Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-16
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other DESCRIPTION, 10 cents. CharEer
party, If the registered tonnage Of the
vessel does not exceed 300 tons, $3
Exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding
800 tons, S. Exceeding 900 tons, $lu
Contract, brokers' note or memorandum
of sale of any goods or merchandise.
stocks, bonds, exchange. notes of hand.
real estate or property of any uescrip-
tion issued by brokers or persons acting
as such, for each note or memorandum
of sale. 10 cents. Conveyance or deed
for real estate in which the considera-
tion exceeds 800 and does not exceed
$500, so cents, and for each additional
$500, so cents.
Entry of any goods at any custom
house not exceeding 800 in vaue, 25
cents; exceeding $10O, and not exceed
ing $500 in value, so cents; exceeding
$500 in value. 81 Entry for the with
drawal of goods from customs bonded
warehouse, so cents.
On each life insurance policy for 500.
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. Fraternal
beneficiary societies and orders. farm
ers' purely local cooperative compan-
les, employees relief associations oper-
ated on the lodge system or local CO.
operative plan, organized and con-
Quoted solely by the membe-s thereof
for the exclusive benefit of its MEM
bers, and not for profit, are exempted.
Insurance (marine, inland, fire.
Each policy, one-half of 1 per cent on
each dollar. Cooperative and mutual
cOmnanies are exemDted
Other forms of insurance are also
taxed, as well as leases. custom house
manifests, ship clearances, mortgages,
passage tickets to foreign ports. proxies
in corporation elections, power of attor-
ney Except pension papers), protests
and warehouse receipts, etc.
Medicinal proprietary articles and
preparations: Upon every packet, box,
bottle, pot or phial, or other inclosure
containing any pills. powders, tinctures,
troches or lozenges, syrups. cordials,
bItters, anodynes, tonics, plasters,
liniments, 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 per-
son making or preparing the same has,
or claims to have, any private formula
or any exclusive right, where such
packet, etc, does not exceed, at the
retail price cents, one-eighth of l
cent tax: when the retail price is be-
tween and 10 cents. one-fOurth of l
cent between 10 and Is cents, three
eighths of a cent; between Is and 25
cents, five-eighths of 1 cent, and for
each additional 25 cents in value, 1ve-
eighths of 1 cent tax.
Perfumery and cosmetics and other
similar articles used as applications to
the hair mouth or skin or otherwise
used, where the packet, box. bottle.
etc, does not exceed the retail price of
cents one-eighth of l cent tax; when
the price is between 5 and 10 cents,
one-quarter of / cent: between 10 and
is cents, three-eighths of 1 cent; be-
tween Is and 25 cents, f1ve-eighths of 1
cent; each additional 25 cents in value,
five-eighths of l cent tax. Chewing
gum, each package of not more than
81 retail value, cents, and for each
additional dollar, cents.
Sparkling or other wines, when bot
tied for sale, upon each bottle con-
tanning one pint or less, cent: more
than one pint, cents.
Every person, firm, corporation or
company carrying on or doing busi-
ness of refining petroleum or refining
sugar, or owning or controlling any
pipe line for transporting oil or other
products whose gross annual receipts
exceed $3.50, ,000 is made subject to pay
annually a specific excise tax equiva-
lent to one-quarter of 1 per cent on the
gross amount of all receipts in excess
of that sum. A stamp tax of / cent is
to be collected on every seat sold in a
palace or parlor car and on every berth
sold in a sleeping car.
A graded tax or inheritanees and leg
acies exceeding $4,000 is provided,
wherein nearest relatives must pay rs
cents on every 500, while strangers in
| blood and corporate bodies who inherit
must pay S. on every 500.
The secretary of the treasury is au-
thorized to borrow on the credit of the
United States, from time to time as
the proceeds may be required to defray
expenditures authorized on account of
the existing war (such proceeds when
received to be used only for the pur-
pose of meeting such war expenditures
the sum of $490, 600 900 or so much there
of as may be necessary, and to prepare
and issue therefor coupon or registered
bonds of the United States in denomi-
nations of $40 or some multiple of that
sum, redeemable in coin at the pleas
ure of the United States after ten years
| from the date of their issue and pay
able 20 years from such date and bear
ing interest payable quarterly in coin at
| the rate of per cent per anum.
The secretary of the treasury is au-
thorized and directed to coin into stand
ard silver dollars as rapidly as the pub
lie interests requi' e. to an amount. how
ever, of not less than $1,500,0O0 each
month, all of the silver bullion now in
the treasury.
Persons engaged in making. packing
or repacking mixed flour shall pay a
special tax at the rate of $12 per annum.
In addition to the annual license a tax
of cents per barrel is levied upon all
mixed flour.
There shall be levied, collected and
paid upon tea, when imported form for
eign countries, a duty of 10 cents per
pound.
The Largest DeflcIencv Rtll