Stamps (Amendment) Act 1694

Recital that Doubts had arisen on 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 21.

Recognizances before Justice of Peace, Copies of Surrenders, Marriage Certificates of Seamen's Widows, Proceedings of Court Martial on Common Soldier, Decrees, &c. of Commissioners of Sewers and Court of Stannaries exempted from Stamp Duties;

Whereas several doubts and difficulties are arisen upon the interpretation of several Clauses in an Act of Parliament made in the Fifth and Sixth yeares of the reigne of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon Velum Parchment and Paper for Four yeares towards carrying on the Warr against France. For X1 explaining and remedying the said doubts and difficulties Bee it enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliam assembled and by authority of the same That the said Act nor any clause therein contained shall bee construed to charge with any duty specified in the said Act any warrant made by or recognizance taken before any Justice or Justices of the Peace or any surrender of any Coppyhold Estate or Coppies for such Estate or any certificate of marriage of Widdow of any Seaman or any proceedings of any Court Marshall which relate to [X2 the] tryal of any common Soldier or any orders decrees or proceedings before any Commissioners of Sewers or in the Court of Stannaries but the said warrants recognizances surrenders coppies certificates orders decrees and proceedings shall and are hereby declared to bee exempted from the payment of any the duties mentioned in the said Act.

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X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: any O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]