Evening journal., 1901-06-15
REPEATING on
THU WAR TAX
Articles on Which 1t Has
Been Removed and
Modified

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Items on which the war tax has been
repealed. which win go into effect in July
] are as follows;
Dank checks, cents.
Bills OF iading for export, 10 cents.
Bonds of indemnity and bonds not other
wise specified. so cents. CRepealed excep,
as to bonds of indemnify
Cert 'hcates Of damage. % cents.
Certificates Of deposit, cents
Certificates not otherwise specified 10
cents
Charter party. 50 to $40.
Chewing gum. cents each 81.
Commercial brokers. $50.
Drafts. sight . cents.
Express receipts. / cent
1nsurance-Iife. cents on each 500;
marine. inland, fire, Y cent on each 81;
casualty. fidelity. and guaranty, y cent
on each 81.
Lease, Is cents TO 81.
Manifest for Custom House entry, 81 to
s..
Money orders. cents for each $780,
Mortgage or conveyance in trust, 5
cents for each $500.
Pcrfumery and cosmetics, X cent for
each cents
Power OF attorney 10 vote, 10 cents,
Power OF attorney 20 sell. y cents.
Promissory notes. 2 cents for each $780,
Proprietary medicines, u cent for each
cents
Protest, % cents. Telegraph messages.
cent
Telephone messages ! cent. Warehouse
receipts, % cents.
ITEMS MODIFIED.
These Items have been modified:
Beer s. per barrel and ~ per cent dis
count. changed to $l6o per barrel, and ~
per cent. discount repealed.
Bills OF exchange. foreign. cents for
each SEQ; changed TO 2cents for each 500.
CNo tax when accompanied by hill OF lad
ing and invoice for full value OF goods ok
ported)
Cigars Weighing more than pounds per
1900 $500 per 1000; changed TO 50 per 1000.
Cigarettes Weighing not more than 3
pounds per 1000. $3.50 per 1.OOO changed to.
valued at not more than s. per 1000. IS
cents per pound; valued at more than s.
per 1000, 80 cents per pound.
Cigars weighing not more than pounds
per 1000, 81 per 1000; changed TO Is cents
per pound.
Conveyance, so cents for each $500: now
exempted below $500; above $3.50. 20
cents for each $500. r,sr-
Legacies-Iaw modified 80 as to exclude
from taxation legacies of charitable. re-
lgious literary or education character.
Passage ticket 81 TO IS; now exempted
below $50 In value
Sales Of products at exchanges: ! cent
for each sioC retained, but sales OF mer.
chandise IN actual course OF transporta.
ton exempt from tax.
Tobacco and snun. 12 cents per pound
now discount Of 20 per cent.
PRESENT LAW RETAINED.
These items have not been changed:
sl3ankers' capital and surplus. $50 for
$4,000, and 81 for each additional $1,000
Bonds, debentures, certificates Of In.
debtedness, etc, cents for each 800.
Brokers contract. 10 cents.
Certificates Of profits, 2 cents for eacf
SOo
Certificates OF stock. original issue.
cents for each 800
Certificates OF stock, transfers, cents
for each sioO CAmended to include buckle
shops)
Cigarettes weighing more than pounds
per 1000. $500 per 1000.
Custom House brokers' so.
Dealers in leaf tobacco s. to S2i
Dealers in tobacco. Si2
Drafts, time, or bills OF exchange. In
land, cents for each 800
Entry Of goods at Custom House To-
consumption, 25 cents to 81.
Entry for withdrawal. 80 cents.
Freight rece pts or domestic bills OF lad
ing, ! cent.
Manufacturers Of cigars. IS to S2f
Manufacturers of mixed -four, 81 pc
annum.
Manufacturers Of tobacco So TO S2i
Mixed -four, 4 cents per barrel Pawn
brokers, $50.
Petroleum and sugar rehnerles. 4 pc
cent. gross receipts I'm excess ~ S250.O0O
Proprietors of bowling alleys and b /
iiard-iooms, $ for each alley or table.
Projectors of circuses, 800
Proprietors of other public exhibitions
$40.
Proprletors OF theatres. museums an
concert halls 800.
Sleeping and parlor tickets, ] cent.
Sparkling or other wines, 1 pint, cent
more than ! pint, cents.
Stock brokers' $50
Tea, customs duty Of 10 cents per pound
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