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Parliamentary Boroughs (England), Stamp Duty Act 1838

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Parliamentary Boroughs (England), Stamp Duty Act 1838
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England.
Citation1 & 2 Vict. c. 35
Dates
Royal assent4 July 1838
Repealed1 January 1883
Other legislation
Repealed byMunicipal Corporations Act 1882
Status: Repealed

The Parliamentary Boroughs (England), Stamp Duty Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 4 July 1838. It repealed the stamp duty payable on the admission of freemen by birth or servitude in city or borough constituencies.

References

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  • The British almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1839. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London, 1839.