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 324 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 63. 1917. ‘;_*;;“" ’*"‘“· costing moiie thapl $650; $5: Pwvipied, That such passage tickets, cost- ' ‘, ing $10 or ess, s a e exempt rom taxation. _ gfiixim 1 1. Proxy for voting at any election for officers, or meeting for_the _ transaction_of business, of any incoTorated company or association, E*°°P"°‘“· excepglpehgious, educational, chanta le, fratemal, or hterary societies, or u 'c cemeteries, 10 cents. act for or in behalf of the grantor, which authority is not otherwise Pr•»¤=¤- vested in the grantee, 25 cents: Provided, That no stamps shall be Pensions etc ex- · • mpg, ’ " requued upon an papers necessary to be used for the collection of claims from the United States or from any State for pensions, back pay, bounty, or for property lost  the military or naval service or .. ·. aying car : n ev · c paying car aim.? mpg mm uppgi ¥fVB1‘S of attagmpjy reqmzic; igabingpuiitcy cases.ds com _ _ $21. ;.°i>°f5w. not more than fifty-fourpgards, manufactured or imported, and sol , or removed for consumption or sale, after the passage of this Act, a pax of 5 cents per pack m addition to the tax imposed under existmg aw. on which the postage amounts to 25 cents or more, a tax of 1 cent for each 25 cents or fractional part thereof charged for such transmb. polrltationil to be paid by the cosxissignpr. d _1 t '¤‘¤¤=v¤*¤¤4g, m o suc or kage e trans orte unti a s amp or we M stamps  tg? tax due shall have been aflixed thereto. "*' “““ “* Tmm IX.—WA1z Esurn Tax. ·*¤¤i*i¤·¤"•7;,!- Sec. 900. That in addition to the tax imposed by section two zuiaiigiw ’ lm hundred and one of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and for other 0ses," a roved Se tember hth, nmeteen h dred d  as amenggd P ug un an, — '*‘·== ·>¤,,*¤¤=,,,,,,,;·; °‘ A al 1. th r ll wig t { we an ‘ h b P"' im§?2s.d"{’;§§§“tt.°m§s§.°0i 3.°‘§2'£ ?.§§r§ Si ZVJQ? ‘323‘Z.3£ 1·¤é,;{.Iibas.` dying after the passzge oil this fict, lthe transfer of gvhgch is taiggble under such section ( e v ue o suc net estate to e etermin as provided in Title II of such Act of September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen): R°°°‘ One-half of one per centum of the amount of such net estate not in excess of $50,000; _ One per ceéitum of the agiount by which such net estate exceeds $50,000 and oes not excee $150,000; ` One and one-half per centum of the amount by which such not estate exceeds $150,000 and does not exceed $250,000; Two per cgngum of the amgunt by which such net estate exceeds $250,000 an oes not excee $450,000; Two and 0D6··l18·1f per centum of the amount by which such net estate exceeds $450,000 and does not exceed $1,000,000; Three per centum of the amount by which such net estate exceeds $1,000,000 and does not exceed $2,000,000; _ Three anddone—half per cerétplm of the amotpnt by which such net . estate excee s $2 000,000 an oes not excee $3 000,000; Four per cetptgiin of the amcéunt by which such, net estate exceeds $3,000,000 an oes not excee $4,000,000* Four and one-half per centum of the ainount by which such net estate exceeds $4,000,000 and does not exceed $5,000,000; Five per centum of the amount by which such net estate exceeds $5,000,000 and does not exceed $8,000,000; Seven per centum of the amount by which such net estate exceeds $8,000,000 and does not exceed $10,000,000; and
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 * ’¤'°°"P°°*P“°*°¤°'· 14. Parcel-post packages: Upon every parcel or package transported from one point in the United States to another by parcel post