Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-06-15

notes or memorandum of sale of any
goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, eN-
change notes or real estate or property of
any description issued by brokers or per-
sons acting as such for each note OF mem.
orandum of sale, 10 cents.
Conveyance or deed for real estate, on
which consideration exceeds 800 and does
not exceed $500, 80 cents, and for each ad
ditional $500, so cents.
Entry of bonds at any custom house
not exceeding 800 in value, 25 cents. EX-
ceeding 800 and not exceeding $500, 80
cents; exceeding $500 in value, 81.
Entry for withdrawal of goods from
bonded warehouse, so cents.
Certificate of profit of any association
and on all transfers thereof, on all face
values, 2 cents.
For Issue of Bonds.
The secretary of the treasury is author
lied to borrow on the credit of the Unit
ed States from time to time as the pro-
ceeds may be required TO defray eypen-
ditures authorized on account of the ex-
isting war (which proceeds when receiv-
ed to be used for the purpose of meeting
such war eXpenditures) the sum of $780,
100000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary and to prepare and issue there
for coupon or registered bonds of the
United States in denominations of $40 or
some multiple of that sum, redeemable in
coin at the pleasure of the United States
after 10 years from the date of their issue
and payable 20 years from such date
and bearing interest payable quarterly
in coin at the rate of per cent per an
mum. The bonds are to be first offered at
par as popular loan.
Patent Medicines.
Schedule B-NIedicinal proprietary ar
ticles and preparations-upon every pack
ct, box, bottle, pot or phial or other in
closure, except natural spring waters AMI
carbonated natural spring waters, where
such packet, etc, does not exceed at the
retail price cents, one-eighth of l cent
tax; when the retail price is between 5
and 10 cents, one-fourth of l cent; be-
tween 10 and Is cents, threeeighths of
cent; between 10 and 25 cents, five-eighths
of cent, and for each additional p
cents in value, ive-eighths of l cent tax.
The same tax applies to perfumery and
cosmetics and other similar articles used
as applications to the hair, mouth or
skin. Chewing gum, each package of not
more than 81 retail value, A cents, and
for each additional 81, cents.
Sparkling or other wines when bottled
for sale, upon each bottle containing one
pint or less, cent; more than one pint,
cents. The stamp is only to be affixed
when the article in this schedule is sold.
Petroleum and Sugar.
Petroleum and Sugar Refiners-Every
person, firm, corporation or company car
rying on the business of refining petrol
cum or refining sugar or owning or con-
trolling any pipe line for transporting
oil or other products whose gross annual
receipts exceed $250,OO0, is made subject
to pay annually special excise tax equiv
alent to one-parter of | per cent on the
gross amount of all receipts in excess Of
| that sum. Returns are to be made month.
ly. The penalty is fine of from $4,000
to $4,000.
A stamp tax of cent is to be collected
on every seat sold in a palace and parlor
car and on every berth sold in a sleeping
car, and the stamp to be affixed to the
ticket and paid by the company issu-
ing it.
Inheritance Tax.
A tax on inheritance and legacies en-
ceeding $4,000 is provided as follows: On
sums between $4,000 and $4,000, first