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Show Nearly $80,000,000 Paid " in Gas Taxes Last Year. (Prepared br th United gtataa Department of Avrlcultura.) Nearly $80,000,000 was collected from the motorist In the form of gasoline gaso-line taxes in the year 1924 and was used or is available very largely for road maintenance and construction according ac-cording to the burenu of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. Thirty-five of the 48 states and the District of Columbia Imposed a tax, the rate ranging from one to three cents per gallon In nil states except Arkansas, which levied a four-cent tax. The total amount collected during the year was $79, 734,490, and of this amount $18,711,320 was made available for road construction and maintenance under the supervision of the state hlgh-wny hlgh-wny departments. A large share of the remainder was turned over to county and local road funds. In a few states a portion Is turned over to general funds, school funds, and for miseeb laneous purposes. Although 35 states Impose a gasoline gaso-line tax, It affects only about half of the motor vehicles, since several of the states which do not Impose a tax have large registrations. The amount paid annually by the average motorist motor-ist where the tax Is collected Is $10.30 per vehicle. |