The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-01
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adhesive stamp shall be used for denot-
ing any tax imposed by this act
the person using the same shall write OF
! stamp thereon the initials Of his name
and the date upon which the same shall
be attached or used. so that the same
| may not again be used"
AS the penalty IN regard to checks,
| drafts. ETC.. falls on the bank paying. as
well as the person drawing the checks or
drafts the members of this association
have decided that sll drafts and checks
must have the necessary stamps attach
ed before they are presented for. deposit
or payment at our counters. and no ar
rangements can be made with US 70
stamp checks or drafts when they are
presented.
Stamps may be purchased at the coun-
ters Of any OF the banks.
The rates OF exchange after July /. 1898.
will be- &c on drafts under $50.
On drafts from $40 to 800. l2c.
On drafts up 10 $780, 12c for the nrst
500; 1oc per hundred for each additional
500 or fraction thereof.
Drafts above $500. SEQ for me first $500.
and SC per hundred for each additional
hundred or fraction thereof
TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S RULES.
The law requires that on and after July
1885. under a penalty Of ten dollars. no
telegraph company or its agent or en-
ploye shall transmit 20 any person any
dispatch or message without an adhesive
1-cent stamp being affixed TO q copy
thereof. or stamped thereon Exception
is made OF the government messages, the
service messages OF the telegraph COM
pany and messages Of the officials and
employees. of railroad companies sent only
over che wires OF their respective rail-
roads on and after July l. 1898; the fol-
lowing instructions are therefore to be
observed, namely:
First-The senders Of each of the un-
dermentioned classes Of business must be
required TO attach a 1-cent docum eTltary
revenue stamp thereto before the message
can be accepted for transmission. that is:
(A) Full paid messages day and night.
OBJ Collect messages. (C) Messages sent
under business of half rate franks. CD
Deadhead messages under complimentary
franks. (ED Messages received by tele-
phone from customers direct, the cost OF
the stamps to be added to the account
rendered. CD Mesa es collected in an
swer to call bells. messengers are TO be in
structed to require that stamps shall be
placed on the messages by the customers
unless it has been previously arranged
between the customers and mana cement
that the cost of the stamp shall be add
ed to charged accounts. 60 Press dis
patches, when presented at Western Union
counter, a stamp must be required for
each dispatch, irrespective of its number
or words or number of addresses. On dis
patches transmitted direct from newspa-
per offices, irrespective of the number OF
words or number of addresses before the
dispatches are sent to the Western Union
offices to be booked CID c. n. d. re-
ports. These reports, not being sent as
single messages, but as periodical reports.
and paid for in lump sum per week or
month. irrespective OF the exact number
of words transmitted, are not construed
as messages nuder the law. and will not
therefore require stamps.
ond-Superintendents and managers
are 10 notify officials Of railroad compan-
les. press associations, proprietors OF
newspapers and other large customers. Of
these requirements OF the law, so that
they may have ample opportunity TO pro-
vide themselves with stamps, as the tele-
graph company can only undertake to
provide its offices with stamps sufficient
for emergencies and not to cover the
whole number of messa ges transmitted.
Third-In cases when the law first goes
into effect. where 1t is impossible for the
senders of messages or managers TO pro-
cure the necessary stamps, managers are
TO collect from the senders the value of
the stamps and attach them TO the mess
ages as soon as they can be procured.
Fourth-Method of cancslling stamps.
The law provides that the person using or
affixing the initials OF his name and the
date upon which the same shall be at
tached or used; and managers are 70 see
that the stamps are so cancelled