...taxes, one of the main pillars of the British Con stitution, is evidently founded." 1 It provided that every skin, or piece of vellum, or parchment, or sheet, or piece of paper used for legal purposes, such as bills, bonds, notes, leases, policies of insurance, marriage licenses,...

...or, as our ancestors held it to be, infamous Stamp Act, read as follows : " For every kind of skin of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper,...which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any declaration, plea, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, or any copy thereof, in any court of law...

...or, as our ancestors held it to be, infamous Stamp Act, read as follows : " For every kind of skin of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper,...which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any declaration, plea, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, or any copy thereof, in any court of law...

...of that Act, "from and after the 5th July 1795, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet, or piece of paper, upon which any insurance upon any ship or ships shall be engrossed, printed, or written," the stamp...

...1st section grants certain stamp duties (now fixed by the schedule of the 7 Viet. c. 21} to be paid for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which any insurance upon any ship or ships, gooda or merchandize, or upon any other property or...

...matters. This referred to several distinct instruments upon one piece of parchment; the duty being imposed 'for every skin, or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be engrossed any deed,' &c. ; and it was enacted to prevent fraud, in writing two...

...}ie¡rs an(j Successors7 the several and respective '' rates and duties following ; (that is to say), For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper upon on probates of which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, in Great Britain, any probate of...

...his heirs and successors, the several and respective rates and duties following ; (that is to say), For every skin or piece of vellum ' or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper upon on p*obates of which shall be ingrossed, written, or printed, in Great Britain, any probate of...

...professing to have any object in view besides the increase of the revenue, put a tax of five shillings on ' every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which any license or certificate of marriage, or any letters of mart shall be engrossed/ Much...

...introduced his famous motion for a stamp act, composed of fifty-five resolutions. It provided that every skin or piece of vellum, or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, used for legal purposes, such as bills, bonds, notes, leases, policies of insurance, marriage licenses,...