The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-01

telegraph offices will have them and they
can also be secured at the postofhce. Deal
ers will get a commission OF one per cent
There IS a scarcity OF stamps. only the
larger denominations having arrived. The
following special taxes are imposed:
Pawnbrokers, so.
Commercial brokers. go.
Proprietors of theaters. Museums and
concert halls in cities having more than
% 900 population as SHOWN by the last pre-
ceding United States census. 800.
Proprietors or agents of all other public
exhibitions or shows for money, SO, and
but one special tax Is required for exht-
billions within any one state or territory
or the District of Columbia
Proprietors of bowling alleys and bill
lard rooms shall pay IS for each alley or
table
In commercial transactions below IS
given the most important taxable instru-
ments:
Banks and bankers-Capital and sur
plus not exceeding $4,000 ............s $50. 90
Capital and surplus in excess OF
SIS, 600. per $1,000 ...................... 2.O9
Brokers-In negotiable securities. 5000
Brokers' note or memorandum OF
sale Of merchandise, stocks. bonds,
real estate, etc ...... ................ 10
Bonds, stocks, etc. issued after July
/. 1898, per 800 face value .......... %
Sales or transfers of stock, per 800
face value ........ ................... W
Sales or agreement Of sale Of mer-
chandise, for present or future de-
livery on exchanges per s100...... .ol
Bank checks. drafts or certificates OF
deposit not drawing interest, pay
able on demand NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .02
Bills of exchange Qnland), time
drafts, notes, certificates OF deposit
drawing interest, money orders, per
800 .....-.... $3.50. .........-......... w
Bills Of exchange (foreign), letters Of
credit, If drawn singly, per $780,. .04
If drawn in sets OF two or moro,
each set, per 500 ................... .02
Bills of lading or receipt for goods to
be exported ............ ....-......... 10
Bills Of lading issued by express and
transportation companies per pack
age .-........ ..--...---.. .....-....-.- III
Certificates Of memorandum of prof
It's in any association or corpora
ton per 500 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .02
Custom house-Entry not exceeding
500, 25c; 800 to $500. soc each; over
y 500 ........ ........ .....-............. 1.VJ
Conveyances Of real estate, 800 to
$500, SOC each; each additional $780,. so
Insurance-Life, except fraternal So
cieties, per 800 insurance .......... .0S
Industrial weekly payment Ian, 40
per cent first weekly payment
Insurance-Fire marine, inland, per
S1.OO ........ ...... .................... .OO5
Insurance-Casualty, fidelity and
guarantee. per 81 ............ DOS
Leases, one year 25c; one TO three
years, soc; exceeding three years. loo
Mortgages, $1,000 to $3.50 each 25c;
on each $500 over 81 1900. ............. .25
Power of attorney NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .25
Proxy-For voting Except charitable
or literary societies) ................ 10
Protest of notes, bills. etc......... .25
Telephone messages charged at 15c
or over OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. III
Telegraph dispatch each ......... OF
Warehouse receipts for merchan-
disc $500. ...-.............. "a
The banks nave issued, through the
clearing house the following circular COW
ering the use of stamps on checks, etc,
and an advance in the price of drafts
and bills of exchange:
All checks issued on and after July
must bear a 2-cent revenue stamp and
tn person issuing the check must affix
the stamp.
Section of the new law reads:
THAT if any person or persons shall
make, sign or issue, or cause to be made.
signed or issued, and instrument docu-
ment or paper of any kind or description
whatsoever, without the same being duly
stamped for denoting the tax hereby i'm
posed thereon, or without having there
upon an adhesive stamp to denote said
tax, such person or p ersons shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and
upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine
Of not more than 800, at the discretion
of the court, and such instrument, docu-
ment or paper, as aforesaid, shall not be
competent evidence in any court