Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-07

fisdiction, I sum equal to twice the amount
paid for such ticket OF fractional part there
Of, token, certificate, or device, on staked or
invested in or upon any policy of numbers as
aforesaid, with just and legal costs: P,oUi-
dsd, .HsrtAer, That the stamp duty herein
provided for shall be classed in the act to
which this act il an amendment under
Schedule B, ~ follows, to wit, 81.
Lottery tickets, fractional parts of lot
tsry tickets, policies Of numbers in lotteries,
tokens, certificates, Ur devices in any form,
representing the holder, or any person OF
persons, as entitled, or to be entitled, in any
lottery, scheme or game Of hasard or chance,
hereafter 10 be drawn, to any prize OF por-
ton Of prize or sum Of money, or share
thereof, when such ticket, fractional part of
ticket, policy of numbers, token, certifi.
cate, or device, shall not exceed one dollar
in the amount risked, or in the retail price
thereof, fifty cents, (50;) when such ticket,
fractional part of ticket, policy, token, GER
tifcate, or device shall exceed one dollar in
the amount risked, or in the retail price
thereof. then for each and every dollar, or
fractional part thereof, over and above one
dollar, as before mentioned, an additional
fifty cents, (5O) Provided, howerer, That
no stamp duty herein provided for shall be
construed to authorize any lottery tickets,
tokens, or certificates, representing shares or
fractional parts of shares therein, within any.
state or territory of the United States in
which lotteries or the sale Of lottery tickets
is or shall be specially prohibited by the laws
thereof, or in violation of the laws of any
state or territory; and nothing in this act
shall be held or construed so as to prevent
the several states, within the limits thereof
from placing duty, tax, or license, for state
purposes, on any sale of lottery tickets on
which duty is required to be paid by this
act"
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That
any person or persons, firm, company.
or corporation, who shall issue tickets or con-
tracts Of insurance against fatal or non-fatal
injury to persons while travelling by land or
water, shall pay duty of one per centum on
the gross amount of all the receipts for such
insurance, and shall be subject to all the
provisions and regulations Of existing law ap-
plicable thereto, in relation to in relation to
insurance companies: Provided, That no
stamp duty shall be required upon tickets or
contracts of insurance as aforesaid, when
limited to fatal or non-fatal injury to persons
while travelling.
Sec. 4. Axd be IT. fxrkaey enacted, That
all contracts for the purchase or sale Of gold
or silver coin, or bullion, and all contracts
for the loan of money or currency secured by
pledge or deposit, or other disposition Of
gold or silver coin Of the United States, if to be
performed after period exceeding three days
shall be in writing or printed, and signed by
the parties or their agents or attorneys, and
shall have one or more adhesive stamps. rs
provided in the act to which this is an
amendment, equal in amount to one half OF
one per centum and interest at the rate Of
six per centum per annum on the amount so
loaned, pledged, or deposited. And if any
such loan, pledge, or deposit, made for pc
riod not exceeding three days, shall be fe-
newed or in way extended for any time what
ever, said loan, pledge. or deposit, shall be
subject to the duty imposed on loans exceed
ing three days. And no loan OF currency
or money on the security of gold Of: silver
coin of the United States. as aforesaid, or Of
any certificate or other evidence Of deposit
payable in gold or silver coin, shall be made
exceeding in amount the par value OF the
coin pledged or deposited as security; and
any such loan so made, or attempted to be
made, shall be utterly void: PrOcided, That
if gold OF silver coin be loaned at its par val
ue it shall be subject only to the duty i'm
posed ON other loans: Prorided. hoaccrcr,
That nothing herein contained shall apply to
any transaction by or with the government
Of the United States.
Sec. S. And be It further enacted. That
all contracts, loans, of sales Of gold and sill
YER coin and bullion. not made in accordance
with thir act, shall be wholly and absolutely
void and in addition to the penalties pro:i-
ded in the act to which this Is an amend
ment, any party to said contract may, at any
time within one year from the date Of the
contract, bring suit before any court Of COM
petent jurisdiction to recover back, for his
own use and benefit, the money paid on
any contract not made in accordance with
this act.
Sec. 6. A~d be IL jsrther esacted. That
section one hundred and ten be, and hereby
Is, amended as follows:
"Any memorandum, check, receipt, or
other written or printed evidence Of an
amount of money to be paid ON demand. or
at 4 time designated, shall be considered as
ptomissory note within the meaning of that
section, and shall be stamped accordingly T;
and that Schedule B. following said section
be, and is hereby amended. 80 that any in
land bill of exchange, draft, or order for the
payment Of any sum Of money exceeding
twenty dollars, otherwise than at sight or on
demand, and any promissory note shall lin
lieu Of the duties prescribed in Schedule By
have stamp or stamps affixed thereon denot-