The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-06-24

thereof, cents ON the amount insured,
provided that on all policies for life insur
ance only issued on the industrial or week
ly payment plan of insurance the tax shall
be 40 per centum of the amount of the first
weekly premium; provided further that
the provisions of this section shall not ap-
order conducted solely by the members
thereof for the exclusive benefit Of its
members and not for profit.
| Insurance Policies.
| Insurance (marine, inland, firet Each
policy of insurance or other instrument by
which insurance shall be made or renewed
upon property of any description, whether
against peril by sea or on '~Nand waters,
or by fire or lightning or otter peril, upon
the amount or premium charged, one-half
of cent on each 81 or fractional part
thereof, provided that purely cooperative
or mutual fire insurance companies carried
on by the members thereof solely for the
protection of their own property and not
for profit shall be exempted.
| Insurance Casualty, fidelity and guar
antee) -Each policy of insurance or bond
or obligation of the nature of indemnity
for loss, damage or liability issued or ex-
ecuted or renewed by any person, associa-
ton, company or corporation transacting
the business of accident, fidelity, employ
| er's liability, plate glass, steam boiler,
| burglary, elevator automatic sprinkler or
! other branch of insurance Except life,
marine, inland and fire insurance) and
: each bond, undertaking or recognizance,
conditioned for the performance of the du-
ties of any office or position or for the do
ixr ~ of
fled or other obligation of the nature Of in
demnity, and each contract or obligation
guaranteeing the validity or legality of
bonds or other obligations issued by any
state, county, municipal or other public
body or organization or guaranteeing titles
to real estate or mercantile credits executed
or guaranteed by any fidelity, guarantee
or surety company upon the amount of
! premium charged, one-half of 1 cent on
each 81 or fractional part thereof.
Leases, Agreements, Etc.
! Lease, agreement memorandum or con-
tract for the hire, use or rent of any land,
tenement or portion thereof-If for Pc
Rod of time not exceeding one year, %
cents if for period of time exceeding one
year and not exceeding three years, so
cents; if for a period exceeding three
years, 81.
Manifest for custom house entry or
clearance of the cargo of any ship, vessel
| or steamer for foreign port-If the regis
tered tonnage of such ship, vessel or steam
er does not exceed 300 tons, 81; exceeding
800 tons and not exceeding 600 tons, So;
exceeding 600 tons, SIS.
| Mortgage or pledge of lands, estate or
| property, real or personal, heritable or
movable whatsoever; also any conveyance
of any lands, estate or property whatso-
ever, in trust to be sold or otherwise con-
verted into money, which shall be intend
ed only as security-on any of the forego-
ing exceeding $1,000 and not exceeding
81, 500, 25 cents, and on each $500 or frac-
tional part thereof in excess of 81 800, 25
cents.
Passage ticket by any vessel from port
| in the United States to a foreign port, if
costing not exceeding $50, 81; costing
more than $50 and not exceeding $50, s.;
costing more than $780, SIS.
Power of attorney or proxy for voting
at any election for officers of any incor-
porated company or association, except re-
ligious charitable or literary societies or
public cemeteries, 10 cents. Power Of at
torney to sell and convey real estate, or to
rent or lease the same, to receive or col
| lect rent, to sell or transfer any stock,
| bonds, scrip or for the collection of any
| dividends or interest thereon, or to per-
| form any and all other acts not hereinbe-
fore specified, Is cents, provided that no
stamp shall be required upon any papers
necessary to be used for the collection of
claims from the United States for pen
sions, back pay, bounty or for property
lost in the military or naval service.
| Protest-Upon the protest of every note,
bill of exchange, acceptance, check or draft
or any marine protest, 25 cents.
Warehouse receipt for any goods, mer-
chandise or property of any kind held on
storage in any public or private warehouse
or yard except receipts for agricultural
products deposited by the actual grower
| thereof in the regular course of trade for
sale, 25 cents, provided that the stamp
duties imposed by the foregoing schedule
on manifests, bills of lading and passage
tickets shall not apply to steamboats, or
other vessels plying between ports Of the
| United States and ports in British North
America
Schedule b.
Medicinal proprietary articles and prepa-
rations-For and upon every packet, box,
BOTTLE pot or vial or other Enclosure
containing any pills. powders, tinctures,
troches or lozenges, sirups, oordials, bit
tiers, anodynes, tonics, plasters, iniments,
salves, ointments, pastes, drops, waters,
except natural spring waters (and carbon
ated natural spring waters), essences,
spirits, oils and all medicinal preparations
or compositions whatsoever, made and sold,
or removed for sale, by any person or per-
sons whatever, wherein the person max
ing or preparing the same has or claims
to have any private formula, secret or &C.
cult art for the making or preparing the
same, or has or claims to have any eX-
elusive right or title to the making or pre-
pairing the same, as follows:
Where such packet, box, BOTTLE pot,
vial or other Enclosure, with its contents,
shall not exceed at the retail price or
value the sum of 5 cents, one-eighth of
cent 10 cents, two-eighths of l cent; Is
cents, three-eighths of 1 cent; 25 cents,
| f1ve-eighths of cent; and for each addi-
tional 25 cents of retail price or value or
fractional part thereof in excess of 20 cents,
f1ve-eighths of l cent.
For and upon every packet, box, bottle,
| pot, vial, or other Enclosure containing
any essence, extract, toilet water, cosmet-
&c, vaseline, petroleum, hair OIL pomade,
| hairdressing, hair restorative, hair dye,
tooth wash, dentifrice, tooth PASTE aro-
| in Ell lar 1hctan or