The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-29
Additional Details and Summary.


effect Friday, July 1st-
Banks and bankers-Capital and sur
plus not exceeding SIS. 900. .........-- 5000
ss Sappi6ai pit la and q o surplus in excess OF 200
Brokersppfn Brokers I'm neg Negotiable securities 5000
Brokers note or memorandum Of sale
of merchandise. stocks. bonds. real -
Bonds. stocks. etc. issued after July
| sales or transfers of stock. per 800
sales Ie or raleT agreements of sale of mer-
chandise. for present or future de- a,
livery on exchanges, per 500. .-.---: -Ol
deposit not drawing interest pay 90
: able op demand :;,;; -oS
drafts, notes, certificates of deposit
Bills of exchange (foreignj. letters Of
If drawn in sets Of Two or more,
each set, per 500 ..:....-........;.-.. -oS
Bills Of lading issued by express and
transportation companies, per pack
| Certificates Of memorandum of prof
its in any association or corpora
| Custom hotse-Entrv not exceeding
| 500, Csc; $1O0 to $500, soc each, over
c eyeh each OF rea sdfidna sseo to $500
| Insurance-Life, except fraternal So
cietes. per 500 insurance. :--...... -oS
| per cent first weekly payment.
| Insurance-Fire. marine iniand.per 81 -oo5
Insurance Casualty. fidelity and 80
Ieasesmone srs.o1ge pel yeaT, r. 25c: one to three
| years, soc; exceeding 3 years - leo
| Mortgages. $1,000 to $3.50 each, 25c; on
each $500 over $500 ..-.-..-.-.---.-.- p
PToxy-For Voting Except charitable
| Protest of notes bills. etc. ........... %
Telephone messages. charged at 15c =,
Telegraph dispatches each ........... .el
! Warehouse receipts for merchandise. 20
Banks Advance Rates.
The banks of topeka have. issued.
| circular covering the use of stamps on
cfeGks ete d abd b an Of aaxsReg in the price
| All checks issued on and after July 1st
| must bear a 2-cent revenue stamp.
Section of the new law reads:
That if any person or persons RS ,r1 shall shan
| ment or paper of any kind or description
| stamped for denoting the tax hereby i'm
posed thereon, without having there
| upon adhesive stamp to denote said tax.
| such person or persons shall be deemed
| guilty of misdemeanor, ard upon convie-
| ton thereof shall pay fine of not more
| than hundred dollars, at the discre-
| tion of the court, and such instruments,
| document paper, as aforesaid. ShaA
| not be competent evidence in any courr-
adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting
| any tax imposed by this act the
| Stamp thereon the initials of his name and
the date upon which the same shall be
attached or used; SO that the same may
| AS the penalty in regard to checks.
well as the person drawing the checks or
! drafts, the members of this association
| must have the necessary stamps attached
| before they are presented for deposit or
| payment at our counters, ana no arrange
| ments can be made with US to stamp
checks or drafts when they are presented
| The rates of exchange after July l. 1898.
| will be &c drafts under $40
| 12c on drafts from $50 70 500 -.
800, 10c per hundred for each additional
| hundred or fraction thereof
and SC per hundred for each additional
! hundred fraction thereof
Telegraph COmpany's Instructions.
| The war revenue law requires that on
| ten dollars no telegraph company or its
| agent employe shall transmit to any
| an adhesive 1-cent stamp being affixed to
a copy thereof. or stamped thereon. Ex-
| ception is made of government messages.
| the service messages of the telegraph
company and messages of the officials and
| employeS of railroad companies sent only
roads on and after july / 1S9S; the fol-
| lowing Instructions are therefore to be OBJ
| First3The senders of each of the un-
dermentioned classes of business must be
| required to attach a 1-cent documentary
| revenue stamp thereto before the message
can be accepted for transmission, that is:
| (A) Full paid messages day and night
| under business of half rate franks CD
! Deadhead messages under complimentary
| franks. (II) Messages received by teless
i phone from customers direct, the cost Of
! the stamps to be added to, to the account
! rendered. Cd Messages collected in an
| swer to call bells. messengers are to be in
| structed to require that stamps slall pe
| placed on the messages Dy tne custonler5
| unless ii has been previously arranged
that the cost of the stamp shall be add
| ed to charged accounts. taoiunu
! ed to charged accounts. GO Press dis
/ patches, when presented at Western Union
| counter. stamp must be required Tor
! Of words or number of addresses. On dis
| patches transmitted direct from neWSpa-
| words or number of addresses before the
| dispatches are sent to the Western Union
ports. These reports not being sent as
| single messages, but as periodical reports.
~ ffoI Wnrds transrnitfed are not Construed
| as messages under the law, and viii not
! Second-S -Superintendents and managers
! are to notify officials of railroad compa-
| newspapers and other large customers. OF
| these requirements of the law. 50 tnat
i they may have ample opportunity to pro-
| vide themselves with stamps. Is the tele-
| eraph company can only undertake to
| provide it's offices with stamps sufficient
Whole emu humber Of messages transmitted
| Third-In cases when the law first goes
! senders of MESA ges or managers to pro-
| cure the necessary stamps, managers are
| to collect from the SenderS the value OF
| the stamps and attach them to the mess
| ages as soon as they can be procured
| Fourth-Method of cancelling stamps.
i The law provides that the person usir., or
| affxing the stamp shall write or stamp
| thereon the initials of his name and the
| date upon which the same shall be attach
| ed or used; and managers are to see that
| the stamps are so cancelled
From Commissioner of Revenue.
Under the date of June 25 the commits
sioner of internal revenue issued the fol-
lowing instructions to collectors.
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