Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-05
on return of the certificate Of deposit or
other evidence OF debt,

on return OF the ceruncate OF oePosp VI
other evidence Of debt,
Thsy Are Q Deposit Subject to Taxafion'
whether the money be payable on de-
mand or at some future day, with or
Vitbout interest, and whether de-
positor be secured by collaterals or not.
But where bank which by Its charter
has authority to borrow money, or .
private banker, goes into market ana
negotiates for and borrows money to
secure the payment OF which notes are
given or bonds or stocks pledged, the
money 90 obtained is not deposit, and
Ia not subject TO taxation as such. De.
posits made with bank or banker and
mixed with other funds OF the bank,
although received for special pur-
poses, such, for instance, ss TO
nav dividends or interest coupons
or to provide for other payments, are
subject to taxation, but special deposit
OF money held intact, to be returned 70
depositor, is not subject to taxation as
a deposit. Banks and bankers, when
making up their returns Tor taxation,
are not entitled to deduct from balances
OF deposits shown upon their books
amounts OF money in possession and not
invested, nor amounts OF money redePos
tied with other banks or bankers. The
Business Of Q Broker
is to negotiate purchases or sales oil bonds,
exchange, bullion, coined money stocks,
bank notes, promissory noses, or other
securities. He takes no possession as a
broker OF the subject matter oi negotls-
ton Every person, firm or company
having place OF business where stocks,
bonds, bullion, bills, exchange or prom
issory notes are received tor discount or
for sale is regarded in the law as bank
or banker, and the capital and deposits
of such bank or banker are subject to
taxation as provided in Section 8, 40S OF
United States Revised Statutes. Whtre
checks or drafts are received for collec
ton and remittance, and are collected
and remitted for the following day, the
collections should not be treated as q
deposit, but where the money collected
is held by the collecting bank and re-
mitted at subsequent time, during the
period it is so held it should be treated
as 8 deposit.
Signed GREEN B. RAuM,
Commissioner.
The Christiancy Scandal
WARRINGTON, October An the
Christiancy divorce case to-day, John
G.. EicholIB, brother.in law: OF Mrs
Christiancy, testified that Mrs. Chris.
tiancy was OF nervous and sensitive
temperament, and had q kind hearted
and affectionate disposition. He also
testified that in June, 1876, Christiancy
came to him and said that his
wife was pregnant, and he wished
an operation performed. That he had
given her some medicine sent him by a
friend in Michigan, but it had failed to
produce the desired effect. He was in
public life, and it would not do ior him
TO make inquiries about such things,
and he wished the witness to see some
doctor in this city and get it done. Wit
ness declined to have anything to do
with the matter. Eicholtz also corrob-
Grated other members OF the family In
the statement that Mrs. Christiancy was
at home on Christmas OF 1879, when it
is alleged that adultery with Giro WAS
committed.
WASHINGTON, October 4.-Estimates
for the new work proposed for the cur
rent year by the light house board and
for maintenance OF the service amount
to about three million dollars.
The contract was awarded at the
Treasury Department to-day for lathing
the Custom House at st. Louis to
Dwight and Hoyt, of Springfield, Mass,
for S32 800.
The President has recognized Domen-
leo Ginocchio as consular agent Of Italy
at St. Louis.