[ACT OF PARLIAMENT] :

ANNO TRICESIMO QUINTO GEORGII III. REGIS. CAP. LXIII. AN ACT FOR GRANTING TO HIS MAJESTY CERTAIN STAMP DUTIES ON SEA INSURANCES. (19TH MAY 1795.)

London : 1795. An interesting Act ostensibly for raising revenue by the imposition of a stamp duty on marine policies - but also to some extent regulating the conduct of business, with prescriptive forms of wording laid out in a schedule, a limitation on the length that policies might run (one year), etc. Foolscap folio. [18]pp - numbered 875-892. Woodcut ornament. Disbound. Last two leaves detached, but a very good copy.

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