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SCHEDULE, PART I.	Duty
ADMISSION—continued		£	s.	d.
Exemptions from the preceding and all other Stamp Duties.
Where any Person, duly admitted a Writer to the Signet, or a Solicitor, Agent, or Attorney, in either of the Courts of Session, Justiciary, Exchequer, or Commission of Teinds, shall be also admitted to act in either of those Capacities in any other or others of the same Courts; his latter Admission shall be free of Duty:
Where any Person, duly admitted a Solicitor or Procurator in the High Court of Admiralty, or in the Commissary Court at Edinburgh, shall he also admitted a Solicitor or Procurator in the other of those Courts; his latter Admission shall be free of Duly :
And where any Person, duly admitted a Solicitor or Procurator in any of the inferior Courts in Scotland, shall be also admitted a Solicitor or Procurator in any other or others of the same Courts; his latter Admission shall be free of Duty :
Provided in each of the foregoing Cases the proper Stamp Duty shall have been paid on the former Admission of such Person, according to the Laws then in force.
But in all Cases not expressly exempted the said Duty is to be paid on every Admission of the same Person.
ADMISSION of any Persons as a Master in Ordinary in Chancery, or as one of the Six Clerks, or one of the Cursitors, of the Court of Chancery in England; or as a Sworn Clerk, Side Clerk, Clerk in Court, or other Clerk or Officer whatsoever, in any Court in Great Britain, who must necessarily be employed to do certain official Business, and whose Emoluments shall therefore be so far fixed and certain ;
Where the Salary, Fees, and Emoluments of the Office or Appointment shall not amount to 50l. per Annum		1	10	0
And where the same shall amount to 50l. and not amount to 100l. per Annum		3	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 100l. and not amount to 200l. per Annum		5	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 200 l. and not amount to 300l. per Annum		10	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 300l. and not amount to 500l. per Annum		20	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 500l. and not amount to 750l. per Annum		30	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 750l. and not amount to 1,000l. per Annum		40	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 1,000l. and not amount to 1,500 l. per Annum		50	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 1,500l. and not amount to 2,000l. per Annum		75	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 2,000l.. and not amount to 3,000 l. per Annum		100	0	0
And where the same shall amount to 3,000l. or upwards per Annum		150	0	0
The said Fees and Emoluments to be estimated according to the Average Amount thereof for Three Years preceding, if practicable; and if not, according to the best Information that can be obtained.