Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-22

other obligations issued by any state,
county, municipal or other public
body, or guaranteeing titles to real
estate or mercantile credits, executed
or guaranteed by any curity COM
psny upon the amount of premium
charged, one-half of cent on each
dollar.
Lease, land or tenement, not ex-
ceeding one year, 25 cents: exceed
ing one year and not exceeding three
years, 80 cent; exceeding three
years, 81.
Passage tickets from port in the
United States to foreign port, il
costing rot exceeding $50, 81.
Costing more than $50, and not ex-
ceeding $50, 50. Costing more than
$50, SIS
Proxy for voting at an election for
officers of any incorporated COM
pany, except religious charitabls or
literary societies or public ceme-
teries, 10 cents.
INHERITANCE TAX.
A tex on inheritance and lcgacies
exceeding $40, 900 on personal prop
erty is provided as follows:
On sums between $4,000 q I'd $25-
COO: First-On benefits to the lineal
issue or linerl ancestors, brother or
sister Of the deceased, at the rate of
Is cents for every 800.
Secoa6-To the defendant of a
brother or a sister at the rate of 81 so
for every 500.
Third-To the brother or sister OF
the father or mother, or the descend
ants of brother or sister of the
fa' her or mother at the rate of 50
for every 500.
Fourth-To the brother or sister
of The grandfather or grandmother
of descendant of the brother or
sister Of the grandfather or grand
mother 81 for every 500.
FiftL-To those of any other de-
gree of collateral conssnguinity OF
strangers in blood or body polite
or corporate, at the rate of SIS for
every 500. All legacies or property
passing by will or by the laws CT any
state or territory to husband or wife
are exempt from tax or duty.
Certificates of indebtedness: The
secretary of the treasury is authoriz-
ed to borrow from time to time at a
rate of interes. not exceeding 3 per
cent, such sums as in his judgment
may be necessary to meet public OK
penditures, and to issue certificates
Of indebtedness in denominations
of $50 or some multiple of that sum,
each certificate is made payable at
such time not exceeding one year
from the date of its issue, as the
secretary of the treasury may pre-
scribe; provided that the amount OF
such certificates outstanding shalt at
no time exceed 100000,
SCHEDULE A-STAMP TAXES.
Bonds, debentures or certifca es
of indebtedness by any association,
company or corporation, on each
hundred dollars of face value or
fraction thereof, 5 ceots, and on each
original issue, whether an organiza-
ton or reorganization, or certificates
of stock by any s',ch associat ion,
company or corporation on each
$1O0 of face value or fraction thereof,
cents, and on all sales, or agree
ments to sell, memoranda of sales.
or deliveries or transfers of shares
or certificates of stock, on each S1C0
Of face value or fraction, 2 cents; in
case of ssle where the evidence of
transfer is shown only by the boots
of the company, the stamp shall be
placed upon such books, ana here
the change of ownership is by trans
ference the stamp shall be placed
upon the certificates. and in cases OF
an agreement TO sell or where the
transfer is by delivery of the certifi-
cate assigned in blank the shall be
made and delivered by the saller to
the buyer bill or mem 'randum of
such sale, to which the stamp shall
be- affixed. Penalty; A fine cf from
$500 to 81 900 and Imprisonment for
six months, or both.
Upon each sale or agreement to
sell, any products or merchandise
at any exchange or board of trade.
or other similar place, either for
present or future delivery, for each
500 in value of said sale or ag:ee
ment OF sale or agreement to sell, /
cent, and for each additional 500 or
fractional part thereof in cess of
Slo0, cent; provided, tha. on every
sale or agreement of sale or agree
ment to sell, there shall be made
and delivered by the seller to the