The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
Revenae Collector Receives Stacks Of
Mail in winch He Finds .ssm
eross Inquiries REGARDING
Use Of St1mpa
MANY GO UNANSWERED
Il Has Taken Many Clerks Working
Nights and Sundays 70 cops
With This Volume of
Mail.

DUBUQUE, Dec 22-LOuis Murphy.
collector Of internal revenue fer Iowa,
has issued Z statement reassursng TO
persons vao have applied for licenses
and stamps under the war revenue
emergency act.
Z take II for granted. says the
collector. that there are several thou
sane persons In Iowa ready TO TESTIFY
mat among Iowa's other needs = =
collector OF revenue who viii answer
their letters. These people. OF course
have NO conception OF the volume OF
work thrown upon the collectors Of
Zee. 1t is pretty hard TO describe II
r can think OF no smile better De
scrip:sye than TO say 1t Was as though
= food had swept over 200 miles OF
country and deposited all Its DEBRIS
n my once.
For days sacks OF mail went I'M
OPENED. Most urgent letters laid IN
attended 10. Hundreds OF letters ask
ing information haven't been answer
ed and there is no telling when they
VIII be. Four weeks, night day ano
sunday twenty-five deputies have been
coping xith the work Needless 70
say. they're Ill tired cut, but staying
with the Job nevertheless.
THE man who sent in his money
for a license now wants to know WY
ne hasn't received It, The same with
IN. man who has ordered stamps. Both
NAV rest assured that they'll get what
tI.ey ordered. All persons Who are
subject to license taI-oroksrs. COM
mission merchants, theatre owners,
tobacco dealers ard bowling alley ana
rool fabi. owners were wise In get
tfny forms on which TO make returns
before December 81, because theIeDs
they may avoid penalty
Some Questions Asked
etyrna,ed. OF correspondents raiSe
the same questions. Must a Barber
stamp the toilet articles he uses on
hts customers. or sells TO them ne
ru.t az course Are toilet soaps
taxab,er Such as are used as cos
met.es must me. Must taicum pow
6er he stamped II must send me
stamps for vanilla and lemon flavor
fnp extracts, grocers write. thinking
these extracts taxable. whereas they
are not. What about perfume sen
in small bottes-do put the stamps
ON them or on the larger bottle from
| which iii them The answer -,
| in every cage. on the container. with
contents, sold to the consumer.
i .The question Is raised, Does
aooe executed and delivered prior to
/ December !, and presented for rec
ord on or after that date require
/ stampsr II the deed was delivered
before December 1, II requires no
/ stamps In cases where stamps hare
been nut on such deeds. refund may
be secured by fling with form 46,
which may be mad from my ONCE. the
! stamps put on the deed. II they can
he removed, a deputy collector should
be solicited to view the deed and Ger
! tffy the facts. 1t Is to be remember
ed. In this connection, that deeds not
| properly stamped render the grantor
liable to prosecution and the grantee
gets clouded title.
oxerdrafts Need Stamp.
bankers ask IL ove-drafts on which
tbev charge interest must be stamped
/ Discerning no difference between
them and promissory notes, or certin
Gates OF deposit to cover loans by one
bank To another. my Office holds al
alike taxable. The question OF what
certificates require stamps is easily
answered. Is it specifically taxed? 4
not. is II required by law? II not spe
cificaIly taxed and not required by
law. then it is not taxable. Are Sc
curitv bonds given by public of1icia
taxabley They are; II persona
bond, 30 cents: II a corporate suret!
company's bond, one-half OF one pei
i cent on each dollar Of premium paid
, The banker also asks about assign
ments and satisfactions OF mortgages
!, and MORTGAGE themselves. They ar
not taxable. The principal mortgag,
: note IL, however. and SO are the inter
/. est notes. Notarial Acknowledgement,
: and affidavits require no stamp. Meth
er do bills Of sale. nor contracts fo
! sale. which do not vest title. Deeds
: In escrow are not to be stamped be
fore they are delivered. but on deliv
cry to the grantee.
: Cancel Enough 20 Cover
People who have been unable Il
get stamps are required. when the,
do get them, to cancel enough (pro
! prfefary) TO cover their sales since
r December I, and return these witt
afidayit statement to the collector
Those who have not secured docu
8 mentary stamps will, when they ge
them, properly afix them to all docu