Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1869 — U. S. Revenue StampS, and How to Use Them. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Revenue StampS, and How to Use Them.

TnouGH we have for some time been living under the rule of stamps, the question is one of every-day asking: “How much of a stamp does this require?” The following embraces the most general use of stamps as applied to manufacturers and particular classes of business that pay a special tax : All notes and evidences of debt, five cents on each $100; if under SIOO, live cents; if over SIOO, live cents on each SIOO or part thereof. All receipts for any amount, without limit, over S2O, two cents; if under S2O, nothing. Checks of any amount, two cents. All deeds and deeds of trust, fifty- cents on each SSOO in value of the property conveyed or the amount, secured; when deod; of trust is fully stamped the note secured need not be; but they should be Indorsed to show Ihd reason why. Mortgage bonds need not be stamped If stamps arc affixed to the lhoftgnge. All the appraisements, ostates, or five cents on each piece of paper. Affidavits of, every description arc exempt irom stamp duty. Acknowledgments to deeds, etc., are also exompt • Contracts and agreements, live cents foi- each sheet or piece of paper, except for rents or when lor rent, fifty cents for each S2OO of rent or less ; If over S3OO, fifty cents for each additional S2QO, or fraction* part thereof In excess of $300.* Any person int rested can affix and cancel stamps. » *.- Mb. Robeut Mii.i,h, of Rending Pa., lias on his premises a curiosity rarely met with, a duck having the feat of a chicken —the feet being without webs, and the head graced with combs; the other part of the fowl in like an ordinary duck.