For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or
Piece of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed,
any Writ of Covenant for levying of Fines, Writ of Entry for
suffering a Common Recovery, or Attachment issuing out of, or
returnable into, any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a
Stamp Duty of Five Shillings.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any
Judge-
ment, Decree, Sentence, or Dismission, or any Record of Nisi
Prius
or Postea, in any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations,
a
Stamp Duty of Four Shillings.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any
Affida-
vit, Common Bail or Appearance, Interrogatory Depostion, Rule,
Order, or Warrant of any Court, or any Dedimus Potestatem,
Capias,
Subpoena, Summons, Compulsory Citation, Commission, Recognizance,
or any other Writ, Process, or Mandate, issuing out of, or returnable
into, any Court, or any Office belonging thereto, or any other
Pro-
ceeding therein whatsoever, or any Copy thereof, or of any Record
not herein before charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations (ex-
cept Warrants relating to Criminal Matters, and Proceedings thereon
or relating thereto) a Stamp Duty of One Shilling.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Licence,
Appointment, or Admission of any Counsellor, Sollicitor, Attorney,
Ad-
vocate, or Proctor, to practise in any
Court, or of any Notary within
the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Ten Pounds.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Note
or Bill of Lading, which shall be signed for any kind of Goods, Wares,
or Merchandize, to be exported from, or any
Cocket or Clearance gran-
ted within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Four
Pence.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, Letters of
Mart, or Commission for Private Ships of War, within the said
Colo-
nies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Twenty Shillings.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Grant,
Appointment, or Admission of or to any publick
beneficial Office or
Employment, for the Space of One Year, or any letter Time, of or above
the Value of Twenty Pounds Per Annum Sterling Money, in Salary,
Fees, and Perquisites, within the said Colonies and Plantations (except
Commissions and Appointments of Officers of the Army, Navy,
Ord-
nance, or Militia, of Judges, and of Justices of the Peace) a Stamp
Du-
ty of Ten Shillings.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which any Grant of any Liberty, Privilege, or Franchise,
under the Seal of any of the said Colonies or Plantations, or under the
Seal or Sign Manual of any Governor, Proprietor, or publick Officer
alone, or in Conjunction with any other Person or Persons, or with any
Council, or any Council and Assembly, or any Exemplification of the
same, shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, within the said Colonies and
Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Six Pounds.