The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-10

of profits of any association and on all
transfers thereof. on each 500 of face value,
cents.
Certificates of damage or otherwise issued
by any port warden marine surveyor, Is
cents. Certificate of any other description
10 cents Charter party, II the registered
tons, 50; exceeding 300 tons and not exceed
ing GOO tons, So; exceeding 600 tons. $40.
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 sloo and
does not exceed $500. so cents, and for each
additional 500. 80 cents.
Entry of goods at any custom house not
exceeding $loO in value. % cents; exceeding
800 and not exceeding 500 in value, 80 cents;
exceeding $500 in value 81. Entry for with
drawal Of goods from customs bonded ware
house, 20 cents.
Government Bonds
The secretary of the treasury is authorized
to borrow on the credit Of the United States,
from time to time, the proceeds may be
required to defray the expenditures author
lied on account of the existing war (such
proceeds when received, to be used only for
the purpose Of meeting such war expendi-
tures), the sum Of $500 100000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, and to prepare
and issue therefor coupon or registered
bonds of the United States. in denomina-
tons of $40 or some multiple of that sum,
United States, after ten years from the
date of their issue and payable twenty years
from such date and bearing interest, pay
able quarterly in coin, at the rate of per
cent. per annum. The bonds are to be first
offered at par as popular loan
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
treasury at not less than par, under such
regulations as he may prescribe, but no
commissions shall be allowed or paid there
on; and sum not exceeding one-tenth of
per cent. of the amount of the bonds and
certificates herein authorized Is hereby APP
proprlated out of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to pay the ex-
pense OF preparing, advertising and issuing
the same.
coinage of Silver Bullion
Following is the proviso in regard to the
coinage of silver bullion: THE secretary of
the treasury is authorized and directed to
coin into standard silver dollars, rapidly
as the public interests may require, to an
amount, however, of not less than one and
one-half millions of dollars in each month,
all of the silver bullion now in the treasury,
purchased in accordance with the provisions
Of the act approved July IA, 1880. entitled,
AN act directing the purchase of silver bull
lion and the issue OF treasury notes thereon
and for other purposes and said dollars,
when SO coined, SHAH be used and applied
In the manner and for the purpose named in
this act"
Mixed Flour
substitute was adopted for the Senate
pEONlSlOH lot TAX Oh IlllHeQ 1OuT, out the
material points were retained. The substi-
tute requires that persons engaged in max
ing, packing or repacking mixed flour shall
pay special tax at the rate of $l2 per an
mum, and the license granted is to be posted
in accordance with the provisions of Sec
tions 3242 and 1888 of the Revised Statutes,
the fines and penalties to be the same as
imposed in those sections. They are re-
CURED to mark each package as mixed flour
and 1t is to be put up only in original pack
ages. In addition to the annual license a
tax of cents per barrel is levied upon all
mixed flour manufactured, sold or removed
for sale. The same rate is proportionately
levied on half barrels and smaller packages.
DUTY ON Tea
There shall be levied collected and paid
upon tea when imported from foreign coun-
tries duty of 10 cents per pound
The changes regarding tea make the duty
operative with the act, instead of July l, as
ii passed the Senate