For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any such
Or-
der or Warrant for surveying or setting out any Quantity of Land above
Two hundred, and not exceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, and
in Proportion for every such Order or Warrant for surveying or setting
out every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, within the said Colo-
nies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Original
Grant, or any Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other Instrument whatsoever,
by which any Quantity of Land not exceeding One hundred Acres shall
be granted, conveyed, or assigned; within the British Colonies and
Plantations upon the Continent of America, the
Islands belonging there-
to, and the Bermuda and the
Bahama Islands (except Leases for any Term
not exceeding the Term of Twenty one Years) a Stamp Duty of One
Shilling and Six Pence.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any such
Original Grant, or any such Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other Instru-
ment whatsoever, by which any Quantity of Land above One hundred,
and not exceeding Two hundred Acres, shall be granted, conveyed, or
assigned, within such Colonies, Plantation, and Islands, a Stamp Duty
of Two 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 such
Original Grant, or any such Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other
Instru-
ment whatsoever, by which any Quantity of Land above Two Hundred,
and not exceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, shall be granted,
conveyed, or assigned, and in Proportion for every such Grant, Deed,
Mesne Conveyance, or other Instrument, granting, conveying, or
assign-
ing, every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, within such Colo-
nies, Plantations, and Islands, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings and Six
Pence.
For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment or Sheet or Piece
of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed any such
Original Grant, or any such Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other
Instru-
ment whatsoever, by which any Quantity of Land not exceeding One
hundred Acres shall be granted, conveyed, or assigned, within all other
Parts of the British Dominions in
America, a Stamp Duty of Three
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 such
Ori-
ginal Grant, or any such Deed, Mesne Conveyance or other
Instru-
ment whatsoever, by which any Quantity of Land above One hundred,
not exceeding Two hundred Acres, shall be granted, conveyed, or
assigned, within the same Parts of the said Dominions, 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 such
Ori-
ginal Grant, or any such Deed, Mesne Conveyance, or other
Instru-
ment whatsoever whereby any Quantity of Land above Two hundred,
and not exceeding Three hundred and twenty Acres, shall be granted,
conveyed, or assigned, and in Proportion for every such Grant, Deed,
Mesne Conveyance, or other Instrument, granting, conveying, or
assign-
ing, every other Three hundred and twenty Acres, within the same Parts
of the said Dominions, a Stamp Duty of Five Shillings.