Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-07-02

dning sugar, or owning or controlling any /
pipe line for transporting oil or other |
products whose gross annual receipts ex-
coed $3.50, OOO shall be subject to pay an
npally special excise tax equivalent TO /
one quarter of per centum on the gross |
amount of all receipts of such persons, !
firms, corporations and companies in their i
respective business in excess of said sum !
of $3.50, 600.
And q true and accurate return OF the I
amount OF gross receipts as aforesaid shall |
be made and rendered monthly by each of /
such associations, corporations, companies !
or persons TO the collector Of the district |
(Penalty, not less than 81, 200 and not ex- !
ceeding $40, 600 for each failure or refusal !
to make return.)
Sec. 2S. That from and after the LIST
day of July, 1898, a stamp tax Of l cent !
shall be levied and collected on every seat !
sold in a palace or parlor car and on every /
berth sold in sleeping car, the stamp to be !
affixed TO the ticket and paid by the com
| pany issuing the same
(Sections 20, so and 81 provide for an
Inheritance tax ranging from as cents tax !
/ per 500 of bcquest to lincal descendants
to 50 per hundred where the bequest goes
to strangers in blood or corpOratiOns.)
Loans.
| Sec. 80. That the secretary of the treasury
is authorized to borrow from time TO time
at a rate of interest not exceeding per
| centum per annum such sum or sums as,
in his Judgment, may be necessary TO meet
| public expenditures, and TO issue therefor
! certificates OF indebtedness in such form rs
he may prescribe and in denominations of
$50 or some multiple OF that sum, and
each certificate so issued shall be payable,
with the interest accrued thereon at such
time not exceeding one year from the date
of its issue, as the secretary of the treasury
may prescribe. provided that the amount
of such certificates outstanding shall at no
time exceed 500, 600, 600.
/. Sec. 3S That the secretary of the treas
ury is hereby authorized to borrow on the
credit of the United States from time 60
time as the proceeds may be required 70
defray expenditures authorized on account
of the existing war the sum of 100000
600, or so much thereof rs may be neces-
sary, and to prepare and issue therefor
S&lpon or registered bonds of the United
States in such form as he may prescribe
and in denominations of $50 or some null
tiple of that sum, redccmablc I'm coin at
the pleasure of the United States after ten
years from the date of their issue and pay.
able 90 years from such date and bearing
interest payable quarterly in coin at the
rate of per centum per annum, provided
that the bonds authorized by this section
loan under such regulations prescribed by
the secretary of the treasury as will give
opportunity TO the citizens of the United
= States to participate in the subscriptions
to such loan, and in allotting said bonds
the several subscriptions Of individuals
shall be first accepted, and tho subscrip.
2 tions for the lowest amounts shall be first
= allotted provided further that any por.
) tion of any issue Of said. bonds not sub.
10, az
. posed of by the secretary of the treasury al
I not less than par, under such regulations
2 as he may prescribe, but no commissions
; shall be allowed or paid thereon, and sum
not exceeding one-tcnth of l per centum
Z of the amount of the bonds and certificates
= herein authorized is hereby appropriated
+ out of any money in the treasury not 9th.
7 erwise appropriated TO pay the expense OF
: preparing, advertising and issuing the
{ same.
: Coinage of Silver Bullion.
. Sec. "a. That the secretary Of the treas
, ury is hereby authorized and directed Ia
= coin into standard silver dollars as rapidly
: as the public interests may require, TO an
o amount, however, of not less than $780,.
: 900 in each month, all Of the silver bullion
i now in the treasury purchased in accord.
/ ance with the provisions of the act ap
y proved 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 so coined, shall be used and applied
: in the manner and for the purposes named
u in said act
"a Mixed Flour.
u Sec. SO. That foG the purposes Of thi:
II act the words mixed -four shall be un
u derstood to mean the food product made
p from wheat mixed or blended in whole o.
Ie in part with any other grain OF other ma
e terial, or the manufactured product o
u any other grain or other material thar
&c wheat.
ID Sec &c. That every person, firm or cor
poration, before engaging in the business
of making, packing or repacking nike
D. flour, shall pay n special tax at the rate o
K SIP per annum, the same TO be paid anC
re- posted in accordance with the provision
s OF sections 3242 and 3239 of the revised
t. statutes and subject to the fines and pen
S, alties therein imposed for any violation
S, thereof. (Section 81 provides for tn
n method of sale under the brand "mixe'
s, -four" Penalty for failure to obey tn
ns law is also prescribed.)
d, Sec. 3S That all sales and consign
r. ments of mixed flour shall be in package
K. not before used for that purpose. (Penalt
rs or fine of not less than $3.50 and not NOR
C. than $500, or by Imprisonment not les
be than 80 days nor more than one year,
X Sec. 80. That in addition to the brand
e. ing and marking of mixed flour as herei
provided, there shall be affixed to tn
1t, packages containing the same a label in tn
IS, following words: Notice-The (manu
or facturer or packer, as the case may be- c
! the mixed flour herein contained has con
10 piled with all the requirements of Law
Is, Every person is cautioned not to use thi
IL package or label again or to remove til
or contents without destroying the revenu
is, stamp thereon, under the penalty pr
scribed by law in such cases." (Penalt,
lie, fine of S50.)
ng Sec. 40. That barrels or other package
ct in which mixed -four may be packed sha
lie, contain not to exceed 1876 pounds; tn;
re, upon the manufacture and sale of mike
ro- flour there shall be levied a tax of cen
or per barrel containing 1876 pounds or MOI
lie, than 9S pounds; ? cents on every half ba
IN. raj containing QS Mounds ar mora than 4