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The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3.c. 12), was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and ...
Special Constables Act 1838; Special Roads Act 1949; Stamp Act 1870; Stamp Duties Management Act 1870; Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888; Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876; Statute Law Revision Act 1861; Statute Law Revision Act 1870; Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) Statute ...
An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Twenty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, as relates to the Sale of the House in Privy Garden, heretofore used as an Office for the Commissioners of the Lottery, and to enable His Majesty to grant the said Premises. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116))
An act for varying some of the provisions in an act of the thirteenth year of his present Majesty's reign, respecting the publick highways, within that part of Great Britain called England, which relate to the performance of statute duty. (Repealed by Highway Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 50))
Stamps acts were enacted in various Australian states in 1878, 1882, 1886, 1890, and 1894, with amendments from 1892 to 1907. [2] According to these acts, stamps were required on many types of business transactions: negotiable instruments, promissory notes, bills of lading, and receipts.
12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and avoid humiliation.
An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of Henry the Seventh, [g] or of any other Acts which prohibit the exporting, carrying or conveying Coin out of this Realm into Ireland; and so much of certain Acts made in Great Britain, which prohibit the Importation of Foreign Hops into Ireland, and which take off the ...