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 4,60 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 448. 1898. '1¥¤l¤r1¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤- Telephone messages: It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or °°g°°°" corporation owning or operating any telephone line or lines to make within the first fifteen days of each month a sworn statement to the collector of internal revenue in each of their respective districts, stating the number of messages or conversations transmitted over their respective lines during the preceding month for which a charge of fifteen cents or more was imposed, and for each of such messages or conversations the said person, firm, or corporation shall pay a tax of 50*2**0- one cent: Provided, That only one payment of said tax shall be required, mm"' notwithstanding the lines of one or more persons, firms, or corporations shall be used for the transmission of each of said messages or conversations. Fwd- Bond: For indemnifying any person or persons, firm, or corporation who shall have become bound or engaged as surety for the payment of any sum of money, or for the due execution or performance of the duties of any office or position, and to account for money received by virtue thereof, and all other bonds of any description, except such as may be required in legal proceedings, not otherwise provided for in this schedule, fifty cents. Cmmcsw of rw- Certificate of profits, or any certificate or memorandum showing an 6** °°°‘ interest in the property or accumulations of any association, company, or corporation, and on all transfers thereof, on each one hundred dollars of face value or fraction thereof, two cents. Certiiiww ¤f dm- Certificate: Any certificate of damage, or otherwise, and all other “g°‘ "°‘ certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such, twenty-five cents. i§;ir¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤<>¢ ¤r•¤¤— Certificate of any description required by law not otherwise specified ‘ in this Act, ten cents. vessel, or steamer, or any letter, memorandum, or other writing between the captain, master, or owner, or person acting as agent of any ship, or _ vessel, or steamer, and any other person or persons, for or relating to the charter of such ship, or vessel, or steamer, or any renewal or transfer thereof, if the registered tonnage of such ship, or vessel, or steamer does not exceed three hundred tons, three dollars. Exceeding three hundred tons and not exceeding six hundred tons, tive dollars. Exceeding six hundred tons, ten dollars. €<>¤¤’¤°*· Contract: Broker’s note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, exchange, notes of hand, real estate, or property of any kind or description issued by brokers or persons acting as such, for each note or memorandum of sale, not otherwise provided for in this Act, ten cents. 0¤¤*‘¤>"¤¤°¤- Conveyance: Deed, instrument, or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested iu, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction, when the consideration or value exceeds one hundred dollars and does not exceed five hundred dollars, fifty cents; and for each additional five hundred dollars or fractional part thereof in excess of hve hundred, dollars, fifty cents. _,r1;j;£»¤¤1¤· ¤¤i¤- Dispatch, telegraphic: Any dispatch or message, one cent. ·=¤¤*···¤·*··>·¤¤¤· either for consumption or warehousing, not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, twenty-five cents. Exceeding one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. fifty cents. Exceeding five hundred dollars in value, one dollar. —Wi¤¤l¤¤**¤l· Entry for the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise from customs bonded warehouse, fifty cents. Lif¤i¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤- Insurance (lite): Policy of insurance, or other instrument, by what ever name the same shall be called, whereby any insurance shall hereafter be made upon any life or lives, for each one hundred dollars or
 * 9******** P¤“Y· Charter party : Contract or agreement for the charter of any ship, or
 * = 3,;},,, ,,, ,,0,,,,, ,., Entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise at any custom-house,