Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-18

amount of premium charged, one-half oi
| cent on each dollar; on a lease, land, or
tenement, not exceeding oGa year, %
cents: exceeding enc year and MOI exceed
ing three years, 81 cents; exceeding three
vars, ST.
other Provisions.
Manifest for custom house entry or
clearance of cargo for a foreign port, if
the registered tonnage of such ship, YES
sci or steamer does OF exceed 800 tons,
81: exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding
GOO tons, SO; exceeding 600 tons, 50.
Mortgage of real estate or personal
property; exceeding $1,000 and not exceed
ing $500, p cents, and on each $500 IN
excess of $500. - cents.
Passage tickets to a foreign port, if
costing not exceeding $50, 81; costing
more than $50 and not exceeding $50, So;
costing more than $50, So.
Proxy for voting at any election for Of
ficers of any Incorporated company eN-
cept religious, charitable or literary So
cities or public cemeteries, 10 cents.
Power of attorney. p cents.
Protesting notes, bills of exchange, ac-
ceptance. check or draft or any marine
protest, p cents.
Warehouse receipts, p cents.
The stamp duties on manifests, bills OF
lading and passage tickets do not apply
to steamboats, or other vessels plying be-
tween ports of the United States and
ports in British North America.
Silver Provision.
The provision for the silver bullion is
as follows ;
Coinage of silver bullion-That the sec
rotary of the treasury IS hereby authomz-
ed and directed to coin into standard dol
lars as rapidly as the public interests may
require to an amount, however, of not
less than 81 ,5000 month of silver bull
lion now in the treasury purchased in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the act
approved July II, 1890, entitled, "An act
directing the purchase of silver bullion
and issue of treasury notes thereon and
for other purposes And said dollars
when coined shall be used when applied
in the manner and for the purpose named
in said act.
Bond Provision.
The following provision has been added
to the bond provision:
"provided, further that any portion of
any issue of said bonds not subscribed for
as above provided, may be disposed of by
the secretary of the treasury at not less
than par and under such regulations as he
may prescribe but no commissions shall
be allowed or paid thereon and a sum net
exceeding one-tenth of per centum of the |
amount of the bonds and certificates here |
in authorized is hereby appropriated out |
of any money in the treasury not other |
wise appropriated to the expense OF pre-
pairing, advertising and issuing the same
Schedule \, Stamp Taxes.
Bonds, debcntures or certificates of in |
debtedness by any association, company |
or corporation on each 500 of face value |
or fraction thereof, ) cents, and on each !
original issue, whether on organization |
or reorganization certificates of stock by
such association company or corporation,
on each 500 of face value or fraction
thereof, ) cents; and on all sales or deliV
cries or transfers of shares or certificates
of stock, ON each 500 of face value OF
fraction thereof, cents in case of sale
where the evidence or transfer is shown
only by the books of the company the
stamp shall be placed upon such books
and where the condition of ownership
is by transference the stamp shall be
placed upon the certificates, and in case
an agreement to sell or where the trans
fer is by delivery of the certificate as
signed in blank, there shall be made and
delivered by the seller to the buyer bill
or memorandum of such sale, to which
the stamp shall be affixed.
Penalty: \ fine of from $500 to $1,000
and imprisonment for six months or both
stock Exchange Dealings.
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 agree
ment of sale or agreement to sell, / cent,
and for each additional 500 or fractional
part thereof, in excess of 500, | cent;
provided, that on every sale or agree
ment of sale or agreement to sell there
shall be made and delivered by the sell
er to the buyer bill, memorandum Of
such sale, to which there shall be df-
fixed a lawful stamp or stamps in value
equal to the amount of tax on such sale,
Bank checks, drafts or certificates of de-
post not drawing interest, or an order
for the payment of any sum of money
drawn upon or issued by any bank, trust
company or any person or persons, COM
panies or corporations, ? cents.
Bills of exchange linternationaN draft.