun, theiu