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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
NO. 80.

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION OF
COLLATERAL ENTERTAINERS AND
TAXABLE TRANSFERS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont:
TAXES IMPOSED.
Section 1. Every person other than the
father, mother. husband, wife, lineal de-
scendant adopted child. lineal descendant
of an adopted child, the wife or widow
of a son, or the husband of the daugh-
ter of descendant or city or town for
cemetery purposes; and every charitable,
educational or religious society or insti-
tuition other than such as are created
and existing under and by virtue of the
laws of this state and having it's prin-
cipal office herein. that shall receive In
trust or otherwise any legacy or distribu-
tive share comprised of or arising from
property or any interest therein passing
by WILL the law of descent or the decree
of court in this state, from any de-
ceased person who owned such property
at the date of his decease shall, except
rs herein otherwise provided, be subject
to a tax for the use of the state equal tc
five per cent. of the value in money Of
such legacy or. distributive share.
Sec @ Every person other than sucf
as are exempted in the preceding section
from the payment Of the taxes imposed
by this act who shall acquire title to rea
estate or any interest therein by volun
tary conveyance or deed Of gift made o
intended to take effect in possession o
enjoyment upon or after the death OF tn
Crantor, or who shall by voluntary con
yeyance or by gift acquire title to per
sonal estate or any interest therein mad
or intended to take effect and possessio
or enjoyment upon or after the death c
the grantor or donor, shall pay to tn
state tax of five per centum of tn
value In money Of such real or persona
estate or the interest therein conveyed
Such tax shall be a first lien on the re;
or personal estate thus conveyed or give
until such tax shall have been paid
full.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31


Sec. 49, The word 'legatee" whenever
used in this act shall be construed to eX-
tend to and include any devsee or dis
tributee named in will; the word "les-
acy" whenever 80 used shall DO construed
the amount of any or all taxes due to
the state as provided in said sections
and to establish said taxes as lien upon
the property passing or being transferred
in the manner therein mentioned.
Sec. &C. A court of chancery or chan
cellor shall, subject to the right of appeal
to the supreme court hear and determine
said cause at any stated term of said
court or during vacation, and may grant
temporary and permanent injunctions re-
straining any or all persons or corpora
lions mentioned in said last named sec
tons from making any transfer or other
disposition Of the property named therein
until all taxes imposed by this act and
found to be due on account of the pass
ing of such property in the manner there
in mentioned; and shall make all neces-
sarv orders and DEGREES to carry out the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
SUPREME COURT.

Sec. A. In all estates wherein the legal
construction or Interpretation of any
mart of this act shall be in dispute and
the facts relating thereto shall have
been determined by the probate court,
the Judge of the probate court wherein
such estate is being administered provid-
ed no appeal shall have been taken upon
the written application of an admins
traitor. executor or trustee Of such estate
and the commissioner of state taxes filed
therein before the time for an appeal
shall have expired shall certify to the
supreme court such part of its findings
and decree as shall pertain to such con-
struction or interpretation, together with
the written contentious relating thereto
by the various parties which shall be
filed with said application.
Sec. Is. Said certificate shall be placed
on file in the office Of the county clerk
of the county wherein such probate dis
trict is located on or before twenty-five
DAVIS from the date of such decree; and
thereupon the supreme court shall have
jurisdiction of all questions of law pre-
sented thereby. and the same shall there
in be heard and determined as If the
cause had been passed to said court upor
the pro forma judgment of a county cour
to which said cause might have been ap
pealed. The final decision and judgmen
therein shall be certified to the probate
court in the same manner and with thu
same legal effect as provided in section
two thousand five hundred ninety-nin
of the Vermont Statutes.
| COSTS.
Sec. 16. In. all proceedings therein pend
ling involving questions of taxation unde
the provisions of this act the county o
supreme court upon final hearing sha
make such orders touching the paymen
OF costs by any party thereto as sha
in the opinion of said court be just an
reasonable. All costs to be paid by tn
state shall be paid by the auditor of az
!. counts upon presentation Of n bill there
, of signed by the person making such ia,
alton of costs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
TAXES NOW PAYABLE.

Sec. 6. Any administrator, executor or
trustee having in charge or in trust any
legacy or distrIbutive share passing to
lcgatce or heir liable to a tax imposed
BY this act shall before paying or deliv-
crng the same to such legatee or heir
deduct the tax therefrom, or collect it
from such legatce or heir.
See. {. In case the tax can not be de-
Quoted thcrefrom and the !egatee-or heir
neglects or refuses to pay such tax. the
probate court may license such admins
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31

| Sec. S. ne securities or assets men
toned in the preceding section shall not
be delivered or transferred by any per-
son or corporation to foreign adminis-
traitor. executor or trustee of non.resi-
dent decedent, nor to n legatee or heir
of such decedent, nor to an assignee of
such administrator, executor, trustee,
legatee or heir. unless notice IN writing
of thestime and place Of such intended
delivery or transfer shall have been de-
liyered in person or sent by registered
mail prepaid to the commissioner OF state
taxes ut least fifteen days before the
time of such intended delivery or trans
fer The commissioner Of state taxes OIL
any person designated by him. in writing
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
METHOD OF PAYING AND REFUND
ING TAXES.

Sec 80. The state treasurer upon receiv-
ing the amount of any tax under the pro-
visions of this act shall issue receipts in
triplicate to the person paying the tax
who shall forthwith file one copy thereof
with the auditor of accounts, one with
the commissioner of state taxes, and one
with the probate court wherein the es-
tate Is administered provided however
that the person paying such tax upon
property passing in any other manner
than such as Is described in section one
may retain one copy of such receipt in
stead of filing the same with the probate
court.
Sec. 80. Whenever the state treas
urer shall have received any sum OF
money on account of tax herein i'm
posed in excess of the amount finally
fixed by a court having jurisdiction
thereof, or In excess of the amount other
wise determined under the provisions Of
this act. the commissioner of state take:
is hereby authorized to certify the amour
of such excess and the name of the per
son entitled thereto to the auditor of &C
counts who shall thereupon draw an or
der upon the state treasurer for sucl
excess, in favor of the person designate'
lin such certificate. The commissioner o
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
FOREIGN TAXES DEDUCTED.

Sec 3. If an inheritance. transfer sue
cession, legacy or other similar tax shall
have been lawfully paid to another state
or government other than the United
States for or on account OF legacy, dis
tributive share. or any part thereof which
shall hereafter be decreed by probate
court of this state to a legatee or heir
liable to the tax imposed by section one,
such legatee or heir shall be liable to
nav to this state under the provisions of
section one only such part of the tax
therein imposed as will make the entire
taxes both within and without this state
based on such portion of legacy or dis
trlbutve share taxed in such other state
or government equal to lve per centum
of the total value thereof to be deter
mined as herein provided
Sec. 4. No rebate from the full amount
of the tax required by section one shall
be allowed by the probate court under
the provisions of the last section unless
the official receipt showing the amount
so paid to Sucn Otner STATE OF govern
ment, the date of it's payment. the rate,
the valuation of all property upon which
such tax was computed and brief de-
scriptlon thereof shall have been pre-
scented to the probate court.
REQUESTS TO MAINTAIN BURIAL
LOTS.
Sec. s. All towns, cities. villages, trus
tees, official boards and officials therein
corporations, associations and persons
that shall receive any legacy in trust OF
otherwise, the use, income or principa
sum of which is to be used for the sol
IAapose of purchasing. maintaining, car
ing for or identifying burial lot owned
by the decedent or wherein himself o.
any Kinsmen shall be inferred; or for TIT
solo purpose Of erecting, caring for o
maintaining any monument or othe
structure thereon, shall be exempt iron
the payment of all taxes imposed by thi
act on account of such legacy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31

Sec. 81. If upon the decease Of any per-
son leaving an estate passing in whole or
in part to legatees or heirs liable to the
taxes imposed by this act, no will dis
nosing of said estate shall have been Of
fered for probate with the time pre-
scribed by law and no application for ad-
ministration shall have been made within
four months from the date Of such de-
cease the commissioner Of state taxes
shall apply to the probate court for tho
anpointment OF an administrator therein.
Sec. 50. 1t shall be the duty of judge
or register of probate to forthwith notify
the commissioner of state taxes upon
proper blanks to be furnished by him. OF
any and all estates mentioned in the pre-
ceding section known to them or either
Of them. whenever no will or application
for administration shall have beer
presented within the time therein speci
fed.
CERTIFIED COPIES OF WILLS AMI
INVENTORIES.
Sec. So. An administrator, executor
trustee or other legal representative Of I
decedent appointed by n probate cour
within this state or by the court or gov
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Personal, General and Local Notes.

III. c. Shepard. division freight agent of
the Pennsylvania, is attending the meet
ing of the Central Freight Association in
Chicago.
The special train of Chicago lumbermen
made the run from Chicago to San An
tonic 1885 miles, in thirty-three and one
half hours.
p + Hewitt. auditor of the Bis, Four. is
i'm Florida for his health, which accounts
for his not being present at the funeral of
the wife of his brother in this city.
B. D. Atwood. who last week shot him
self on his daughters grave. was one of the
oldest and best-knoWn men of the central
States more especially western New York.
h President Cassatt. of the Pennsylvania
will soon issue orders for the expenditure
of about $S.000O00 for improvements in and
around Pittsburg that the company may
better handle it's increasing business at that
point.
\ rumor has been in circulation to the
effect that President CnderwoOd's trip
abroad would be followed by his retirement
from the presidency of the Erie Railroad
An official of good authority says the rumor
may be dismissed at once as without foun-
dation.
Vice President Morton, of the Mexican
Central. announces that on March Is the
Headquarters of the company will be trans
ferred from Mexico City 10 New York.
These officers include those of the presi-
dent vice president. general COUNSEL and
controller.
1t has been decided to make Salamanca
a division point of the Buffalo. Rochester
* Pittsburg. and April l has been fixed as
the date of the change by Superintendent
Barrett. Ii is believed this Will greatly
expedite both freight and passenger serv-
ice on the line.
The Rock Island people announce that the
tracklayers are moving rapidly between
Kansas City and St. Louis. The grading
is completed with the exception of about
ten miles, and the track will be open for
traffic by June 1. when ~ IS expected TO
commence 10 operate the line.
Large supplies of coal from the Illinois
mines are being purchased by the roads
in Missouri. Arrangements are being made
10 store large quantities OF surplus coal at
important points on Missouri lines prepara-
tory TO any trouble which might arise
through a strike of the miners.
G. c. Waldo. general manager OF the
Cincinnati, Hamilton a Dayton. last week
in company with George Graves. superin-
tcndent. spent couple of days on the
Springfield division. Mr. Waldo was much
surprised at the extent of the quantities
of freight awaiting cars. especially corn.
George w. Boyd. general passenger agent
OF the Pennsylvania. has issued a very at
tractive folder relative TO the St Louis ex-
position. IL has complete map of the
grounds, gives the location OF the several
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09

Several Reasons Why Few of
Them Are on Exhibition in
the Shows.

NEW YORK, March s.-"There is one or
der that l never like to fill.' said the old
animal collector. THAT order is one for
a live giraffe. Lions and gorillas and tigers
and pythons are easy TO catch compared
with a giraffe. The long-legged. long
necked beast can See smell and hear a
hunter miles away. And when a herd
smells danger, off it will dash.
you can't catch a giraffe in a pitfall
1t would be certain to break its legs or
neck if it tumbled into a pit. There is no
trap that would do. A trap powerful
enough to hold the strong beast would
crunch its delicate legs like pipe stems. So
there is only one way 10 catch giraffes
alive, and a mighty hard way it is.
"They must be surrounded by drivers
and chased until they bring up, weary and
helpless in an Enclosure made of netting
and bamboo. That means drive of many
miles. lasting many days. for it would
never do TO drive them into the Enclosure in
the first rush of their terror. They would
dash headlong into ii and kill themselves.
This hunting is a terrible piece of bust
ness i'm itself But after the giraffes are
safely penned in the hardest work has only
begun. That is to transport the beasts
through 500 or more miles of primeval
w
have tried all kinds OF ways to do this, even
TO driving the great brutes. But that
doesn't pay. The risk of accident is too
great.
Il prefer the old-fashioned plan-to pen
the animals i'm a bamboo cage open at the
top so that their shoulders and necks can
stick out Then the cage Is dashed 10 great
bamboo poles, from twenty TO thirty feet
long. AS many natives possible lift the
four ends TO their shoulders and off goes
Mr.. Giraffe on a free ride 10 the ocean.
1.-THE giraffe's legs break very easily
This Is the ever-present danger all the
way to the coast. But when port is reached
il becomes still more grave, for Ii is in
bringing the animal aboard a ship and
during the storms of a voyage that the
collector may expect every moment that
his precious property may slip. And II
IL slips and goes down in Its narrow quar-
tiers, it's goodbye giraffe, for its legs
haven't room enough in ordinary stall
on a ship and are almost sure to double
under it if il falls.
Bringing the animal on board is an I'M
dertaking in itself. When the steam winch
begins to hoist the deep pen with the
brutes helpless neck sticking out like a
mast. the collectors heart is I'm his mouth.
for the CRATES head may get tangled
among the tackle of the ship or strike a
spar. mast or shroud, and then there viii
be wild times. And il isn't only broken
limbs and similar accidents that bother the
giraffe collector during a voyage. giraffe
is one of the animals which will break their
hearts in captivity. The poor brute Will
l have always figured that it's homesick-
ness.
so. catching CRATES isn't a business
that man really bankers for The reward
is great, however, If you can succeed in
carrying one home alive. for the giraffe is
to-day the most costly wild animal and
collector can get almost any price within
reason for a good specimen"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING.
Women's Part in Manipulating
Product of the Factory.
Washington Star

washington star.
Uncle Sam is now turning out at the
Bureau of Engraving a very handsome
article in the shape of $500 and $4,000
bills. The work of preparation on a sheet
containing four 81 bills is as great as that
expended IN making two $4,000 bills, The
largest bond made at the Bureau of En-
craving is the $4,000 4 per cent. consol. 1t
is a beautiful product of the engraving art
The largest government note issued is the
$4,000 gold certificate 1t is a beautiful
creation. There is no particular respect
accorded any special product of the bu-
reau. Most persons would not carry a SlO-
coo gold certificate around i'm their pistol
pocket very many days. Indeed. a glass
case would hardly be deemed a sufficiently
secure repository. But in the Bureau OF
Engraving a 81 bill, sheet of twO-cent
stamps or a $1,000 bill is run through
about the same hopper. and each receives
the same extreme degree OF attention and
security.
There are about 5000 persons employed
In the bureau They get down 10 work
about O'Clock in the morning. and work
until half past 4 or O'Clock D. m II
might be well To remember that they all
work too. IL Is one OF the busiest places.
as well as most interesting workshops. in
the government service OF the 1900 en-
plOyes there fully 80 per cent, are women
The character OF much OF the work is pc
culiarly adapted 10 women. Each printer
has woman assistant. She is equally re-
sponsible with the man for the security of
their joint work. They are a bright and
intelligent class OF women. too In what
ever department OF the busy bureau one
goes he Will find them holding jointly with
men positions OF honor and great respon-
sibility. For the delectatiOn OF the thou
sands OF visitors that make the bureau a
Mecca during a sojourn at the capital a
very attractive array of bank notes treas
ury notes. bonds and other legal securities
of the government is framed and hung IN
I'm the corridor OF the building.
There one can feast the eyes on the
money of the government. and, PERHAPS
learn of certain bills OF high denomination
IN circulation which he had never seen
There is also "a neat frame on the wall
showing the new s.. 50 and $40 currency of
the Philippine islands. The notes are very
attractive and are much smaller than our
notes. The bills of large denomination are
in sums OF 500, 500. $1,000, $500 and
$1,000. IL is Appropriated that about -
per cent. OF the money made at the bureau
Is in the form OF 81, s.. So Sl0 and SO
bills. The remaining Is per cent is LEFT
10 the production of Sl00. $500 81 0ao
$500 and $4,000 bills. IL Is stated that
during the recent year there were printed
about $.T000.GO of 81 bills. $4,000 900 of 81
bills. S2f3 10000 OF s. bills. S24S 00G COO of $40
bills and $l37 oo0,co0 OF so bills Officials
place the period of usefulness of a green
back at between three and four years
This Is estimated on the continuous cir
culation OF the note.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
TO BUILD TO THE PACIFIC
ANOTHER TRaNSCONTINENTAL
RAILWAY LINE ASSURED.
shareholders of Grand Trunk Ratify
Agreement with Canadian Gov
ernmcnt to Construct the Road.

The Grand Trunk Railroad shareholders.
at meeting in London yesterday, ratified
the agreement with the Canadian govern
ment for the construction of Grand Trunk
line TO the Pacific. The decision was
reached only after a prolonged discussion.
The meeting was packed, and at one stage
of the proceedings the tone was unmistak-
ably hostile to embarking in so huge an
enterprise. General Manager Hayes saved
the situation. and when the final vote was
taken there was only a few opponents to
the Grand Trunk Railroad undertaking to
build transcontinental road
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson. president of
the company, said the new line justi-
fled by the flow of prosperity from East to
West and the increasing immigration into
Canada from the United States. The Grand
Trunk could not hope to receive such gen
erous treatment from the Canadian gov
eminent the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
but the premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, had
acted absolutely fairly in spite of violent
political opposition. with the object of at
tanning additional facilities for the devel-
opment of Canada. The president charac
terized the deposit demand by the Canadian
government in connection with the agree
ment as an extremely unnecessary and I'M
reasonable demand. Then, one after an
other shareholders representing blocks of
$4,000 and more shares, rose and declared
that they had not had sufficient time to
consider so huge enterprise. An amend
ment was proposed by George Allen, who
had resigned his seat in the directorate
on account of the matter under discussion,
in which Mr.. Allen declared the intended
action would ruin the Grand Trunk Rail-
road. Several large shareholders withdrew
their proxies and placed them in the hands
of the directors.
The president, in reply to cries of "Ad-
journ." explained that the Canadian Par
Lament at its meeting March 10 must have
an anewer one way or the other. Vice
President Sfnthers openly attributed some
of the criticism to the instigation of rival
railroads.
Then General Manager Hayes bluntly told
the shareholders that if they did not ac-
cept the Canadian offer other influences
would, and that without transcontinental
extension the future of the Grand Trunk
would be gloomy In the extreme. Mr.. Hayes
prophesied a great future for the new road.
which would be able TO hold its own in
competition with the existing systems in
Canada and the United States.
After two and a half hours discussion,
Mr. Aliens amendment was defeated, and
the agreement was ratified. The semi
out criticism of the increased expenditure,
which the president said was justified on
account of the larger traffic, severe weather
and higher prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
INDIANA UNION TRACTION COMPANY.
INDIANAPOLIS Il NORTHWESTERN
TRACTION COMPANY.
General Offices. Lebanon. Ind

btutldi OiiAttns l@eDdAoHs luu-
Indianapolis waiting rooms. ticket Office and
express Office. ll9 West Maryland street. Union
block Room G.
First through for Lafayette leaves Indian
apolis at IN. and arrives at Lebanon at $40
a m, Frankfort $50 a IN. and Lafayette 6-55
a. Second through car leaves Indianapolis
at a. m, arrives at Lebanon at 7.sl a. M.
Frankfort at STA a. IN. and Lafayette at 9.l7
a. IN. and every hour thereafter until p. m.
Last for Lebanon leaves Indianapolis at II 80
p. IN.
First through from Lafayette leaves La
fayette at 6.25 a m, arrives at Frankfort at
1882 a. m, Lebanon at S:l5 a. m. and Indian
apoiis al 9:f5 a. and every hour thereafter
until 9.25 y. m Last from Lafayette 10
Lebanon leaves Lafayette at 1l:25 p. and
arrives Lebanon at 1:I5 a
Express Department Consignments received
until 10 O'Clock a. m. for delivery the same day
to all points between indianapolis and Frank
fort and until p. IN. for delivery 20 all points
before O'Clock the next morning