Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-12-09
War Tax.

WIN winch TO make up the dc hclen-
cy in revenue caused by shrinkage
In import duties since the beginning
of the war went into effect Decem-
Der /. The tax will be IN effect / 3
months, until December 81, 1915.
Three classes OF 7temps are pro-
vided by the government for the
payment of the new taxes. One
class will be only for use on pro-
prietary articles, another for wines,
the third for documents There
will be p denominations In each set
o! the proprietary stamps, ranging
from oue-eighth of cent. the small
est, to twenty cents; the document
tary stamps ranging from one-halt
cent to $1,000. About the only
thing the S 900 stamps can be used
on Is a promissory note for So, OOO,-
600 or a deed where the uniucum-
bered value conveyed will exceed
81, 200, 600. The wine tax will
range from two cents a quart to
twenty cents a quart.
The law puts tax of one cent on
all telegraph messages or telephone
conversations for which the charge
il 5 cents or more, but the sender
Of the message does not afhx the
tax; the company charges the sender
one cent in addition to the regular
charge, and at the end of each
month reports to the government
the number of messages and pays
the tax.
On each freight and express ship.
ment the charge for which is more
than five cents the com any shall
give TO the shipper bill of lading
or some other kind of a receipt and
the shipper must atfix TO it a one
cent stamp and cancel it. There
is no tax on parcels sent by mail.
The buyer of a ticket sold in this
country for passage by vessel to
foreign port costing from $40 to $40
must pay tax Of 81, from $50 TO
$50, So; costing more than 500, SIS.
Every seat sold in palace or par
lor Car, and every ticket sold for
berth in a sleeping car is taxed one
cent, to be paid by the company.
Other taxes are: Protest upon
note, bill of exchange, acceptance,
check or draft, % cents; power of
attorney to perform any act, %
cents; indemnifying bonds, so cents;
certificate of profits and transfers
thereof, cents on each 500 of face
value or fraction thereof; certificate
of damage, % cents; any other
kind of certificate required by law,
10 cents; each brokers note or
memorandum of sale Of property of
any kind, 10 cents; each writing of
conveyance of realty, from 800 to
$500 or fraction thereof, so cents;
entry of goods at custom house, 30
cents for $lGO or under; from 800
to $500, 80 cents; exceeding $500,
81 entry for the withdrawal of any
goods from customs bonded ware
houses, so cents.
Each policy of insurance, a tax Of
one-half of one per cent on each
dollar or fractional part thereof of
the premium. Purely cooperative
and mutual fire insurance policies
and policies of reinsurance are ex-
empt from the tax.
Each policy OF indemnity insu-
rance, such az employers liability,
fidelity, plate glass, steam boiler,
burglary, elevator, automatic
sprinkler, or like kind of insurance,
except life, personal accident and
health insurance, one cent on each
dollar OF the premium charged. The
same tax is imposed on indemnity
bonds and obligations guaranteeing
titles to real estate or mercantile
credits.
On each bond, debenture or certif-
icate of Indebtedness, FIVE cents on
each 800 Of face value or fraction