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, not herein before charged, above the Value of Twenty
Pounds per Annum Sterling Money in Salary, Fees, and Perquisites, or
any Exemplification of the same, within the British Colonies and Plan-
tations upon the Continent of America, the Islands belonging thereto,
and the Bermuda and Bahama Islands (except Commissions of Officers of
the Army, Navy, Ordnance, or Militia, and of Justices of the Peace) a
Stamp Duty of Four 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 such
Grant, Appointment, or Admission, of or to any such publick beneficial
Office or Employment, or any Exemplification of the same, within all
other Parts of the British Dominions in America, a Stamp Duty of Six
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 Inden-
ture, Lease, Conveyance, Contract, Stipulation, Bill of Sale, Charter
Party, Protest, Articles of Apprenticeship, or Covenant (except for the
Hire of Servants not Apprentices, and also except such other Matters as
are herein before charged) within the British Colonies and Plantations
in America, 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 any Warrant or Order for auditing any public Ac-
counts, beneficial Warrant, Order, Grant, or Certificate, under any pub-
lick Seal, 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, not herein
before charged, or any Passport or Let-pass, Surrender of Office, or Po-
licy of Assurance, shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, within the said
Colonies, and Plantations (except Warrants or Orders for the Service of
the Navy, Army, Ordnance, or Militia, and Grants of Offices under
Twenty-Pounds per Annum in Salary, Fees, and Perquisites) 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 Notarial
Act, Bond, Deed, Letter of Attorney, Procuration, Mortgage, Release,
or other Obligatory Instrument, not herein before charged, within the
said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings and Three
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 Register,
Entry, or Inrollment of any Grant, Deed, or other Instrument whatso-
ever herein before charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a
Stamp Duty of Three 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 Register,
Entry, or Inrollment of any Grant, Deed, or other Instrument whatso-
ever not herein before charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations,
a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings.