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Iowa Official Registers

1909 - 1910

Pages 717 - 722

STATISTICS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF THE MULCT LAW
 

Two years ago the secretary of state collected statistics relating to the operation of the mulct law during the year ending September 30, 1906, and published the same in the 1907-8 issue of the Official Register. The material published at that time was so generally received as giving complete and authentic information relative to the extent of the sale of intoxicants in the state that it was deemed advisable to again collect information along this line for publication in the 1909-10 Official Register. Accordingly blanks were sent to the county treasurers requesting them to furnish the secretary of state the following information; the names of all cities, towns and townships in their country in which there were saloons in operation under the provisions of the mulct law on September 30, 1908, the number of saloons in each of said cities, towns and townships, the total amount of mulct tax collected by them during the year beginning October 1, 1907, and ending September 30, 1908. To this request replies were received from all the county treasurers in the state.
     The treasurer of each city or town, which had been reported by the county treasurer, was then asked to report the amount of tax paid by each saloon in such city or town and also to report the total amount of city tax collected from all the saloons in such city or town during the year ending September 30, 1908, not including in such total any of the tax the city or town received from the county treasurer as its share of the six hundred dollar tax collected by the county. Replies were received from the treasurers of all the cities and towns.
     All of the above information requested was a duplicate of the information collected by the secretary of state in 1906 and published in the 1907-8 Official Register.
     From the returns collected it is shown that on September 30, 1908, there were forty counties, forty townships and two hundred twenty-four cities and towns in which saloons were operating under the mulct law; the returns in 1906 showed that on September 30th there were forty-three counties, fifty-one townships and two hundred forty-two cities and towns in which the law was in operation. On September 30, 1908, there were 1,612 saloons in operation in the state, while on the same date in 1906 there were 1770. The counties during the year beginning October 1, 1907, and ending September 30, 1908, collected as mulct tax $993,956.71; for the same period in 1906 there was collected $1,097,052.52.
     The returns from the cities and towns show that for the year ending September 30, 1908, there was collected by the cities and towns as city tax under the mulct law, $383,090.74; in 1906 for the same period the cities and towns collected $377,092.68. The average tax paid by each saloon on September 30, 1908 there were sixty cities and towns which did not collect any tax other than that required by law; in 1906 there were seventy-six cities and towns which collected no additional tax.
     The auditor of state collected certain statistics relative to the mulct law in 1899. From his report made at that time it is shown that on July 1, 1899, were 1530 saloons in the state on that date and the average tax paid by the saloons was $864.45

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TABLE NO. 1

Showing the counties of the state having the mulct law in operation, the number of cities, towns and townships in each of the said counties operating under the provisions of the law, the total number of saloons in each county on September 30, 1908, and the total amount collected by each county as mulct tax during the year ending September 30, 1908.

Counties No. of Cities and Towns No. of Townships No. of Saloons in County Amount collected by County
Allamakee 5   16 4960.00
Black Hawk 1   26 15,600.00
Boone 1   11 6,600.00
Bremer 6   21 12,750.00
Buchanan 2   7 8,227.79
Carroll 10 2 34 20,613.00
Chickasaw 7   20 12,000.00
Clayton 15 2 40 24,500.00
Clinton 10 6 104 64,200.00
Crawford 12 2 31 19,050.00
Des Moines 2   73 26,670.61
Dickinson 5   6 3,150.00
Dubuque 9 9 173 102,895.64
Fayette 1   7 4,987.70
* Grundy       4,950.00
Harrison 1   3 1,800.00
Ida 5   12 3,900.00
Jackson 10 5 40 23,700.00
Johnson 5 1 30 35,127.73
Jones 3   16 9,600.00
Keokuk 1   6 3,600.00
Lee 7 1 78 31,759.70
Linn 1   63 57,961.73
Lyon 7   16 9,600.00
Mahaska 1   21 12,750.00
Marion 1   3 1,800.00
Marhsall 1   21 13,200.00
Monona 6   11 7,283.35
O'Brien 9   18 10,800.00
Osceola 5   9 5,400.00
Palo Alto 8   16 10,380.00
Plymouth 7   30 19,115.00
Polk 2   116 84,900.00
Potttawattamie 9 2 84 51,015.20
Scott 8 9 211 139,706.50
Sioux 12   24 15,931.50
Union 1   32 19,200.00
Wapello 10 1 34 19.178.88
Webster 10 1 34 19,178.88
Winneshiek 7   26 7,725.00
Woodbury 10   113 64,227.38
         
Total 224 40 1,612 993,956.71

     * Grundy County has no saloons in operation under the mulct law on September 30, 1908.

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TABLE NO. 2

          Showing the cities and towns in the state having the mulct law in operation September 30, 1908, the number of saloons in each, the tax imposed on each saloon (state and municipal) and the total amount collected by each city and town (not including tax paid by county treasurer) during the year ending September 30, 1908.

Cities or Towns Counties No. of Saloons Total Tax Amount Collected
Akron Plymouth 2 1,000 800.00
Alta Vista Chickasaw 2 840.00 360.00
Alton Sioux 6 600.00  
Alvord Lyon 2 900.00 600.00
Anamosa Jones 5 1,000.00 1,800.00
Andrew Jackson 1 700.00 100.00
Anthon Woodlbury 2 900.00 600.00
Arcadia Carroll 2 840.00 480.00
Archer O'Brien 1 800.00 200.00
Arion Crawford 1 750.00 150.00
Arnold's Park Dickinson 1 1,680.00 630.00
Arthur Ida 1 1,000.00 400.00
Ashton Osceola 2 1,000.00 800.00
Avoca Pottawattamie 5 900.00 1,500.00
Ayrshire Palo Alto 1 1,400.00 800.00
Baldwin Jackson 2 600.00  
Barnum Webster 1 1,020.00 420.00
Battle Creek Ida 1 1,200.00 1,200.00
Bellevue Jackson 10 600.00  
Bentley Pottawattamie 1 600.00  
Bernard Dubuque 3 600.00  
Bettendorf Scott 2 600.00 110.00
Blue Grass Scott 2 600.00  
Boone Boone 11 1,300.00 7,700.00
Boyden Sioux 1 600.00  
Breda Carroll 3 720.00 360.00
Buck Grove Crawford 1 750.00 150.00
Buffalo Scott 4 600.00  
Burlington Des Moines 71 600.00  
Calamus Clinton 2 600.00  
Callendar Webster 1 1,200.00 600.00
Calmar Winneshiek 2 1,200.00 1,200.00
Calumet O'Brien 2 650.00 100.00
Carroll Carroll 9 780.00 1,800.00
Cascade Dubuque 9 625.00 225.00
Castalia Winneshiek 1 640.00 40.00
Cedar Rapids Linn 63 1,000.00 28,433.33
Charlotte Clinton 4 600.00  
Charter Oak Crawford 4 840.00 960.00
Chatsworth Sioux 1 690.75 90.00
Clare Webster 3 612.00 36.00
Clayton Clayton 2 720.00 150.00
Clinton Clinton 66 800.00 11,516.67
Coon Rapids Carroll 2 1,400.00 1,600.00
Correctionville Woodbury 3 1,000.00 1,200.00
Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 56 925.20 18,915.80
Creston Union 10 1,500.00 9,000.00
Curlew Palo Alto 1 800.00 200.00
Cushing Woodbury 1 1,200.00 600.00
Cylinder Palo Alto 1 700.00 100.00
Danbury Woodbury 2 900.00 600.00
Davenport Scott 170 610.00 1,670.00
Dayton Webster 1 1,800.00 1,200.00
Decorah Winneshiek 13 800.00 2,600.00
Dedham Carroll 1 1,700.00 1,100.00
Delmar Clinton 1 1,100.00 500.00
Deloit Crawford 1 600.00  
Denison Crawford 5 900.00 1,500.00
Denver Bremer 2 1,050.00 450.00
Des Moines Polk 113 1,200.00 63,554.59
DeWitt Clinton 8 660.00 480.00
Donnellson Lee 2 600.00  
Doon Lyon 2 1,000.00 800.00
Dow City Crawford 1 1,220.00 620.00
Dubuque Dubuque 116 600.00  
Duncombe Webster 2 1,200.00 1,200.00
Dyersville Dubuque 12 612.00 144.00
Elkader Clayton 5 600.00  
Eldridge Scott 3 680.00 200.00
Elkport Clayton 2 600.00  
Emmetsburg Palo Alto 6 1,000.00 2,400.00
Farley Dubuque 2 750.00 300.00
Farmersburg Clayton 1 600.00  
Ft. Atkinson Winneshiek 2 620.00 40.00
Ft. Dodge Webster 19 1,200.00 10,200.00
Ft. Madison Lee 27 600.00  
Franklin Lee 1 600.00  
Fredericksburg Chickasaw 2 1,080.00 960.00
Frederika Bremer 1 2,200.00 1,600.00
Galva Ida 1 2,200.00 1,600.00
Garber Clayton 1 600.00  
Garnavillo Clayton 2 600.00  
George Lyon 2 800.00 400.00
Gowrie Webster 1 1,800.00 1,200.00
Graettinger Palo Alto 2 1,200.00 1,200.00
Grand Mound Clinton 4 600.00  
Granville Sioux 4 700.00 400.00
Green Island Jackson 1 600.00  
Guttenberg Clayton 9 600.00  
Halbur Carroll 2 765.00 330.00
Harpers Ferry Allamakee 2 600.00  
Harris Osceola 1 1,000.00 400.00
Hartley O'Brien 2 1,000.00 1,200.00
Hawarden Sioux 3 1,400.00 2,400.00
Hills Johnson 2 1,200.00 1,050.00
Holstein Ida 5 1,000.00 2,200.00
Holy Cross Dubuque 2 600.00  
Hornick Woodbury 2 720.00 240.00
Hospers Sioux 2 720.00 240.00
Hull Sioux 1 1,000.00 400.00
Ida Grove Ida 3 1,200.00 1,800.00
Independence Buchanan 6 800.00 1,200.00
Ionia Chickasaw 1 1,000.00 400.00
Iowa City Johnson 17 1,000.00 8,000.00
Ireton Sioux 1 1,000.00 700.00
Jackson Junction Winneshiek 1 600.00  
Keokuk Lee 41 700.00 4,200.00
Kingsley Plymouth 2 1,380.00 1,560.00
Kiron Crawford 1 1,000.00 400.00
Lake Park Dickinson 1 1,200.00 1,200.00
Lamont Buchanan 1 1,200.00 325.00
Lamotte Jackson 4 600.00  
Lanesboro Carroll 1 1,100.00 500.00
Lansing Allamakee 5 800.00 1,000.00
Larchwood Lyon 2 1,000.00 800.00
Lawler Chickasaw 4 600.00  
Le Claire Scott 3 1,000.00 1,032.75
Lehigh Webster 3 1,000.00 1,032.75
Le Mars Plymouth 12 800.00 2,400.00
Lester Lyon 3 900.00 900.00
Lidderdale Carroll 1 800.00 200.00
Litteport Clayton 1 600.00  
Little Rock Lyon 2 1,000.00 800.00
Lone Tree Johnson 3 1,200.00 1,800.00
Lost Nation Clinton 3 600.00  
Low Moor Clinton 1 750.00 150.00
McClelland Pottawattamie 2 900.00 560.00
McGregor Clayton 3 612.00 36.00
Mallard Palo Alto 1 900.00 525.00
Manilla Crawford 3 1,350.00 2,250.00
Manning Carroll 8 700.00 800.00
Mapleton Monona 2 1,500.00 1,800.00
Marshalltown Marshall 21 1,000.00 8,400.00
Maquoketa Jackson 10 600.00  
Matlock Sioux 1 600.00  
Maurice Sioux 1 700.00 100.00
Melvin Osceola 2 1,000.00 800.00
Merrill Plymouth 2 2,000.00 1,399.92
Miles Jackson 1 840.00 240.00
Minden Pottawattamie 4 720.00 480.00
Missouri Valley Harrison 3 2,300.00 5,100.00
Moneta O'Brien 1 680.00 80.00
Monmouth Jackson 1 600.00  
Monona Clayton 2 1,080.00 960.00
Monticello Jones 6 605.00 30.00
Montrose Lee 2 600.00  
Moorland Webster 1 600.00  
Moville Woodbury 2 1,500.00 1,200.00
Nashua Chickasaw 3 800.00 600.00
Neola Pottawattamie 6 900.00 1,500.00
New Albin Allamakee 3 600.00  
New Hampton Chickasaw 7 700.00 700.00
New Vienna Dubuque 2 600.00  
North Buena Vista Clayton 2 660.00 120.00
North McGregor Clayton 3 612.00 36.00
North Washington Chickasaw 1 600.00  
Ocheyedan Osceola 1 1,800.00 1,200.00
Oelwein Fayette 7 1,150.00 3,575.00
Onawa Monona 4 900.00 1,200.00
Orange City Sioux 1 1,800.00 1,200.00
Orleans Dickinson 1 1,000.00 83.35
Oskaloosa Mahaska 21 1,000.00 7,400.00
Ossian Winneshiek 4 600.00  
Osterdock Clayton 1 600.00  
Oto Woodbury 2 600.00  
Ottumwa Wapello 32 1,500.00 32,400.00
Oxford City Johnson 4 1,000.00 1,600.00
Oxford Junction Jones 5 900.00 1,350.00
Paulina O'Brien 2 1,100.00 1,000.00
Pella Marion 3 1,000.00 1,200.00
Pierson Woodbury 1 1,000.00 400.00
Postville Allamakee 2 1,250.00 1,250.00
Preston Jackson 3 600.00  
Primghar O'Brien 2 960.00 720.00
Princeton Scott 1 612.00 24.00
Readlyn Bremer 2 1,200.00 600.00
Remsen Plymouth 9 600.00  
Ricketts Crawford 3 750.00 450.00
Rock Rapids Lyon 3 1,500.00 2,700.00
Rock Valley Sioux 2 1,200.00 1,200.00
Rodman Palo Alto 1 700.00 100.00
Rodney Monona 1 600.00  
Sabula Jackson 2 700.00 200.00
Sanborn O'Brien 2 1,200.00 1,200.00
Schleswig Crawford 4 900.00 1,200.00
Sheldon O'Brien 3 1,200.00 2,700.00
Sibley Osceola 3 1,200.00 1,800.00
Sioux City Woodbury 97 900.00 26,152.00
Smithland Woodbury 1 600.00  
Soldier Monona 1 1,200.00 600.00
Solon Johnson 3 1,100.00 1,476.45
Spillville Winneshiek 3 610.00 30.00
Spirit Lake Dickinson 1 2,500.00 2,375.00
St. Olaf Clayton 1 780.00 90.00
St. Paul Lee 1 600.00  
Strawberry Point Clayton 2 900.00 825.00
Struble Plymouth 2 600.00  
Sumner Bremer 5 600.00  
Superior Dickinson 1 800.00 200.00
Sutherland O'Brien 2 1,080.00 780.00
Templeton Carroll 2 800.00 400.00
Treynor Pottawattamie 2 780.00 360.00
Tripoli Bremer 4 600.00  
Turin Monona 1 600.00  
Underwood Pottawattamie 2 750.00 300.00
Ute Monona 2 1,500.00 1,500.00
Vail Crawford 3 900.00 900.00
Valley Junction Polk 3 900.00 900.00
Vincent Webster 1 1,200.00 600.00
Volga Clayton 2 600.00  
Walcott Scott 5 600.00  
Walnut Pottawattamie 4 900.00 1,200.00
Waterloo Black Hawk 26 1,200.00 14,800.00
Waukon Allamakee 4 1,200.00 2,400.00
Waverly Bremer 7 800.00 1,386.88
West Bend Palo Alto 3 1,025.00 1,275.00
West Burlington Des Moines 2 600.00  
Westfield Plymouth 1 800.00 200.00
West Point Lee 3 600.00  
West Side Crawford 2 900.00 600.00
What Cheer Keokuk 6 600.00  
Wheatland Clinton 3 600.00  
Worthington Dubuque 2 675.00 150.00
Zwingle Dubuque 1 600.00  
  Total 1,539   383,090.74
 

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