| Show I 1 N TA SUM still rtuh cigarette tax leaded during the first ear of its it op oration which may ath according in to a report submitted lat last mon day lay to the tate treasurer by charlas T superintendent of the cof fin nail department of the elate state the operating expense was 31 that the provision of the law which prohibits the ad ver or display of cigarettes be eliminated elimina ellmina tid is i arade by the re port also the suggestion that the license be reduced if this is done believes more permits would be issued and there would be a decrease in belling and anti tin the state would benefit by the sale of cigarette revenue stamps stem ps the licen licens fee in cities of the first class I 1 is now a hundred dollar dollars a year it is recommended that it tte be 0 reduced to twenty menty reduction of the fee in class cities from seven seen ty five dollars as at present to fit teen and the lowener of the license fee in n eclam cities from fifty dollars as now in effect to ten is suggested in keeping with the same schedule it is urged that the fee for territory not included in the three classes be ten instead of twenty five dillars amo g t the he changes which thinks would improve the oper open tion of the law is one which would allow cities making maani arrests to retain 50 0 per cent of ftp fines and remit 50 to the bt b t ite at present the county keeps keem half halt f the mone and anti the other half goes 0 o the state no fine should be lesi less than fiat fifa dollars in the spirlon of the de superintendent in regard to fines the report reads in allowing the city or town to retain 50 60 per cent of the fines collected it would be an incentive for them to operate cooperate co with this de apartment part ment in the enforcement of the law this co operation we do not now rectum although altho abo th cities towns to ans rind counties have rec elvad in license fee fees these amounts cities of the tint first class cities of th second does class I 1 cities of the clans and towns and other lother territory a total ot of the A aument put up by the cities is that they would not derive any financial benefit as all fines are paid into the county of the world worlds total monetary cold stock of about our our country now holds over more than twice the amount hell held la im 1914 1014 |
