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Auto Fees Enough to Pay Bond Issue
During Emmerson tenure as Secretary of State, the automobile department has collected 62,065,864 in fees from January 1917 to October 1 this year. Early doubts about covering the 60 million bond issue eased as eight years of fee revenue approach the principal, with 1917 at 1,587,772. this year up to October totals 12,774,981 and the year likely to exceed 13,200,000. Fees have climbed steadily over the period, with detailed yearly totals listed.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Automobile Department
Emmerson