122 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI 
TaBLe 40: Motor Vemicte License Tax Receipts! 
oF Missouri AND OTHER STATES, 1923-1928 
Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Financial Statistics of States series 
Computed by National Industrial Conference Board 
1923 ' 1924 © 19s 1926 1 197 | ioe 
3985 TL3184,456,278187,183 761 $7,809,2811°2,102,717/$8,615,033 
6,226,607] 7,555,751 8,205,289(10,185,773-0,186,469/10,069,292 
7,773,037 9.883,35¢ 0.705.546 9,789,186 9,889,747!°0,363,837 
126,660 125,075 141.406 1,060,564 228.412 1,306,419 
201,177 217,597 244,872" 2484276 1,690,395 1,838,800 
373,036 380,657 466,954 1,119,345 1,013,489 2,375,000 
427,138 2,248,822; 2,893,163] 3,581,589 740,758 3,418,780 
9,104,567 1,144,449 2.373.565 °,416,022 ,597,095 5,049,243 
2,741,303, 5,012,179! 3377510] 4,993,321 017,223 4,178,884 
048998] 5.676.067 6,971,754 £102,387 464.4001 6,067,544 
5,821,645! £,564,994' 042,00 7.294598 740,963 10,631,107 
2.657,620 2,194,287 693,1650 3.990260 IAT ATS 4.625954 
Percentace of Total Taxes 
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38.5 
2.0 
2.2 
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20.4 20.6 
26.3 25.5 
11.2 11.2 
15.4 22.0 
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3.0 
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22.2 22.4 21.9 
19.9 20.4 21.3 
15.5 12.3 12.7 
“4.7 14.9 10.6 
23.0 26.8 30.6 
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23.4 
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1.32 
0.94 
3.71 
170 
1 Does not include receipts which revert to local governments. 
to $2.40 in 1928, an amount that was exceeded only by 
Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Considering the period as 
a whole, it is evident that state receipts from motor vehicle 
licenses in Missouri are relatively larger as compared with 
those in other states than are the receipts from the gaso- 
line tax.