The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-19

to medicines sold to or for the use of any person
which may be mixed and compounded special
Tor said persons, according to the written recip
or prescription Of any physician.:or surgeon.
Sec l0S. And be itlfurther enacted, That
every manufacturer or maker Of any Of the srti
cies Tor sale mentioned in schedule c, after the
same shall have been 90 made, and the partlcu.
lars hereinbefore required as to stamps have
been complied With, who shall take of, remove,
or detacb, or cause or permit, or suffer to be
taken or, or removed or detached, sny stamp,
OF VINO snail use any stamp, or any wrapper or
cover to which any stamp is affixed, to cover any
otner article or commodity than that originally
contained in such wrapper or cover, With such
stamp when first used, with the intent to evade
the stamp duties, shall for every such article.
respectively, in respect of which any oaense
shall be committed, be subject to penalty of
700, to be recovered, together with the cost
tnereupon accruing, and every such article or
commodity as aforesaid shall be forfeited.
| Sec. 100. And be it further enacted, That
every maker or manufacturer Of any of the ar.
Hcies or commodities mentioned in schedule G.
as aforesaid, who shall sell, send out, remove, or
uehrer any article or commodity, manufactured
as Aforesaid, before the duty thereon shall have
oeen iuily paid, by fixing thereon the proper
stamp, as lr this act provided, or who shall hide
conceal, or cause to be hidden or concealed,
VINO snai remove or convey away. or deposit,
VI cause 70 oe removed or conveyed away from
VI uepositeo IN any place, any such article or
So"nool'y' 70 evade the duty chargeable there
VI, VI any part thereof, shall be subject to .
such article or commodity: Provided. That med.
lcines, preparations, compositions. perfumerv.
and cosmetics, upon which stamp duties Are re-.
CURED by this act, may, when intended for ex.
portaton, be manufactured and sold, or re-
moved without having stamps affixed thereto.
and without being charged with duty, IS afore.
said; and every manufacturer or maker of anv
article, as aforesaid, intended for expectation.
shall give such bonds and be subject to such
rules and regulations to protect the revenue
against fraud az may be from time to slime pre-.
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. ITO. And be it further enacted, That
every manufacturer or maker Of any of the arti-
Giles or commodities, as aforesaid, or his chief
workman, agent, or superintendent, shall at the
end of each and every month make and sign
declaration in writing that no such article or
commodity, IS aforesaid, has during such pre-
ceding month, or time when the last declaration
was made, been removed, carried, or sent, or
caused, or suffered, or known to have been re-
moved, carried, or sent from the premises of
have been duly taken account of and charged
with the stamp duty, on pain of such manufac.
turer or maker forfeitipg for every refusal or
neglect to make such tnclaration, 800; and If
any such manufacturer % maker, or his chief
workman, agent, or superintendent, shall make
any false or untrue declaration, such manufac-
turer or maker, or chief workman, agent or su-
perintendent, making the same, shall forfeit
$500.
Schedule u.
STAMP DUrIEee .-.........
Agreement or contract, other than those
specified in this schedule; any appraisement of
value or damage, or for any other purpose; for
every sheet or piece of paper upon which either
of the same shall be written, cents duty.
Bank check, draft, or order for the payment
OF any sum of money exceeding $50 drawn upon
any bank, trust company or other person or per.
sons, companies, or corporations, at sight or on
demand, 2 cents .........
Bill of exchange Gnland), draft, or order for
the payment of any sum of money exceeding
sight or on demand, or any promissory note, ex-
cept bank notes issued for circulation, for sum
exceeding $40 and not exceeding 500, Ave
cents; exceeding 500 and not exceeding 5000,
ten cents; exceeding 5000 and not exceeding
$3.50, fifteen cents; exceeding $3.50 and not
exceeding $500, twenty cents; exceeding 500
dolls and not exceeding $50 dolls, thirty cents;
exceeding 750 dolls and not exceeding 900
dolls, forty cents exceeding 1000 dolls and
not exceeding 1900 dolls, sixty cents; exceed
ing 1900 dollars and not exceeding 800 dol.
lars, one dollar; exceeding 1850 dollars and
not exceeding 5000 dollars, one dollar and fifty
cents; and for every $500 dollars or part of
2, 500 dolllrs in excess of 5000, one dollar. T..
Bill of exchange (foreign), or letter of credit
drawn in, but payable out Of the United States,
if drawn simply, or otherwise than in a Get of
three or more, according to the custom of mer
chants and bankers, shall pay the same rates of
duty as inland bills of exchange or promissory
notes. If drawn in sets of three or more, for
every bill Of each set where the sum made pay
able shall not exceed 100 dollars, or the equiva-
lent thereof in any foreign currency in which
such bill may be expressed, according to the
standard Of value fixed by the United States,
three cents; above $50 dollars and not above
$50 dollars, Ave cent?; above $50 dollars and
not above 500 dollars, ten cents; above 500 dol
lars and not above 1000 dollars, fifteen cents;
above 200 dollars and not above !, 500 dollars,
twenty cent?; above 800 dollars and not above
1880 dollars, thirty cents; above 1880 and not
above $500 dollars. Fifty cents; above $500 and
not above 5000 dollars, seventy cents; above
|, 1000 dollars and not above $500, one dollar;
and for every $500 dollars or parts thereof in
excess of 1900 dollars, thirty cents.
Bill of lading or receipt (other than charter
partly for any goods, merchandise, or effects, 70
be exported from port or place in the United
States to any foreign port or place, ten cents.
Express-for every receipt or stAmp iseued
or used by any express company, or carrier, or
person whose occupation it is to act a. such
for al boxes, bales, packages or bundles, for the
transportation Of which such company, carrier,
or person, shall receive q compensation OF not
over 26 cents, one cent.
When such compensation exceeds the sum
of % cents, and not over one dollar, two cents.
When one or more packages are sent to tho
same address at the same time, and tie compen-
sation exceeds one dollar, five cents.
Bond-For indemnifying any person who shall
have become bound or engaged a. surety TOR tho
payment of any sum of money. or for the due
execution Or performance of the duties of any
Office, and to account for money received BY
virtue thereof, fifty cents
Rond of anv description other than such q