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American History Leaflets.

CONIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL,

No. 21.-MAY, 1895.

THE STAMP ACT, 1765.

This number contains the text of the Stamp Act, reprinted word for word, with the exceptions hereafter noted, from a black letter edition published by authority" in 1765 at London. The Stamp Act is not included in the printed editions of Acts of Parliament, nor in any book accessible to students, except those favorel few who have the use of the great libraries of the country. In making this reprint it has not been thought necessary to repeat certain words which recur in the Act from ten to fifty times. These omissions are noted in the usual way, the words omitted can be supplied by turning back a page or two, except in the case of the words italicised in the following sentences, which have been omitted except in the first section of the Act: "For every skin, or piece of vellum, or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be ingraved, written or printed, etc., be it enacted by the authority aforesaid." It has been the aim of the editors to preserve the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation of the original printed copy. The only addition made is the insertion, in square brackets, of section numbers before the paragraphs of the Act. For further information see the works of George Bancroft, Hildreth, Gay, Lord Mahon, Adolphus and Massey. The best comprehensive accounts are those of Mellen Chamberlain in the Narative and Critical History, VI; Lecky in his History of England, and Richard Frothingham in The Rise of the Republic of the

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United States. For further references, see Channing and Hart, Guide to the Study of American History, 56, and Winsor, in the "Editorial Notes" to the Judge Chamberlain's chapter, above noted.

THE STAMP ACT.

5 GEO. III. CAP. XII.

Whereas by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, several Duties were granted, continued, and appropriated, toward defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the British Colonies and Plantations in America: And whereas it is just and necessary, that Provision be made for raising a further Revenue within Your Majesty's Dominions in America, towards defraying the said Expenses: We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, have therefore resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several Rates and Duties here in after mentioned; and do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, throughout the Colonies and Plantations in America which now are, or hereafter may be, under the Dominion of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors.

[1] For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, any Declaration, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading, or any Copy thereof, in any Court of Law within the British Colonies and Plantations in America, a Stamp Duty of Three Pence.

[2.] For every Skin.

on which shall be ingrossed any Special Bail and Appearance upon Such Bail in any such Court, a Stamp Duty of Two Shillings.

[3] For every Skin

on which shall be ingrossed

any Petition, Bill, Answer, Claim, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading in any Court of Chancery or Equity within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence.

[4] For every Skin

on which shall be ingrossed any Copy of any Petition, Bill, Answer, Claim, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleading in any such Court, a Stamp Duty of Three Pence.

[5] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any Monition, Libel, Answer, Allegation, Inventory, or Renunciation in Ecclesiastical Matters, in any Court of Probate, Court of the Ordinary, or other Court exercising Ecclesias tical Jurisdiction within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling.

[6.] For every Skin

on which shall be ingrossed,

printed, any Copy of any Will (other than the Probate thereof,) Monition, Libel, Answer, Allegation, Inventory, or Renunciation in Ecclesiastical Matters in any such Court, a Stamp Duty of Six Pence.

[7.] For every skin. on which shall be ingrossed, any Donation, Presentation, Collation, or Institution of or to any Benefice, for any Writ or Instrument for the like Purpose, or any Register, Entry, Testimonial, or Certificate of any Degree taken in any University, Academy, College, or Seminary of Learning, within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Two Pounds.

[8.] For every skin

on which shall be ingrossed

any Monition, Libel, Claim, Answer, Allegation, Information, Letter of Request, Execution, Renunciation, Inventory, or other Pleading in any Admiralty Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of One Shilling.

[9.] For every Skin on which any Copy of any such Monitions, Libel, Claim, Answer, Allegation, Information, Letter of Request, Execution, Renunciation, Inventory, or other Pleadings shall be ingrossed Duty of Six Pence.

[10.] For every Skin

grossed

a Stamp

on which shall be in

any Appeal, Writ of Error, Writ of Dower,

Ad Quod Damnum, Certiorari, Statute Merchant, Statute Staple, Attestation, or Certificate, by any Officer, or Exemplication of any Record or Proceeding in any Court whatsoever within the said Colonies and Plantations (except Appeals, Writs of Error, Certiorari, Attestations, Certificates, and Exemplifications, for or relating to the Removal of any Proceedings from before a single Justice of the Peace) a Stamp Duty of Ten Shillings.

[11] For every Skin

on which shall be ingrossed any Writ of Covenant for levying of Fines, Writ of Entry for suffering a Common Recovery, or Attachment issuing out of, or returnable into, any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Five Shillings.

[12] For every Skin on which shall be ingrossed any Judgement, Decree, Sentence, or Dismission, or any Record of Nisi Prius or Postea, in any Court within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Four Shillings.

[13] For every Skin

on which shall be in

grossed ... any Affidavit, Common Bail or Appearance, Interrogatory Deposition, Rule, Order, or Warrant of any Court, or any Dedimus Protestatem, Capias Subpoena, Summons, Compulsory Citation, Commission, Recognizance, or any other Writ, Process or Mandate, issuing out of, or returnable into, any Court, or any Office belonging thereto, or . any other Proceeding therein whatsoever, or any Copy thereof, or of any Record not herein before charged, within the said Colonies and Plantations (except Warrants relating to Criminal Matters, and Proceedings thereon, or relating thereto) a Stamp Duty of One Shilling.

[14.] For every Skin

on which shall be ingrossed any Licence, Appointment, or Admission of any Counsellor, Sollicitor, Attorney, Advocate, or Proctor, to practise in any Court, or of any Notary within the said Colonies and Plantations, a Stamp Duty of Ten Pounds. [15] For every Skin. on which shall be ingrossed any Note or Bill of Lading, which shall be signed for any kind of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, to be exported from, or any Cocket or Clearance granted within

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