Receipt or Discharge written upon or contained in any Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note, Deed or other Instrument harged with Duty under this Schedule and duly Stamped.
12. Probates and Letters of Administration with or without the Will annexed,....
13. Conveyance. Assignment or Instrument of any kind or description whatsoever not specially charged with Duty under this Schedule executed.for the transfer for valu- able consideration either by way of Mortgage or otherwise of any Property, moveable or inmoveable, or of any Right, Title, Claim or Interest in, to, or upon the same,.
Where in a Mortgage the Sum secured is unlimited, Deed or other Instrument or Gift or of Exchange or Settlement where no Money consideration, or a merely Nominal Money consideration, passes,
EXEMPTION.
Transfer by mere Endorsement of a duly Stamped Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note, or other Negotiable Instrument, or of a Bill of Lading, and Transfer by Assignment of a Policy of Insurance.
14. Mortgage,.......
15. Re-assignment of any Mortgaged Property,
16. Letter or other Instrument of Hypothecation accom- panying deposit of Documents of Title to any Property......
17. Duplicate or Counterpart of any Deed, Instrument, or Writing of any description whatever chargeable with Duty under this Ordinance,....
If the Duty chargeable on the Original exceeds 50 cents but does not exceed $10,..
If the Duty chargeable on the Original exceeds $10 bat does not exceed $20...
If the duty on the Original exceeds $20,. Provided that such Duplicate or Counterpart Stamp shall be affixed upon the production of the Original Deed, Instru- ment, or Writing bearing its proper Stamp and not otherwise. 18. Lease or Agreement for a Lease made for a term of years or for a period determinable with one or more life or lives or otherwise contingent in consideration of a Sum of Money paid in the way of premium, fine, or the like if with- out rent,
19. Lease or Agreement for a Lease of any Land, House, Building or Tenement at a Rent without any payment of any sum of Money by way of fine or premium :-
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The same ad valorem-
Duty as on a convey- ance to be calculated upon the value of the Estate and Effects for, ur in respect of_which such Probate or Letters of Administration shall be granted exclusive of what the deceased shall have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee for any other Person or Persons, and not beneficially. 25 cents for every $100 or part of $100 of the consideration Money or amount secured up to $1,000, and $2 for every $1000 or part of $1,000 after the first $1,000.
$25
$25
See Article 13.
The same as on the As- signment.
Same as a Mortgage. The same Duty as the auch Original when Duty does not exceed 50 cents.
$1
$2
$3
The same ad valorem Stamp as on a Convey- ance See Article 13.
When the Rent calculated for a whole Year shall not ex-
Above $100 but not exceeding
"
eed in value $100,
$ 250 $ 500
"
$1,000
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21
$2,600
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250
$ 500.
$1,000.
$2,600.
$5,000
and for every additional $1,000 or any part thereof,
20. Lease or Agreement for a Lease of any Lands, House, Building or Tenement, stipulating for a Rent granted in consideration of a fine or premiun,.
NOTE.-A Lease, executed in pursuance of a duly Stamp-| ed Agreement for the same, shall require a Stamp of One Dollar only, to be affixed on production of such Agreement.
21. Every Instrument in Writing under seal not other- wise specially charged with Duty under this Schedule,................
GENERAL EXEMPTIONS.
Any Deed, Instrument, or Writing of any kind whatsoever made or executed by or on behalf of Her Majesty or of any Department of Mer Majesty's Service, or whereby any Property or Interest is transfered to, or any Contract of any kind whatso ever is made with, Her Majesty or any Person for or on behalf of Her Majesty or any such Department as aforesaid.
NOTE. The foregoing exemption does not extend to any Deed, Instrument or Writing, executed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as Official Administrator or by a Receiver appointed by any Court; neither does it extend to a sale made for the recovery of an arrear of Revenue or Rent or in satisfaction of a Decree or Order of Court, in any of which cases the purchaser shall be required to pay in ad- dition to the purchase money the amount of the requisite Stamp.
When of several Deeds, Instruments, or Writing a doubt shall arise which is the principal, it shall be lawful for the parties to determine for themselves which shall be so deemed. In any case however where there are more Deeds than one, every other Deed than the principal requires a Stamp of Two Dollars and every such collateral Deed shall specify, by its contents which other is the principal Deed,
Any Deed, Instrument or Writing required by the forego- ing Shedule to be Stamped, may be written on one or more Stamps, if the value of the Stamps used amount to the value required by the Schedule.
When the Least: When the Lesse
is for a period is for a period not exceeding One Year
exceeding One Year.
c.
$ c.
0.50
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
10.00
20.00
20.00
40.00
5.00
10.00
A Stamp of value equal to the joint value of the Stamps for a Convey- ance in consideration of the fine and a Lease for the Rent.
$10.
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