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Show I Motorists Pay Much for Gas Tax in Six Mont'13 A total of .101.250.S41 was collected j in gasoline taxes from the motorists , of the United States during The first six mouths of 1027, According to figures compiled by the American Motorists' association in conjunction with the United States bureau of pub lie roads. This was the tax collected on the sale of 3.071.423.31 1 gallons of gasoline, gaso-line, or an average lax of $4.(i(i per motorist, for the six months-' tcriod. Rased on a per motorist basis, the figures show that each automobile in the country, the first six months, used an average of ISO gallons of gasoline Hie average gasoline tax for the en tire country being 2 55 cents per gallon. |