Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-23

money drawn upon or issued 10y any .
bank, trust company or any per-
son or persons, companies, or cor
porationS, two cents.
Bills of exchange (inlandl, drafts,
certificates OF deposit drawing interest
or order for the payment Of any sum
Of money, otherwise than at sight or
Oh demand, or any promisory note
except bank notes issued for circu-
laticn, and for each renewal OF the
same, for a, sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, two cents; for each
additional one hundred dollars or
fractional part thereof in. excess of
500, two cents.
Bills OF exchange (foreign) or letter .
OF credit, if drawn singly for sum F..
not exceeding 800, four cents, and /,
for each 800 or fractional part there !
of in excess of 800, four cents If
| drawn in sets of two or more: For !
every bill of each set, where the sum
| does not exceed 500 in any foreign
currency, two cents, and for each
| 500 or fractional part in excess OF
| s1G0, two cents.
! Bills Of Iading or receipt (other
than charter partly for any goods or
merchandise to be exported to any
foreign port or place, ten cents.
Transactions on Exchanges.
Upon each sale or agreement to
sell any products or merchandise at
any exchange, or board of trade, or
other similar place, either for present
or future delivery, for each 800 in
value of said sale or agreement of
sale or agreement to sell, one cent,
and for each additional 800 or
fractional part thereof in excess of
500, one cent: Provided, that on
every sale or agreement OF sale or
agreement to sell there shall be made
and delivered by the seller 10 the
) buyer a bill, memorandum of such
&, sale, to which there shall be affixed
] a lawful stamp or stamps in value
r equal TO the amount of the tax on
] such sale.
: Bonds and Debentures.
Bonds, debentures or certificates O
Indebtedness issued after July l, 1898
by any association, company or cor
| poratIon, on each hundred dollars O
> face value Or fraction thereof, five
cents, and on each original issue
; | whether on organization or reorganiza
; tion, OF certificates of stock by an!
q such association, company or corpora
J. ton, on each $500 of face value or frac
10 ton thereof, five cents, and on al
! sales, or agreements to sell, or mem
n Oranda OF sales, or deliveries or trans
Iers Of shares or certificates OF stoch
on each SlOU Of face value or traction
IS two cents.
y In case of sale, where the eYidenc
of transfer is shown only by the book
: OF the company, the stamp shall
al placed upon such books, and wher
u the change of ownership is by trans
d fer certificate the stamp shall b
placed upon the certificates, and i
case of an agreement to sell, or wher
oV the transfer is by delivery Of the Gel
tificate assigned in blank, there sha
Vi be made and delivered by the seller t
u the buyer a bill or memorandum {
u such sale, to which the stamp sha
= be affixed. Penalty: A fine of fro
$500 to 81, 900 and imprisonment for s.
months, or both.
er Section II exempts goyercmep
81 state, county and municipal bono
from the operation of the law, an
&c also the stock and bonds issued by G.
G operative building and loan associ
NH fol O
ry coed $4,000 and building and loa
IS associations or companies that NAL
ny loans only to their shareholders.
LIE Bankers and Brokers.
oo Bankers employing capital not e.
be ceeding $4,000, $50; employing ca
m ital exceeding 5000, for every a
q ditional $1,000, 81; surplus include
hv in capital. The amount of such al
400 nual tax to be computed on the has
I'll of capital and surplus for the prece
on ing fiscal year.
re Savings banks having no capt.
ak stock and whose business is confnt
n to receiving deposits and loaning
ne investing the same for the benefit
g their depOsitors, and which do I
other business Of banking, are not su
ject to this tax.
rot Brokers, $50; but any person havil
IN paid the special tax as banker shs
es, not be required to pay the special t;
Is, as a broker.
rs Pawnbrokers, 500.
es, Commercial brokers, 500.
nS Custom house brokers 80
20 Theatres and Circuses.
all
eli Proprietors of theatres, m1seur
or and concert halls in cities of more tn;
on $4,000 population, 800. This does n
re- include halls rented or used occasio
to ally for concerts or theatrical repr
nv sensations.
ct, Circuses, 800. No special tax pa
all in one state is to exempt exhibition
ne from the tax in another state, b
is one special tax is to be imposed for e
tn hibitions within any one state.
7n Proprietors or agents of all 9th
~ public exhibitions or shows for mon
- not enumerated here, SO.
no Bowling alleys and billiard room
S. for each alley or table.
Ter Freight and Express.
ms It is made the duty Of every ra
7r- road or steamboat company, carrie
*, express company or corporation