Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-06-15

Mortgage of real estate or personal
property; exceeding $1,000 and not exceed
ing $500, 25 cents, and on each $500 in
excess of $500, % cents.
Passage tickets to foreign port, II
costing not exceeding $50, 81; costing
more than $50 and not exceeding $50, So;
costing more than $50, S..
Proxy for voting at any election for Of
ficers of any incorporated company ex-
cept religious, charitable or literary 50.
cities or public cemeteries, 10 cents.
Power of attorney, 25 cents.
Protesting notes, bills of exchange, ac.
ceptance, check or draft or any marine
protest, % cents.
Warehouse receipts, 25 cents.
The stamp duties on manifests, bills Of
lading and passage tickets do not apply
to steamboats, or other vessels plying be-
tween ports of the United States and
ports in British North America.
silver Provision.
The provision for the silver bullion is
as follows
Coinage of silver bullion-That the sec.
retary of the treasury is hereby authoriZ.
ed and directed to coin into standard dol.
lars as rapidly as the public interests may
require to an amount, however, of not
less than 81 SOC, 600 month of silver bull
lion now in the treasury purchased in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the act
approved July IA, 1890, entitled, San act
directing the purchase of silver bullion
and issue of treasury notes thereon and
for other purposes" And said dollars
when coined shall be used when applied
in the manner and for the purpose named
in said act.
Bond Provision.
The following provision has been added
to the bond provision:
provided, further that any portion OF
any issue of said bonds not subscribed fol-
as above provided, may be disposed of by
the secretary of the treasury at not less
than par and under such regulations as he
may prescribe, but no commissions shall
be allowed or paid thereon and sum net
exceeding one-tenth of per centum of the
amount of the bonds and certificates here
in authorized is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated to the expense of pre-
pairing, advertising and issuing the same.
Schedule A, Stamp Taxes.
Bonds, debentures or certificates of i'll
debtedness by any association, company
| ~ oh Ql0n nf fnan yultf
or fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on each
original issue, whether on organization
or reorganization certificates of stock by
such association, company or corporation
on each 500 of face value or fraction
thereof, 5 cents; and on all sales or deliv
cries or transfers of shares or certificate:
of stock, on each 800 of face value ol
fraction thereof, 2 cents; in case of sale
where the evidence or transfer is showr
only by the books of the company the
stamp shall be placed upon such books
and where the condition of ownership
is by transference the stamp shall b,
placed upon the certificates, and in cast
an agreement to sell or where the trans
fer is by delivery of the certificate as
signed in blank, there shall be made and
dol;vored bv tbo seller to tho b,vor n hi,
or % momorandnm Of sucb sale 70 which
,ho sto,nn sholl ho of;xed
ponaItr. A fno Of from s5oo n s,oof
,,d ;mn,;sonmont for civ months or both
stock exchange Dealings.
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