The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-14
MARLBOROUGH MARYLAND
Changes in the Revenue Law.

By the act of Congress passed at the
last session, and which is to take effect on
July /, a number of important changes
have been made in the imposition OF
what is generally known as the "war rev.
enue tax" collected through the Internal
Revenue Department. The necessity for
large amount of revenue having long
since ceased Congress was prevailed upon
last winter to abolish some OF the taxes
and to modify others so as to reduce the
income from these sources to the present
requirements of the Government in the
departments in which this revenue is used.
Significant among the requirements of
the law of 1898, which is repealed by the
amendment to take effect next month, is
the aftixing of two-cent stamp to bank
checks.
The following succinct statement of the
changes in the law, which will 60 into eff
feet on July 1, has been issued by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue:
REPEALED.
Dank CHECKS, Genus.
Bills of lading for export, 10 cents.
Bond or obligation by guarantee com
pany ne-half of cent on each dollar.
Certificates of damage, % cents.
Certificate of deposit, cents.
Certificates not otherwise specified, 10
cents.
Charter party, 50 to $40.
Chewing gum, 4 cents each 81.
Commercial brokers' 500
Drafts. sight, 2 cents.
Express receipts, 1 cent.
Insurance-Life, 8 cents on each 500;
marine, inland, fire, One-half cent on each
$1;casualty, fidelity and guaranty, one half
cent on each 81.
Lease, 25 cents to 81.
Manifest for custom honse entry, 81 toss
Mortgage or conveyance in trust, 25
cents for each 1880.
Order for payment Of money on sight
or on demand.
Perfumery and cosmetics, one eighth
cent for each cents.
Power of attorney to vote, 10 cents.
Power of attorney to sell, % cents.
Promissory notes, cents for each 800.
Proprietary medicines, one-eighth cent
for each cents.
Protests, Is cents.
Telegraph messages, cent.
Telephone messages. cent.
United States money orders, 2 cents for
each 800.
Warehouse receipts, % cents.
MODIFIED.
Beer, s. per barrel, and II per cent
discount, changed to LEO per barrel. and
u per cent. discount repealed.
Bills of exchange, foreign, cents for
each 800; changed to 2 cents for each 500.
Cigars weighing more than pounds
per 1000. $500 per Unchanged to IS 1000
Cigarettes weighing not more than 8
pounds per 1000, $3.50 per 1000: changed
to, valued at not more than e per 1000,
36 cents per pound.
Cigars weighing not more than pounds
per 1000, 81 per 1000; changedt to Is cents
per pound.
now exempted below $500 above $500,
% cents for each $500.
Legacies-Law modified So as to ex
clude from ia xation legacies of charitable,
religious, literary or educational charac.
ter after March 1, 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 to s.; now exempt
ed below $50 in value, for each $50. so
cents; exceeding $50, in addition thereto,
so cents.
Sales of products at exchanges l cent
for each 500 retained, but sales of mer-
chandise in actual course of transpOrta-
ton exempted from tax.
Tobacco and snuff, IL cents per pound
now, discount of 20 per cent. allowed.