The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
WAR REVENUE TAX REDUCTION.
The act OF the Lust Congress Goes
Into Effect Monday

ShF act OF inc l5I1HI SOuEEESs NOGS
Into Effect Monday.
The War Revenue Reduction bill, which
occupied 50 much of the time Of the
Fifty-sixth Congress, becomes effective
Monday. July L In fact, the relief af-
forded in its provisions practically begins
with the close of business today. The law
repeaIs outright the war tax on twenty
six items which viii. il is thought. affect
the revenues between S40.009,C29 and So
0=o.ee0 annually.
The items on which the tax is repealed
outright ara
Bank checks, > cents
Bills Of IadiEg for export 10 cents
Bond OF obligation by guarantee com
pany, Z of cent on each dollar.
Certificates OF damage, p cents
Certificates OF deposit, cents
Certificates not otherwise specified, 10
cents
Charter party. 81 to SO.
Chewing gum, cents each 81 + o..
Commercial brokers' ~ 81
Drafts, sight, 2 cents.
Express receipts, 1 cent
IusuranCe-Iife. cents on each 500;
marine, inland, FIRE, 4 cent on each 81;
casualty, fidelity, and guaranty, Z cent
Lease. % cents to 81.
Manifest for custom house entry, 81 to
Mortgage or conveyance in trust, p
cents for each s. 500
order for payment Of money on sight or
on demand.
Perfumery and cosmetics, Is cent for
each cents.
Power OF attorney to vote, 10 cents.
Power of attorney TO sell, . cents
ProTnissory- notes, cents for each 800.
Proprietary medicines, Is cent for each
8 cents
Protest. % cents
TeleEra PHI MESA EeS, cent
Te&phOne messages, I cent
US money orders, cents for each 800.
Warehouse receipts, . cents
These items have been modified:
Beer, 3 per barrel and n per cent dis
count, changed to SLIGO per barrel, and "a
per cent discount repealed
Bills OF exchange, foreign, 4 cents for
each 800; changed to 2 cents for each Si00
Cigars weighing more than pounds per
1.e00, $3.50 per 1000; changed to $500 per
LOCO
Cigarettes weighing not more than
pounds per 1000 $3.50 per LOCO; changed to-
valued at not more than s. per 1,o00. IS
cents per pound; valued at more than 81
per s;000. SS cents per pound
Cigars weighing not more than pounds
per k0Oe- 81 per 1000; changed to IS cents
Conveyance. 80 cents for each $500: now
exempted below $500; above $500, %
cents for each $500
LeGacieS-E4aw modified so as to exclude
from taxation Iegacies of charitable, re
ligtous. ITteFaTy--0T educational character
after March I, 1901.
Orders for payment Of money by tele-
graph, etc, issued by express companies,
etc, drawn in but payable out Of United
States cents for each 800.
Passage tickets 81 . 50; now exempted
/ below $50 IN value, for each so. % cents,
exceeding $50. in addition thereto 90 cents
Sales of products at exchanges: I cent
cent for each 800 retained but sales Of
merchandise Ia actual course of trans
pOTtatiOn exempted from tax.
Tobacco and Snuf. Z cents per pound;
now, discount OF 20 per cent allowed.
These items have not been changed:
Bankers capital and surplus, $50 for S25,-
900 and s. for each additional $1,000.
Bonds, cebentures, certificates of in
debtedneSS, etc, ; cents for each 800.
Bond for indemnity OF for due execution
or performance Of duties OF any Office or
position, 30 cents.
Brokers, so.
Brokers contract. 10 cents
Certificates of profit, cents for each
Certificates of stock. original issue. :
cents for each 800
Certificates of stock, transfers. . cents
for each Sl09- (Amended TO include sales
at buCketSlops.)
Cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per 1000. 500 per loo.
Custom house brokers'. so.
Dealers in leaf tobacco, Sc to S2f, &C
Dealers in tobacco. So. when sales ex-
coed 30 90 pounds
Drafts. time. or bills Of exchange IL
land cents for each $780,
Entry of goods AT custom house for
consumption . cents to g.
Freight receipts or domestic bills of
Iading, 1 cent
Manufacturers of cigars, So to S24.
Manufacturers OF mixed -four SI2 per
annum-
Manufacturers Of tobacco. Sc to $24
Mixed -four cents per barrel
PaWnbrokeTS. S21-
Petroleum and sugar refineries. 4 per
cent gross receipts in excess Of $3.50. 90.
Proprietors Of bowling alleys or billiard
rooms s. for each alley CT table.
ProprietOrs of circuses, 500
PToprietors Of other public exhibitions,
SO
Proprietors Of theatres, museums, and
concert halls 500.
Sleeping and DarloT car tickets. cent
Sparkling or otner wines, I pint I cent;
more than I pint cents
Tea, customs duty Of 10 ceEts per pound
New taxes fmpOsed-In force April l,
1901:
Broker. Class ?. special tax in addition
to all other special taxes. SO
Bucket shop TRANSACTIONS. 2 ce:ats fog
lch 800