Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-06-10

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The conference report passed the
house last night by vote of 154 to 107.
The following is an abstract of the
bill giving some items and rates 1t
provides that the act shall take effect
on the day succeeding the date of it's
passage except as otherwise specially
provined for.
A tax OF 50 on beer, lager beer, ale,
porter and other similar fermented
liquors.
Special Taxes From July L.
One-Bankers employing capital
not exceeding $25, 900, $50; employing a
capital exceeding 325, 200, for every adj
ditional $1,000, 81, surplus included in
capital.
Two-Brokers, $50.
Observation-Disclosures 500.
Four-Oommercial brokers, 500.
Five-Custom house brokers, $40.
Six-Proprietors of theaters, museums
and concert halls in cities of more than
$4,000 population, 800.
Seven-Circuses, $780,
Eight-Proprietor or agents of all
other public exhibitions or shows for
money, not enumerated here, $40.
Nine-Bowling alleys and billiard
rooms, So for each alley or table,
Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff.
In lieu of the tax now imposed by law
a tax of IL cents per pound upon all to-
bacco and snuff, however prepared,
manufactured and sold or removed for
consumption or sale; upon cigars and
cigarettes manufactured and sold or re-
moved for consumption or sale the fol-
lowing taxes to be paid by the manu-
facturer: Three dollars and sixty cents
per 1000 on cigars weighing more than
three pounds per 1000; 81 per 1000 on
cigars weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000; $500 per 1000 ON
cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per 1000, and $3.50 per 900 on
cigarettes weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000; provided that in lieu
of the two, three and four-ounce pack
ages of tobacco and snuff now author
lied by law there may be packages
thereof containing one and two-thirds
ounces, two and one-half ounces and
three and one-third ounces respectively,
and i'll addition to packages now author
lied by law there may be packages con-
tanning one ounce of smoking tobacco.
Insurance.
Lfe-On each policy for each 800,
10 cents on the amount insured. Poll
cies on the industrial or weekly plan,
40 per cent of the amount of the first
weekly premium is charged.
Insurance, marine, inland, fire. each
policy one-half of l cent on each dollar.
tCo-operated and mutual companies are
exempted).
Insurance, Casualty, fidelity and
guarantee), each policy and each bond
for the performance Of the duties of
any office or position or other obi
cation of the nature of indemnity, and
each contract or obligation guarantee
ing the validity of bonds or other obi
cations issued by any state, county,
municipal or other public body, or
guaranteeing titles to real estate or
mercantile credits, executed or guaran-
teed by any surety company upon the
amount of premium charged one-half
of / cent on each dollar.
Lease, land or tenement, not exceed
ing one year, 25 cents; exceeding one
year and not exceeding three years, so
cents; exceeding three years, 81.
Schedule Ii.
Medicinal proprietary articles and
preparations:
Upon every packet, box, bottle, pot
or phial, or other Enclosure, containing
any pills, powders, tinctures, troches or
lozenges, syrups, cordials, bitters, ano-
dynes, tonics, plasters, hniments, salves,
ointments, pastes, drops, waters Except
natural spring waters and carbonated
natural spring waters, essences, spirits,
oils and all medicinal preparations or
compositions whatsoever, made and
sold, or removed for sale by any person
wherein the person making or prepar-
ing the same has or claims to have any
private formula or any exclusive right
where such packet, etc., does not ex-
coed at the retail price, 3 cents, one
eighth of one cent tax; when the retail
price price is between and 10 cents.
one-fourth of cent; between 10 and Is
cents. three-eighths of cent; between