TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Wajhingten, September ift, 1800.
Public Notice is hereby Given,
In pwfuanct of hn a3 of Congress, pajjid on
the 23J day of April, one tboufand eight
hundred, entitled »Ah aS to efiatli/i a
General Stamp-Office,"
I.
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now
eftablkhed at the feat of government, in trie
city of Wafhingtoh, from whence there Will
Ifliie, from agd after the date hereof, (tipori
the application of the Supervisors of the
Revenue, under whose management the
colle&ion of the (lamp duties is placed) any
quantities of paper, paeohmewt and vellum,
marked or (lamped, and duly counter-damp
ed, with the following rates of duty which
ere demandable by law :
For every lkin or piece of vellum or parchment,or
lheet or piece of paper, upon which (hail be
written or printed any or either of the instru
ments er writings following, to wit,
ADM. C. M.
NY certificate of naturalization 5
Any licence ta practice, or certificate
of the admission, enrollment or re
gistry of any counsellor, Solicitor
Advocate attorney, or protftor, in
any court of the United States i«
Provided, that a certificate in any
one of the courts tof he United States,
for any one of the said offices, (bill
so far 33 relates to the payment of the
duty aforefaid,,be a fufficient admis
sion m all the courts of the UnitaJ.
States, for each and every .of the said
offices.
Any grant or letters patent,under the
seal or authority of the United
States (except for lands granted
for military services) 4
Any exemplification or certified copy
of any such graht or letters patent
( except for lands granted for mili
tary Cervices) l
Any charter-party, bottomry or re
fpoiidentia bosd I
Asy receipt or discharge for or on ac
count of any legacy left by any
will PC other teftimentaiy inilru
ment, or for any (hare or part of
a personal cflate. divided by force
of any statute of diftributrons ether
than to die wife, children or grand
children of the person diseased, the
amount whereof (hall be above the
valne of fifty dollars, and (hall not
exceed the value ef one hundred
dnliars
When the amount thereof shall ex
ceed the value of one hundred dol
lars, ?nd (hall not exceed five hun
dred dollars jo
And for every further sum of five
hundred dollars, the additional
for* of 1
A*y policy of infarance or inftru
metlt in nature thereof, when the
sum for which insurance is made
(halt not exceed five hundred dol
lars
When the sum infiired (hall exceed
five hundred dollars I
Any exemplification of what nature
soever, that (hall pass the seal of
any ctaurt, other than fucfe as it
may be the duty of the clerk ef
such court to furnilb for the use of
the United Stitoe, or some parti
cular state _ 50
Any bond, bill single er penal, inland
bill of exchange, promiflory
note or other note (other lhan any
recognizance, bill, bend or other
obligation or central), made to or
with the United States, or aaiy
Hate, or for their use refpe<flively i
and any bonds required in any cafe
by the laws of the United States,
or of any state, upon legal process,
or in anv judicial proceeding, or
for the faithful performance of any
trust or duty)
If above twenty dollars and not
exceeding one hundred dollars 10
If above one hundred and not ex
ceeding five handred dollars *5
If above five hundred and not ex
ceeding one thousand dollars 50
And if above one thousand dollars 75
Provided, that if any bonds or
notes shall be payable at or within
tixty days, such bonds or notes (hall
be fubjefk to only twe-fifth parts of
the duty aforefaid, viz.
If above twenty and not exceeding
one hundred dollar* 4
If above one hundred dollars and not
exceeding five hundred dollars 10
If above five hundred dollars and
not exceeding one thousand dolle. 10
If above one thousand dollars 30
Any foreign bill of exchange,draft
or order for the payment of money
in any foreign ceuntry »e
The said daty being charge
able upon each and every bill of ex
change, without refpedl to the num
ber contained in each let.
Any note or bill of lading or writing
orjteceipt in nature thereof, for
goJds or merchandize to be ex
ported j
If from one diftrifl to another dif-
Srifl ef the United States,not being
in the fame state 4
If from the United States to any fo
reign port or place 10
The said duty being chargeable
upon each and every bill of lading
without rsfpeifl to the number con
uijuJ to each set.
Any notes ifltied by the banks now
eftsblifhed or that maybe hereafter
eftabli(hed -within the United
States, ether than the notes of
such of the'fiid banks as (hall a
•gree to in annual
one per centum on the annual di
vidends made by fnch banks, t*
their ftockholdei s refped>ively, ac
cording to the following scale :
On all notes not exceeding fifty dol- '
lars, for each dollar 6
jOn all notes above fifty dollars and
not exceeding one hundred dollars 50
On all notes above one hundred dol
lars andnotexeseding five hundred
dollars I
Qn all notes above five hundred dol
lars
ThtU. C. As*
Any protsft or atJitt natariil a<sl »j
Any letter of attorney, except for
an invalid pension, or to obtain or
l ; C ," warr a»ts for land granted by
, . Stat«s as bounty for,
rmli'tary services performed in the
late war aj
Ahy inventory or catalogtc of any fur
niture, goods or efFedls, mad® in any
Cafe required by law (except in cafe
of gaeds and chattels distrained for
rant *r taecet, aiid goods taken in vir
tue of any legal process by any officer
Any certificates of a (hare in any inf«-
mi ■*"
ranee company, of a (harts in the bank
of the United Statis, or of any state
or other bahk ;
f above twenty dollars and not exceed
ing one hundred dollars b
f above one hundred dollars if
f under twenty dollars, at the rate bit
ten cents for one hundred dollars;
11.
That the |3o\ver of tte supervisors of the
Revenue to mark or (lamp any vellum,
parchment or paper chargeable with duty,
will cease and determine from and after fix
months from the date hereof, to wi», on the
iaft day of February iSot.
That, tf any prions (hall, after the last
day of tebrn*ry iSot, have in their custody
or poflVflion, any vellum, parchment or pa
per, marked or (lamped by the fuperviforsof
the Revenue, upon which any matter or
thing, charged with duty, fliall not h«ve
been written or printed, they may at any
time within the space of sixty days after
the said last day of February 1801, bring
or fend such vellum* parchment and paper,
unto some office of infpedlion, and in lie«i
thereof, receive a like quantity or value of
vellum, parchment and paper, duly (lamped
in pursuance of the adt herein before recited.
And in cafe any person (hall neglett or re
fu(e, within the time aforefaid, to bring or
cause to be brought unto some officer of in
fpe&ion, any fnch vellum, parchment or pa
per, it is hereby declared, that the fame will
thereafter be of no other effedl or u(e, than
if it had never been marked or (lamped, and
tha< all matters and things, which may af
ter that time be written er printed upon ajiy
vellul, parchment or paper, authorized to be
exchanged in manner aforefaid, will be of no
other effefl, than if they had been written
or printed on paper, parchment or vellum,
not marked or (lamped.
And for the convenience of those persons
who may be inclined to hare their own vel
lum, parchment and paper (lamped or mark
ed, it is lirreby peclared, that when any per
son (hall deposit any vellum, parchment or
paper at the office of a supervisor, accompa
nied with a lift, fprcifying the number and
denomination of the stamps or marks, which
•re desired to be thereto affixed, the fame
will be transmitted to the General Stpam-
Office, and there properly marked or (lamped,
and forthwith sent back to the fame fiiper
vifor, who will thereupon colledl the duties
and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum,
to the order »f the perfen from whom the
fame was received.
Given under my Hand, and the S«al
(L. Si) of the Tieafury, at Walhing
ton, the day and year abave men
tioned.
feptember 29.
THE undermentioned certificates of dock of
the Bank of the United State*, viz
No. 978, dated ift January, 1793, for five
{bares in the name of Bourdieu, Chollctt
and Bourdieu.
No *7366, dated ift of January, 1798, for
five lharei, in the name of the Right hon.
lord John Townfliend.
Notice is hereby given,
That application ii intended to be made at the
raid Bank by the fubferiber, for a renewal of the
fame, of which >ll pcifons concerned arc requeued
to take notice.
JOHN WARDER.
Philadelphia, 10 mo. 18, 1800 tuthfajm
Loft,
IN the fcip Kenfmgt.n,captain Kerr, in the year
1794, having been captured by the French on
her voyage from hence ta Amsterdam, the follow
ing certificates ef stock of the Bank of the United
States, standing is the name of Benjamin Chap
man-
Nos. 432 V 436 4 Stares each;
rjß 3 do.
IS 15, 1216, 1217, 1 do.
Application is made at said Bank by the fubferi
ber for a renewal of the fame, of which all perfsns
concerned are desired to take notice.
JOHN MILLER, Junr.
ofl. 17• d3m.
The Porcupine.
I TAKE this method ofinforming the People of
the United States, that on the firftdayof No
vember next, I pr opofe to resume the publication
of Porcupine's Gazette, under the title of THE
PORCUHNE ; and to notify (in cafe any gentle
man in America should want it) that the price of
each Number will be sixpence sterling, and that
the calh mull be received by me before the paper
can be fupplied.—Aa to the mode of tonveyance,
so frequent are the opportunities from London to
Now-York, that files may be forwarded to the lat.
ter place once a fortnight upon an average—from
New-York they cau be fpcedily conveyed to ev
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out delay, sent to otUee places diredt, it may be
done ; when «hey cannot, they will all be sent to
New-Yerk, unlcfs otherwise ordered.
Which have been sometime in she Prsfs, wil
be completed in February next, when th» oOpiet
fubferibed for in America will be forwarded to
the Subfcribcrs.
Any of my literary friends in America, who
may be disposed to renew their correspondence
with me; will please to dire& to me at my print
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WILLIAM COBBETT.
L»r.ioß, September 4, jßm.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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FOR YOUNG LADIES.
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Bank of the United States,
T November 17, 1800.
HE Stockholders of Ae Bank of the United
States are informed, that according |to the
statute of incorporation, a General Eleftion for
twenty five Diredlors, will be held at the Bank ot
the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on
Monday the jth of January next, at ten o'clock in
•be forenoon.
And pursuant to the eleventh fe&ion of the bye
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THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby
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December io- f&tti3thj
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