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Stamp duties.

	Duty. Dolls. cts.
of any kind, made by any insurance company, or its agents, or by any other company or person, the premium upon which does not exceed ten dollars, ten cents	10
Exceeding ten and not exceeding fifty dollars, twenty-five cents	25
Exceeding fifty dollars, fifty cents	50
Lease, agreement, memorandum, or contract for the hire, use, or rent of any land, tenement, or portion thereof,Post, p. 482. where the rent or rental value is three hundred dollars per annum or less, fifty cents	50
Where the rent or rental value exceeds the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, for each additional two hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof in excess of three hundred dollars, fifty cents	50
Manifest for custom-house entry or clearance of the cargo of any ship, vessel, or steamer for a foreign port—
If the registered tonnage of such ship, vessel, or steamer does not exceed three hundred tons, one dollar	1  00
Exceeding three hundred tons, and not exceeding six hundred tons, three dollars	3  00
Exceeding six hundred tons, five dollars	5  00
Measurers' returns, if for a quantity not exceeding one thousand bushels, ten cents	10
Exceeding one thousand bushels, twenty-five cents	25
Mortgage of lands, estate, or property, real or personal, heritable or movable, whatsoever, where the same shall be made as security for the payment of any definite and certain sum of money lent at the time or previously due and owing or forborne to be paid, being payable; also any conveyance of any lands, estate, or property whatsoever, in trust, to be sold or otherwise converted into money, which shall be intended only as security, and shall be redeemable before the sale or other disposal thereof, either by express stipulation or otherwise; or any personal bond given as security for the payment of any definite or certain sum of money exceeding one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five hundred dollars, fifty cents	50
Exceeding five hundred dollars, and not exceeding one thousand dollars, one dollar	1  00
And for every additional five hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of one thousand dollars, fifty cents	50
Provided, That upon each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, lease, or policy of insurance,Post, p. 482. or the renewal or continuance of any agreement, contract, or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required and paid equal to that imposed on the original instrument.
Passage ticket, by any vessel from a port in the United States to a foreign port, not exceeding thirty-five dollars, fifty cents	50
Exceeding thirty-five dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, one dollar	1  00
And for every additional fifty dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of fifty dollars, one dollar	1  00
Power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any stock, bonds, or scrip, or for the collection of any dividends or interest thereon, twenty-five cents	25
Power of attorney or proxy for voting at any election for officers of any incorporated company or society, except religious, charitable, or literary societies, or public cemeteries, ten cents	10
Power of attorney to receive or collect rent, twenty-five cents	25
Power of attorney to sell and convey real estate, or to rent or lease the same, one dollar	1  00
Power of attorney for any other purpose, fifty cents	50
Probate of will, or letters of administration: Where the estate and effects for or in respect of which such probate or letters of administration applied for shall be sworn or declared not to exceed the value of two thousand dollars, one dollar	1  00
Exceeding two thousand dollars, for every additional thousand dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of two thousand dollars, fifty cents	50
Protest. — Upon the protest of every 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 the law of any state or states to make such protest, twenty-five cents	25
Receipts for the payment of any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding twenty dollars,Post, p. 482. not being for the satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment or decree of any court, and a receipt for the delivery of any property, two cents	2
Warehouse receipt for property, goods, wares, or merchandise, not otherwise provided for, in any public or private warehouse, when the property or goods so deposited or stored shall not exceed in value five hundred dollars, ten cents	10