ONE OF THE TAX LAWS OF THE U. STATES.Acknowledgment of deeds,ExemptAffidavit,5 cents(in suit or legal proceedings,)ExemptAgreement or Appraisement, for each sheet or piece of paper, on which the same is written,5 centsAssignment or Transfers, or Mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, the same duty as on the original instrument of patent right,5 centsBank Checks, Drafts or Orders, & c., at sight, or on demand,2 centsBills of Exchange, Inland drafts or order payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any promissory note whatever, payable on demand or at a time designated [except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be, and which shall be, forthwith presented for payment] for a sum not exceeding $100,5 centsFor every additional $100 or fractional part thereof,5 centsBills of Lading vessels for the ports of the United States or British North America,ExemptOn receipt of goods on any foreign ports,10 centsBills of Sale of any vessel, or part thereof, when the consideration does not exceed $500,50 centsExceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000,$1 00Exceeding one thousand dollars for each five hundred dollars fractional part thereof,50 centsOf personal property, other than ship or vessel Bond personal, for payment of money (see mortgage)—Official,$1 00For indemnifying any person for the payment of any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is one thousnd dollars or less,50 centsWhere the money recoverable exceeds one thousand dollars for every additional one thousand dollars or fractional part thereof,50 centsBonds, county, city and town bonds, railroads and other corporation bonds and script, are subject to stamp duty. (See mortgage.) Of any description, other than such as are required in legal proceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged in this schedule,25 cents Certificates of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,2 centsOf deposit in bank, sum exceeding one hundred dollars,5 centsOf stock in an incorporated company,25 centsGeneral,5 centsOf a qualification of a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of deeds or Notary public,5 centsOf search of records,5 centsThat certain papers are on file,5 centsThat certain papers cannot be found,5 centsOf redemption of land sold for taxes,5 centsOf birth, marriage and death,5 centsOf qualification of school teachers,5 centsOf profits of an incorporated company, for a sum not less than ten dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars,10 centsExceeding fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars,25 centsExceeding one thousand dollars, for every additional one thousand, or fractional part thereof,25 centsOf damage or otherwise, and all other certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such,25 centsCertified Transcript of judgments, satisfaction of judgments and of all papers recorded or on file,5 centsCheck Draft or Order for the payment of any sum of money exceeding $10, drawn upon any person or other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand,2 centsContract (See Agreement Brokers,)10 centsConveyance deed, instrument of writing, whereby lands, tenements, or other reality sold shall be conveyed, the actual value which does not exceed $500,50 centsExceeding $500, and not exceeding $1000,$1 00For every additional five hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of one thousand dollars,50 centsEntry of any goods, wares or merchandise at any custom house, not exceeding one hundred dollars in value,25 centsExceeding one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars in value,50 centsExceeding five hundred dollars in value,$1 00For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise from bonded warehouse,50 cents Guager's return if for quantity not exceeding five hundred gallons gross,10 centsExceeding 500 gallons,25 centsPower of Attorney to sell or transfer stock, or collect dividends thereon,25 centsTo vote at an election if an incorporated company,10 centsTo receive or collect rents,25 centsTo sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate,$1 00For any other purpose,50 centsProbate of will or letters of administration, where the value of both real and personal estate does not exceed $2,000,$1 00For every additional $2,000 or fractional part thereof, in excess of $2,000,50 centsBonds of executor, administrators, guardians and trustees, are each subjected to a stamp duty of$1 00Protest upon bill, note, check or draft,25 centsPromissory Note, (See Bills of Exchange, inland,) Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original note, Receipt for the payment of any sum of money, or debt due, exceeding twenty dollars, or for the delivery of any property,2 centsTrust Deed made to secure a debt to be stamped as a mortgage conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as conveyances. Warehouse Receipt for any goods, wares or merchandize not otherwise provided for, deposited or stored in any public or private warehouse not exceeding five hundred dollars in value,10 centsExceeding five hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars,20 centsExceeding 1,000 dollars, for every additional 1,000 dollars or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000,10 centsFor any goods, etc., not otherwise provided for, stored or deposited in any public or private warehouse or yard,25 centsWrits or Legal Documents, writs or other legal process, by which any suit is commenced in any court of record, either of law or equity,50 centsWrit or original process issued by a court not of record, where the amount claimed is 100 dollars or over,50 centsUpon every confession of judgment or cognovit for 100 dollars or over, except in cases where the tax for a writ has been paid,50 cents Writ or other process, appeals from justices courts, or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record,50 centsWarrants of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed 100 dollars,25 centsWhen the amount exceeds 100 dollars,50 centsInsurance, Marine, Inland and Fire. Where the consideratioa paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both, does not exceed 10 dollars,10 centsExceeding ten dollars, and not exceeding fifty,50 centsInsurance, Life, when the amount insured does not exceed 1,000 dollars,25 centsExceeding 1,000 and not exceeding 5,000 dollars,50 centsExceeding 5,000 dollars,$1 00Lease or lease of lands or tenements where the rents does not exceed 300 dollars per annum,50 centsExceeding 300 dollars, for each additional 200 dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 300 dollars,50 centsPerpetual, subject to stamp duty as a “conveyance.” Clause of guaranty of payment of rent incorporated or indorsed, five cents additional. Measurers' Return, if for quantity not exceeding 1,000 bushels,10 centsExceeding 1,000 bushels,25 centsMortgage, trust deed, bill of sales, or personal bond for the payment of money exceeding 100 and not exceeding 500 dollars,50 centsExceeding 500 dollars for every additional 500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 500,50 centsPawner's Checks,5 centsPassage Ticket from the United States to any foreign port, costing not more than 35 dollars,50 centsCosting more than 35, and not exceeding 50,1 00For every additional fifty or fractional part thereof, in excess of 50 dollars,1 00

The Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States are as follows:

The Judge of the District Court of North Carolina is G. W. Brooks, District Attorney, D. H. Starbuck, Marshal, Daniel R. Goodloe.