Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
prisonment for six months. or both.

or agreement of sale, or agreement to sell,
l cent; and for each additional 800, or
fractional part thereof, in excess of 500,
1 cent.
Provided. that on every sale, or agree
ment of sale, or agreement to sell, there
shall be made and delivered by the seller
to the buyer q bill memorandum of such
sale, to which there shall be affixed a law
ful stamp or stamps in value equal to the
amount OF the tax on such sale.
Bank check, draft or certificates of de-
postt, not drawing interest, or order for
the payment of any sum of money drawn
upon or issued by any bank, trust company
or any person or persons, company or cor
poratton, 2 cents.
Tax ON Bank pnrcr.
Each bill Of exchange dnland). draft, GER
tificate OF deposit drawing interest, or or
der for the payment of any sum of money
otherwise than at sight or on demand, or
any promissory note except banknotes Is
sued for circulation, and for each renewal
of the same, for a sum not exceeding 800,
2 cents; and for each additional 500 or
fractional part thereof, in excess of S10O,
2 cents.
Bills of exchange foreign or letter of
credit drawn singly for a sum not exceeding
500, 4 cents, and for each fractional part
thereof in excess of 800, 4 cents. If drawn
in sets of two or more: For every bill of
each set, where the sum does not exceed
800 in any foreign currency, 2 cents, and for
each 800 or fractional part in excess of 800,
2 cents.
Bills Of lading or receipt (other than
charter party for any goods or merchandise
to be exported to any foreign port or place,
10 cents,
1t is made the duty of every railroad or
steamboat company, carrier, express COM
pany or corporation, or person whose occu-
patton is to act as such, to issue to the ship
per or consignor of a bill of lading. mani
fest or other evidence of receipt and for
warding, FOR each shipment received,
whether In bulk or in boxes, bales, pack
ages, bundles, or not so inclosed or included.
and there is to be attached and cancelled to
each of said bills of lading, etc, a stamp of
the value of l cent; provided, that but one
Dill of ladtng shall be required on bundles
or packages of newspapers when inclosed in
one general bundle at the time of shipment.
Penalty, $50.
Telephone Messages.
A tax of 1 cent is imposed for every tele-
phone message for which over 10 cents is
charged. Amy telegraphic message, l cent.
lndemnifying bonds, 30 cents.
Certificates of profit of any association and
on all transfers thereof, on each $10O of face
value, 2 cents.
Certificate of damage or otherwise, issued
by any port warden or marine surveyor, %
10 cents.
Charter party, If the registered tonnage
OF the vessel does not exceed 800 tons, So;
exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding 600
'olo' %, tSCetuluB OUU TONS, $40,
Contract, brokers' note, or memorandum
OF sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks,
bonds, exchange, notes of hand, real estate.
or property of any description, 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 consideration exceeds 800 and
does not exceed $500, so cents; and for each
additional $500, 80 cents.
Entry of goods at any custom house. not
exceeding 500 in value. 25 cents; exceeding
500 and not exceeding $500 in value, so
cents; exceeding $500 in value, 81. Entry for
the withdrawal of goods from customs
bonded warehouse, so cents.
The secretary of the treasury is authorized
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 pro-
ceeds when received to be used only for the
purpose of meeting such war eXpenditures),
the sum of $400. 000. 900, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, and to prepare and
issue therefor 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 ten years from the date of their issue,
and payable twenty years from such date,
and bearing interest payable quarterly in
coin at the rate of 3 per cent per annum.
The bonds are to be first offered at par as
a popular loan.
The conference added the following pro-
viso:
That any portion of any issue of said bonds
not subscribed for as above provided. may
be disposed of by the secretary Of the treas
ury at not less than par, under such regu-
lations as he may prescribe, but no commits
siOns shall be allowed or paid thereon; and
a sum not exceeding one-tenth of l per cent
of the amount of the bonds and certificates
herein authorized is apportioned out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated to pay the expense of preparing,
advertising and issuing the same.
COINAGE of s~eisniornge.
Following is the provision in regard to
the coinage of silver bullion:
The secretary of the treasury is author
lied and directed to coin into standard sill
yer dollars, as rapidly as the public in
terests may require, to an amount Of less
than 81, 500. 900 in each month, all of the
silver bullion now in the treasury purchased
in accordance with the provisions of the
act approved July IA, 1890, entitled IAN act
directing the purchase of silver bullion and
the issue Of treasury notes thereon, and for
| other purposes" and said dollars when
coined shall all be used and applied in the
manner and for the purposes named In said
act.
A substitute was adopted for the senate
provision for a tax on mixed -four, but the
material points were retained. The substi-
tute requires that persons engaged in max
ing. packing or repacking mixed flour, shall
pay a special tax at the rate of $12 per
annum, and the license granted is to be
posted in accordance with the provisions of
sections 3242 and 1929 of the revised stat
utes, the fines and penalties to be the same
as imposed in those sections. They are re-
quired to mark each package as mixed
-four, and 1t is to be put up only in original
packages. In addition to the annual license
a tax of A cents per barrel is levied upon
ALL mixed -four manufactured, sold or re-
moved for sale. The sale rate is proper
tionally levied on half barrels and smaller
packages.
There shall be levied, collected and paid
upon tea, when imported from foreign cOun-
tries, a duty of 10 cents per pound. The
changes regarding tea make the duty oper-
alive with the act instead of July !, as 1t
passed the senate.
imc.icRtes the United states.
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