An Act to amend an Act of the present Session, Chapter Eighteen, as to the Stamp Duties on certain Letters or Powers of Attorney.
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, Chapter Eighteen, certain Stamp Duties are granted and imposed for and upon any Letter or Power of Attorney for the Sale, Transfer, or Acceptance of any of the Government or Parliamentary Stocks or Funds, and also for and upon any Letter or Power of Attorney for the Receipt of Dividends of any such Stocks or Funds; and Doubts have arisen whether both the said Duties may not be chargeable upon one and the same Instrument: Be it ena...