720 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. CB. 74. 1863. The money vided in the act to which this is an amendment, any party to said contract ‘ Pttld ¤¤¤Y M may, at any time within one year from the date of the contract, bring '°°°°°"°d b°°k' suit before any court of competent jurisdiction to recover back, for his own use and benefit, the money paid on any contract not made in accordance with this act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That section one hundred and ten be, and hereby is, amended agdfolloyivs: "1;ny memorandrum, check, r:- ‘ cei t, or other written or rin evi ence o an amount o money to e ¤¤i;:mwsOU paili on demand, or at a tiine designated, shall be considered as a promis- S°¤*·l°¤ H0- sory note within the meaning of that section, and shall be stamped acg4:,"{f;:?° cordingly; and that Schedule B, following said section be. and is hereby amended. amended, so that any inland bill of exchange, draft, or order for the pay- _Duties ¤p¤¤ ment of any sum of money exceeding twenty dollars, otherwise than at b,‘“s,,°f§;“ ““g°° sight or on demand, and any promissory note shall (in liemf Ehehduties i rescribed in Schedule B have a stamp or stamps a e thereon Amipfsoi denoting a duty, upon eveiy sum of two hundred dollars or any fractional part thereof, if payable on demand or at any time not exceeding thirty-three days including the grace from the date or sight, of one cent, 01. If Soayhble at any time not less than thirty-three days as aforesaid, and not exceeding sixty-three days, including the grace, from date or sight, of two cents, (02.) If payable at any time not less than sixty-three days, as aforesaid, and not exceeding ninety-three days, including the grace, from date or sight, of three cents, 03.) If payable al any time not less than ninety-three days, as aforesaid, and mat egcceeding four months from date or sight and grace, of four cents, 04. If payable at any time not less than four months, as aforesaid, and not exceeding six months from date or sight, or grace, of six cents, (06.) If payable at any time exceeding six months from date or sight and grace, of ten cents, (10.) And that Schedule B, following section one hundred and ten be, and is 2¤¤;¤"*lfi€:*¤¤ hereby further amended, so that the stamp duty on certihcates of any g,;,gfH;(f'° °°° other description than those specified in said schedule, in lieu of ten A,,,,, ,,_ 481_ cents as therein prescribed, shall be five cents, (05.) Pussngedickets. Ctn passage ticlcets by any vessel from a port of the United States to a Ame, p. 483. foreign port, costing thirty dollars or less, fifty cents, (50.) Power of actor- On any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any scrip or cerney. tificate of profits or memorandum, showing an interest in the profits or A""» P· 483- accumulations of any corporation or association, if for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, ten cents, (l0.) _ Policies of On any policy of insurance or other instrument, by whatever name the ‘“““'““°° same shall be called, by which insurance shall be made or renewed upon Aww, p- 48% property of any description whether against perils by sea, or by fire, or other peril of any kind, made by any insurance company or its agents, op my oth; pompapy or person in wgich the premium or assessment s a no exec en dollars ten cen . Bill ofsale of On any bill of sale by which ar? §hip)or vessel or any part thereof "°”°l‘ shall be conveyed to or vested in any other person or persons when the consideration shall not exceed five hundred dollars, there shall be affixed a stamp or stamps denoting a duty of twenty-five cents, (25.) If the consideration exceeds five hundred and does not exceed one thousand dollars, the duty shall be fifty cents, (50.) If 'the consideration exceeds one thousand dollars, for each and every additional amount of one thousand dollars, or any fractional part thereof, 1; pxcgapg )of one thousand dollars, the duty in additionoshall be fifty _ n s, · . m£;f;°':‘Q;;f On each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, lease, or policy
