Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-10

the non appearance Of our usual quantity Of
Agricultural matter. G\a
e ssi s:' ss :he coi.
- lectOrs.
The Collectors appointed under the recent
act Of Congress to collect the national tax
are making their arrangements, and will soon
commence operations. The Commissioner OF
Revenue at Washington has just issued the
following important regulations to, the Col.
lectors at Philadelphia, which will apply
equally to Collectors in this locality:
i. All mechanics, except those who merely
do repairs, must be registered as manufact-
urers, and must take out q license as such il
the annual sales amount to over 81 900.
2. But mechanics and other manufacturers
who sell their own manufactures at the place
where they are produced are not required to
take out an additional license as Traders
This does not include rectifiers who must
pay both licenses d arr zie aaE3
8. # manufacturers have an Office, depot,
stOref0om, or agency. at a place different
from the place where the goods are made, or
if they sell the manufactures Of others in ad-
dftioi to their own, they must pay traders
as well as manufacturers license. Thus, a
tobaccsnist who both makes cigars and keeps
for sale goods in his line which he has pur.
chased, must take out both licenses. So must
druggist, who alss makes patent articles,
eE medicines, &C., for which he has q private
formula or receipt. nea .s a.ia 49,
4. Persons keeping bar.rooms Or saloons,
for the sale of liquors, must take out a liquor
Dealers license. If they also furnish food,
they must, in addition, take cut an eating.
house license; and the sale Of cigars, &C.,
requires tobacconist's or retail dcalc, 8 Ii.
cense besides billiard tables require a special
license, and bagatellc tables are reckoned as
billiards.. -
5. Commission merchants who are also
shiIOr commercial brokers are required 10
take DOT two licenses. =.
g. Grocers selling -four by the barrel or
salt~by the sack, or any other article in the
original package, are reckonsd as wholesale
aNs''uers; gh..i afi ~ ftsti hge eI!f g5's III
z. Stamps must be attached to the papers
requiring them at the time Of their execution,
and must be oblterated by the person writ
ing his initials upon them. Topographic dis
patches must be stamped and effaced when
delivered to the transmitted. But railroad
and telegraph companies are not required to
S''"ip shSh o"A uiSPdtSueS oNeE tuciE VWn
lines. ss.a ~.,r- = -...r-g .fre.
s. Arrangements will be made with the
collector OF this district 10 supply Stamps 10
parties. desiring 10 pu, chase $50 worth, or
over, at the rates of discount established BY
the Treasury Department ,--E,.-.s'
0. Notes and bills Of exchange drawn for
cer,ain sun, with interest. will be stamped
for the Ger: am. sum. Foreign currency will
be estimated according 10 tue real par of OK
chasge; the pound sterling, for instance at
tine rate fixed for soversigns, not at the nom.
RS inal rate Of S4.tSaa, nor at the market rates
Of exchange, which is now something above
the real par. fs,a.a b.. = sela
10. On and a ter October / st the following
instruments mast be stamped: AL, a-ree-
fsefits,, apr ;sements, checks, sight drafts,
poriissoiy no es, ialand and foreign bills OF
exchaoge, bills of lading to foreign ports,
packages &C., per express, bonds, certificates
ofstock, or profit, Of deposit in banks, of
damages. and all other certificates, charter
partIes, brokers, memorandums, ceuveyan-
ces, mortgages, leases, telegraph dispatches,
custom.house entries and manifests, policies
OF insu ance---li;e, marine, and five, and re-
newAssf ct same passage tickets to foreign
ports, powers OF attorney, proxies, probate
OF Wis, protests, warehouse receipts, and
wfits or other original process Of commeuc-
ing suit. Also, patent medicines, perfumerys,
and PLAYING cards. ..' - -
I'm reference TO public houses and liquor
dealers exclusively, it is defined that in a
tavern or public house where liquor is sold,
licenses must be taken for each business, the
license for the tavern 20 be according 10 the
rental, and The license for liquor in all cases
of retail to be twenty dollars. Ey retail is
understood any quantity under three gallons.
70 sell above thai quantity is wholesale, aud
the license is one hundred dollars. Restaur-
ants which furnish bedding, and which keep
liquors, are required to obtain three licenses
first tavera license, secondly license
foc liquor bar, Of twenty dollars, and third
Iva license for the eating bar, costing ten
dollars, when the receipts amount to or ex-
coed one thousand dollars per year. Eating
houses are permitted to keep confectionery
without al additional license.
All dealers in liquor by retail are required
topay a iieeose Of twenty dollars per year.
The .penai.v for refusal or failure to take GU,
license IS a fine Of three times the amount OF
duty or tax imposed by the law, one half Of
which goes to the informcr. These taxes are,
of course, in addition to The State and CITY
licenses now imposed, and the accumulation
0f expenses will materially affect the smaller
dealers who abound in every part of the city.
Thesp osecution Of delinqucnts is made i'm.
perative on the Collec o S " 40 hold the names
and residences of all dealers. so that escape
from the penalty is next to impossible.
BURNSIDE AS HE WAS AND Is.