The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-10

| year ana not exceeding three years, y
cents: exceeding three years, 81 Mani
| fest for custom house entry OF clear
ance of cargo for a foreign port, II the
registered tonnage of such ship. vesse'
or steamer does not exceed 800 tons. 81
Exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding
900 tons, 50. Exceeding 600 tons. s.
Mortgage of real estate or personal
ceeding $500, % cents: n on each
$500 In excess of 81. 500. Is cents.
Passage ticket from a port in the
United States 10 a foreign port, II cost
ing not exceeding $50, 81. Costing more
than $50 and not exceeding $50. -.
Costing more than $50. s.. Proxy for
voting at n election for officers of
any incorporated company. except re-
hgious, charitable or literary societies
or public cemeteries, 10 cents. Power of
attorney, 25 cents. Protesting notes,
bills of exchange, acceptance, check or
draft. or any marine protest, Is cents.
Warehouse receipts, 25 cents. The
stamp duties on manifests, bills of lad
ing n passage tickets do not apply
To steamboats, or other vessels plying
between ports of the United states and
ports In British North America.
The provision for the silver bullion is
as follows: Coinage OF silver bullion
That the secretary of the treasury Is
hereby authorized and directed TO coin
into standard silver dollars as rapidly
as h public interests may require. to
an amount, however. OF not less than
one and one-half million dollars a
month OF silver bullion now in the
treasury. purchased in accordance with
the provisions of the act approved July
II. 1890. entitled an act directing the
purchase OF silver bullion and the issue
OF treasury notes therefor. and for other
purposes n said dollars. when so
coined. shall be used when applied in
the name and for the purpose named
In said act
The following provision has been
added TO the bond provision: "Provid-
ed, further. that any portion of any is
sue 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, n a
sum not exceeding one-tenth of one per
centum Of the amount of the bonds and
certificates herein authorized Is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated to
the expense OF preparing. advertising
and issuing the same"
Adhesive stamps: Section Z provides
hat II any person or persons shall
make. or issue any instrument or pa
per of any description without Its be-
ing stamped, he shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanor, the penalty being 500. at
the discretion of the court. Section s
provides a penalty Of a fine not exceed
ing $1,000, or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding five years. or both. for
counterfeiting the stamps. and the pen
atty is made TO apply to all persons
having any connection with the coun-
terfeiting.
Proprietors OF proprietary articles are
given the privilege of furnishing their
own dies or designs for stamps. a fall
ure to perform which act is mad a mis-
demeanor, punishable by a fine OF not
less han $50. not more than $500. or by
Imprisonment of not to exceed six
months, or both. 1t Is ais made a
misdemeanor by section 10 to evade the
provisions Of the stamp law, punish
able by a fine not exceeding 5000. 9th
err sections following relate to admins
tration OF the law. Section IL provides
for the distribution of stamps. Section
10 exempts government. state. county
and municipal bonds from the operation
OF the law. and also the stocks and
bonds issued by cooperative building
and loan ASSUMPTIONS who's capital
stock does not exceed $40. 900. and build
ing and loan association or companies
that make loans to their stockholders
only. Section Is provides for a tax
stamp on telegraph messages. and ex-
empts messages of officers and employees
OF the government on official business,
and also the messages Of the telegraph
and railroad companies over their OWL
lines.
Section 20 makes II a misdemeanor
TO evade the plans of schedule Il, rela-
tive TO drugs. medicines, perfumery,
etc, punishable by a fine not TO exceed
$500. or imprisonment to not exceed six
months or both. Incorporated med
icines or those having been put up and
sold at retail as prescriptions are not
included in the taxable articles, leaving
IT to apply particularly to proprietary
articles. Section "a adds tax on pro-
prietary articles to the duty on them,
requiring the afixing Of the internal
venue stamp before withdrawal for
consumption. Schedule "B."-Medicin-
al proprietary articles and preparations
Upon every packet. box. bottle. pot OF
phial or other Enclosure, except natural
spring waters and carbonated natural
spring waters. where UGH packet, etc.
does not exceed at retail price nve cents
one-elghth of one cent tax: when the
retail price Is tive five and ter
cents, one-fourth OF one cent; between
ten n fifteen cents, thr~ee-eighths o1
one cent; betwee Is and % cents, Ave
eighths OF a cent. and for each add
! tlonal 20 cents in value. five-eighths OF
one cent tax. The same tax applies 70
perfumery and cosmetics n other sim
liar articles used as applications to tho
air, mouth or skin.
Chewing gum, each package of not
more than 81 retail value. 4 cents. and
for each additional 81. 4 cents.
Sparkling or other wines, when bot
tied for sale. upon ach bottle contain
ing one pint or less. I cent: more thar
one pint. 2 cents The stamp Is onl,
to be affixed when the article in THU
schedule is sold.
Petroleum and sugar refineries-
Every person. firm. corporation or com
pany carrying on the business of rein
ing petroleum or refining sugar or own
ing OF controlling any pipe line 70
transporting oil or other products
whose gross annual receipts excee'