The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
REVENUE STAMPS
DUE DECEMBER |.
o,d. Murphy, Collector, Sends Out
Warnings and Instructions as
to Use Of This Necessary
Paper.
CENT ON PHONE CALLS
an on Which Toll 10 is Cents, Are
Taxed-WInes and Liquors
and Deeds and Transfers,
Also.

DUBUQUE, Nov. 22.-Schedules A
and B OF the war revenue emergency
act. is to go into effect throughout the
United States on December LIST, next.
On and after that date it will be neces-
sary to put internal revenue stamps
postage stamps will not do) on
scores of documents and articles, un-
der heavy penalties for failure SO to
do.
The stamp taxes affect q wide
range Of instruments and articles.
Collector OF Internal Revenue Louis
Murphy has prepared the following
schedule for the information and con-
venience Of the people, showing the
kind and denomination Of stamps
which must be used and on what they
must be placed. There are three kinds
Of stamps-wines, documentary and
proprietary.
Wine stamps must be put on all still
wines, when sold or offered for sale
or consumption to consumers, as fol-
lows: Up to one-fourth pint, u cent
stamps; more than one-fourth pint to
one-half pint, " cent stamp; more
than one-half pint to one pint, 1-cant
stamp; more than one pint to one
quart, cents; In other containers,
at the rate of cents gallon.
Wine Stamp Taxes.
On all champagnes and other spark
ling wines, and upon all artificially
carbonated wines, stamps should be
placed as follows: Up to one-half pint,
cents; more than one-half pint to
one pint, 10 cents; more than one
pine to one quart, 20 cents; and on
all other containers at the rate Of 20
cents per quart.
On all liquors (not whiskey), cor
dials, or similar compounds, stamps
should be afixed as follows: Up to
one-half pint, III cents: more than
one-half pint to one pint. cents;
more than one pint to one quart, 6
cents; on larger containers at the
rate Of "a cents a gallon.
These wine taxes" the collector
says, "have been effective since Octo-
Der 23rd, but there being no stamps,
dealers were required to keep account
OF sales. Stamps may now be had
and dealers should order at once.
sending draft or money order with
order. They will then cancel stamps
enough to cover their sales and re-
turn these with form 672 filled out to
the collector. They will stamp their
stocks with the remainder OF the
stamps They will not stamp kegs or
large containers unless these are sold
as such with their contents to con-
sumers. but az they draw of bar
bottles Or other bottles, they will
stamp these. Ali bitters are taxed as
other similar compounds except Alb
bolts and Angustora, which are not
taxed. Kimmel and rock and rye are
cordials. Straight brandy is not tax
able, but blackberry and such wine
brandies are.'
Documentary Stamps.
The law makes it unlawful to re-
cord Or register any instrument, pa
per, or other document required by
law to be stamped unless stamp or
stamps of the proper amount shall
have been affixed and cancelled as
provided. The documents and instru-
ments which must be stamped, togeth-
er with the denomination, follow:
Municipal, state, county, town,
bonds, etc, exempt.
Stocks and bonds Of cooperative
building and loan. mutual, ditch or
irrieating companies, and building and