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Monarch
GEORGE III
Year
1791
Title
31 Geo. III, c. 12,
Description
An Act for granting to His Majesty His Heirs and Successors several Duties therein mentioned to be levied by the Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties.
Classification
Revenue - stamp duties scheduled, 1s duty on 10-line advertisement in newspaper, additional 1s for each additional 10 lines, pamphlet 6 octavo 12 quarto 20 folio 2s per sheet, household insurance 1s for each £100 insured, newspaper to print name of actual printer/publisher, stamps on unsold newspapers, almanacs, etc. cancelled, only one page of an almanac need be stamped, forging stamps a felony, unlicensed fire insurance brokers £50 plus double premiums reckoned per day [rv]

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