...certificates of stock in any domestic or foreign corporation, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by...memorandum or other evidence of transfer or sale, whether or not entitling the holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock or to secure the future payment...

...subscribe for or to receive such shares or certificates, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by...holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock, interest, or rights, or not, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 2 cents, and where such...

...or certificates, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation or other organization, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery,...entitling the holder in any manner to the benefit of such share, certificate, interest, or rights, or not) , on each $100 of par or face value or fraction thereof...

...or described in subdivision 1 and of a kind the issue of which is taxable thereunder, whether made by any assignment in blank or by any delivery, or...entitling the holder in any manner to the benefit of such instrument or not), * * * (47 Stat, 169, 274). This statute has been uniformly construed by the Bureau...

...of certificates, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation or other organization, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery,...sale (Whether entitling the holder in any manner to .ihe benefit of such share, certificates, interest, or rights, or not) , on each $100 of par or face...

...agreement of sale, agreement to sell, memorandum of sale or delivery of, or transfer, whether made by assignment in blank or by any delivery, or by any paper or agreement or memorandum or any other evidence of transfer or sale; or means to make a transfer as so defined. Opinion of the Court...

...of stock in any association, company or corporation, whether made upon or shown by the books of the association, company or corporation, or by any assignment...stock, or to secure the future payment of money or for the future transfer of any stock, on each hundred dollars of face value or fraction thereof, two...

...pledged as security for loans would be taxable under the first paragraph of Schedule A, if accompanied by any paper or agreement or memorandum or other evidence of transfer such as is contemplated by the statutes. The rule of construction in tax laws is that if there is doubt...

...of stock in any association, company, or corporation, whether made upon or shown by the books of the association, company, or corporation, or by any assignment...holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock or not, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 2 cents, and where such shares of stock are without...

...subscribe for or to receive such shares or certificates, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation, or by any assignment In blank, or by...holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock, injerest, or rights, or not, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 2 cents. * * * That in...