Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1863-01-31
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| REVENUE CONTINUED.
See. 1Ol And be it further enacted, That the ac-
ceptor OF aeesptor Of any bill exchange or order
for the payment Of any sum Of money drawn. or
purporting to be drawn in any foreign cduntry. but
payable in the United States shall, before paying
OF accepting the same, place thereupon stamp in-
dicsting the duty upon the same. as the law requl-
res for inland bills Of exchange. orpropnsory notes.
an no bill of exchange shall DO paid or negotiated
without such stamp and if any person shall pay or
negotiate, receive or take in payment, or offer IN
payment, any such draft or order, the person or
persons 50 offending shall forfeit the sum OF one
hundred dollars. -, M aa sat
Sec. iO2 And be Il further enacted, That the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue be- and is here
by, authoFizod to sell to and supply collectors,
postmasters, stationes, any other person, at bis
discretion, with adhesive stamps or stamped paper
vallum. or parchment, herein provided EOr, upon
the payment. at theAime of delivery, Of the amount
OF duties said STAMPS. stamped paper, vellum, or
parchment so sold or supEAied represent, and may
thereupon allow AMI deduct fro the aggregate
amount Of such stamps az aforesaid, the sum OF not
exceeding FIVE per eentum az eOmmiss on to the col
leetors phstnaSters sfatoners, other purchasers
but the cost of any paper. vellum, or PARCHMENT
shall be added to the apouat, after deductlng the
allowance Of per centum as aforesaid: Provided.
That no commission shall be allowed on any sum or
sums so sold or supplied Of less am lunt taan hfty
dollars. And provided further. That any prOprie-.
who shall furnish his or their die or designfor
stamps, to be used especially for his or their own
proprietary articles shall b all owed the following
discount, namely on amounts purc1ised at one
time OF not less than City nor more than i've hum
dred dollars. five pee centum; on amounts over tive
hundred dollars, ten per centum. The Comm sslon-
er Of Internal Revenue mty from Tins to time
make regulations for the allowance of such of the
stamps issued under the provisions of this act as
may have been spoiled or rendered useless or unit
for the purpose intended. or for which the owner
may have no use, or which through mistake may
have been improperly or unnecessarily used, or
where the rates duties represented there by have
been paid in error or remitted anlisnch allowances
shall be made either oy giving other stamps in lieu
of the stamps allowed Tor, or by repaylng the
amount or value, after deducting therefrO, IN case
of repayment, the sum of five per centum to the
owner thereof. ....E
Sec. l03. And be if further enacted, That it shall
be lawful for any person to present to the Cuinns-
sioner of Internal Revenue aay nstrumsit. aud re-
qqire biS opinion whether or not the sans is char
geibe with any duty; and if the said comm sioner
shall be of opinion that such instrument is not
chargeable with any stamp duty, il shall be lawful
him. and he is hereby required 10 press thereon
particular stamp, TO be provided .or that purpose,
with such word wOrlS thereon as h. shall judge
proper which shall snfy and denlte that such in
strnmeut is not chargeabe with any stamp duty
and every such instrumen upon 'Theh the said
stamp shall be i'm pressed shall be deem91 tl be not
chargrable, and shall be received in evidence in
all courts Of law or equiy aotwth standing any OBJ
jectiOns ma ito the same. beipg chargeaSlewith
stamp duty, aud not stamped to DENOTE the same.
| Sec. I04 And be it further enacted, That on and
after the date on which this act shall take effect no
| telegraph company or its agent or employee shall
eve from any person, or tr nsmit to any person
any despatch message without an adhesive stamp
denutng the duty imposed By shis act being afix 10
| to a copy thereof, or having the same stamped
thereupon, and IN default thereof shall pay pen
atty of dollars Provd ID. That only one stamp
shallb required, whether Sent through one or more
companies, ula a8L .o
Sec. 1876 And be it further enacted, That on
and after the dage which this act shall take ef-
| feet, no express company or its agent or employee
shall receive for transportation from any person any
baIe, bundle, box, article or package of any des-
criptiou, without either delivering To the consign
thereof printed receipt, having stamped or affixed
| thereon n stamp denotlng she duty imposed by this
act, or without a6ixlng taereto an adhesive stamp
stamps Genotng such dnty, and in default there
Of shall incur a penalty bf ten dollars Provided
That but one stamped receipt stamp shall pc re-
quired for each sh pm m for party to another
party at the same time whether such shipment con-
| sists of one or more paclIag And prDved also,
That no stamped receipts stamp shall be required
for any bale, bundle, box art Gle, or package trans
ported for the government, nor for such baes, bum
dies boxes, or packages as are transported by such
companies without charge thereon, ,,....
Dec. 1UO. AM II 6n0cLeU, nat All tue
provisions of tlsncb relating to dies, stamps. adhe-
sive stamps and stamp duties. shall extent to and
include except where nlanifestly ipapplieable all
the articles or objects enuiner4tted in schedule
marked c. subeet to stanp duties, and apply to the
provisions In relation thereto. \, ~ ..t..t.- 3.
| Sec 1917 And be it fur her enacted, That on
and after The first day of August eighteen hundred
and siKty-twe, no person Oc persons, hrms, edmpa-
MES, corporations, SHALL make prepare, and SELL
or remove for consup ptibn or sale drugs ad zines
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ding perfumery, cosneties, aud playing caTds, upon
winch a duty is imposed by this act, enumerated
in schedure o. without Afixing thereto an adhesive
stampgOr Ibes dsnotln5 the duty before mentiOned
aud defaul- thereof shall incur penaltytOf ten
dollars Provided, That nothing in this act con-
tanned shall apply to any uneompOunded medicinal
drug or chemical, nor I'd any msduin5 cOmpOunGel
according to the United Stases or other natiOpal
pharmacG poii nor Of which the full and proper for
mula is published in either Of the dispensatOrieS
f0rmularies, or text-buoks in common use angng
physieians and ppDtheeaTies,F including Homeopathic
and eclectic, or in any pharmaceutical Journal nov
used by any Incorporated clIege Of phatn 4cy, and
not sold OF offered for ,sle alver ied uader any
other RAM, form, guiss, than that under viii n
they may be severailY n-nomnated and laid down
in said pharniaeop0at1 d. enSItafies, text book, OI
Journals, as aforessl, nor to ulsdicnes sold tc o.
for the use O. any persoD which may be mixed or
composed specially for said person, ac;orning to tn,
written recipe prescription of any physician oI
surgeon aq slsse3 aat aa g
Sec. l0S And be il further enacted, That ever
manu1aetursr or maker Of any Of the articles foE
sale mentioned schedule {, after the shall
have been sd made, and the particulars hereinbe-
fore required as to stamps have been complied with
who shall take off, remove, or detach, or cause o
permit or suffer TO be taken OF, or removed or de
taehed, any stamp, on who shall use any stamp, o.
any Wrappe- or cover to which any stamp is affixed
to Gov er any other article or commodity than tina
originally contained in such wrapper cover will
sucn stamp when first used, with the intent I,
evade the stamp duties shall for every such article
respectively in respect of which any sueh Offence
shall be comm tied, be subject to penalty OF fty
{, dollars to be recovered, together with the COS
thereupon lccuing and every such article Or com
nudity as aforesaid shall also be forfeited.
See. 109 And be it further enacted, That ever
maker or manufacturer IF any of the articss o
commodities mentioned in sch edule @, as aforesaid
who shall SELL send out, relnive, deliver any ar
ticle or conlmadity. manufactured as aforesaid be
fore the duty thereon shall have been fully paid, b
axng thereon the proper stamp as IN this act pro
vided or who shall hide or conceal, or cause 70 b
hidden or eoneeale6, or whO-shall remove eOuve
d away, or deposit, or capse-to be removed or con
veyad away from OF deposited IN any p ace, an
sueh article or commodity, t. evade the duty char
eeable thereon or any part thereof, saall be subj
10 a penalty of one hundred dollars, together wit
the forfeiture of any su5h article or Jdity Pru
: vided That medicines preparations, mpOSltiOn
s perfumsry and cnf netie upOn wi hish stamp 6u.ie
are required by this ret may when iuten ed for cX
: n,.rtalion be manafactursd and sO'd or removes
> without having stsmps affixed tbereta, and withos
being charged witi duty, as aforesaid /; aud ever
manufacturer or maker Of any article, as aforesaid
! Intended for expiration shah give such bonds al