The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-06-30
WAR TAX.
A Statement That Will Be Of Inter
est to All Who May Be At
fected BY the Law.

fected BY the Law.
The following, which has just beer
Issued, will be Of interest to many personi
In Canton who are affected by the wal
tax and will serve as guide to all:
Internal Revenue Service, 18th Dist. Ohio
Collectors Office,
| Cleveland, June 81, 1898.
The revenue act of June 10, 1898, pro
viding stamp taxes on the documents
articles and things enumerated In
Schedules A and b Of said act, becomes
operative as to such taxes on and after
July /, 1898.
These stamps will be sold to any
person, whether for use or resale, and
when purchased in quantities Of one
hundred dollars or more in value at one
time discount of one percent Is allow
ed. Whenever practicable, but one stamp
should be placed upon an instrument or
article; where any one stamp will not
denote the tax, as few stamps as possible
should be affixed.
Proprietary stamps must be taxed
conspiouously on the outside of the article
or package, and where practicable so the
opening Of the article or package will
destroy the stamp. All such stamps
must be plainly Cancelled when taxed, by
writing or imprinting with hand stamp
the initials Of the party or firm who paid
the tax and the year when affixed
Dooumetsry stamps should be used as
follows; Bank checks, drafts or certificates
Of deposit not drawing interest, order for
the payment of any sum of money, two
cents
Bonds, debentures, certificates of in
debtedness, certificate of stock, transfers
of stock, bills of exchange, drafts, GER
tiflcates of deposit drawing interest,
promissory notes, and for each renewal of
the same, certificates Of profits, for q
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
two cents and for each additional one
hundred dollars, two cents.
Deeds, for each $500 In excess of 800,
fifty cents.
Leases, for not exceeding one year, 25
cents; for not exceeding three years, 90
cents; exceeding three years, 81.
Mortgages, for each $500 in excess of
81 900, 25 cents.
Powers of attorney or proxy for voting,
ten cents.
Protests and powers of attorney to
convey real estate, etc., cents.
Pr prietary stamps will be used as fol-
lows: Upon every package or bottle
any medicinal proprietary
perfumery, cosmetics and
other similar articles, where the retail
price does not exceed five cents, one eighth
of ore cent; exceeding five cents and not
exceeding ten cents, two-eighths of one
cent; exceeding ten cents and not exceed
ing fifteen cents, three-eighths of one
cent; exceeding fifteen cents and not
exceeding twenty-five cents, five. .eighths
Of one cent; and for each additional
twenty-five cents Of retail value or
fraction thereof, fve.eights of one cent.
Sales of uncompounded drugs and
chemicals, or drugs compounded upon
prescription by retail druggists, are not
requlred TO be stamped.
Sparkling or other wines, pints, one
cent; quarts, two cents.
Chewing gum, on each box of more
than one dollar, retail value, four cents,
and for each additional retail value Of
one dollar or fraction hereof, four cents.
Packages of chewing gum must be
before sales can be made there
from.
For the convenience Of the public and
TO facilitate the distribution of these
stamps the banks in his district have
been requested to act as agents of this |
department. for the sale of documentary
and proprietary stamps, and such stamps |
'an doubtless be obtained from your
nearest banker. FRANK McCORD,
Collector.