The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-27

SC OIL lIS features
The exceptions are the special
:es, in Section on bankers,
,kers and proprietors. Of thea
S and circuses and the tax on
,acco dealers and manufacture
!, which will go into effect by
.cial provision on November I.
d. stamp taxes on Schedules A
d B.
The stamp taxes are the ones
1t will affect the average man
the. street. They will not go
o effect until December !. There
J a few other exceptions, but
sy are unimportant.
,hesive Stamp Taxes Effective
December /.
The adhesive stamp taxes are
E ones which in most cases will
l directly on the average citi-
i. Here they are:
Bonds, debentures, certifi-
Gates OF Indebtedness by any
association, new issues, $100
par value. each five cents.
Sales or agreements to sell
stock. 500 par value. each
two cents. rn
Agreement of sale OF pros
ducts or merchandise! on ex-.
change; each $780, one cent
Promissory notes, except
bank anotes for circulation
and renewals, each 500.
two cents.
Bundles shipped by freight
and express. one cent.
Telegraph and telephone
companies, one cent on each
message over fifteen cents.
Senders OF telephone oI
telegraph messages on each
over 15 cents. one cent.
Certificates OF profits OF
corporations, etc., and trans
fer thereof, face value each
800. two cents.
Damage certificates, etc,
twenty-five cents.
other certificates required
by law, ten cents.
Brokers' notes or memoir
andnm OF sale. ten cents.
!, e.;, Deeds or realty transfers
values between 500 and
$500. fifty cents.
' Deeds, same, each addi-
tionaI $500. fifty cents.
Entry OF goods at custom
house 500 value, twenty
!, 1--WE cents.
Ditto. not exceeding $500
value. fifty cents.
Ditto, exceeding $500 val
ue, 81.
Entry for withdrawal of
j goods from customs bonded
warehouse, fifty cents.
IN Insurance of property,
il new or renewed policies,
each 81, one-half Of cent.
Policies of insurance or
bond Of nature Of indemnity
for loss, each 81, one cent.
Passenger tickets by sea
to foreign ports costing less
than SO. one dollar.
Ditto, not exceeding $50.
three dollars.
Ditto, EXCEEDING $50, five
dollars.
Perfumery, cosmetics. ETC.,
vaseline, hair dyes. tooth
washes. graded in values of
five cents up to Is cents,
each five cents OF value, one
Il eighth of a cent.
Ditto. valued from Is to
25 cents, five-cighth of "a
cent. i @i
XIII Ditto, each additional 90
. cents retail, five-eighths of
a cent. aHnn" /
Chewing gum, ETC.. valued
less than 81 unit, four
tenths of cent.
Ditto, each additional 81.
four-tenths OF a cent.
Voting powers or proxies.
ten cents.
Power to convey real es-
tate, protests. twenty-five
cents.
Palace or parlor car seat
or berth, one cent.
The conference committee
anged the telegraph and tele-
one tax to require the company
collect it from the "person pay
: for" the message, in lieu OF
) word, sender"
The government will collect the
eping car ticket tax from the
npanies.
Tie tax imposed under the new
" shall not be levied after De
nber 81, 1915.
Taxes on Drinkables.
The principal feature of the law
the tax on beer, which will be
so barrel, or SO cents more
an is imposed under the law
at existed up to today. The tax
a stamp revenue, and is to b.
posed on "all beer, lager beei,
J, porter and other similar fer
.nted liquor. brewed, manufac-
red, sold or stored in ware
use, or removed for consump-