SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V 327 



Our salary limits have remained substantially tlie same as those in 

 force ten years ago regardless of the fact that the cost of all of the 

 necessities of life have risen. I feel that I cannot maintain the pres- 

 ent efficient service unless the salary limits effecting the men of this 

 department are substantially increased. 



LICENSE CLAUSES. 



The so-called license sections of the laws enforced by this depart- 

 ment have now been in effect long enough for us to judge their 

 practical application. I am now obliged to say that the license fea- 

 ture is one of the best and most helpful sections they contain. I be- 

 lieve I am fair when I state that the license clause of our sanitary 

 law has cut down the total number of prosecutions under that law 

 over one hundred percent. Although numerous threats are made to 

 bring about desired improvements, we have not been obliged to re- 

 voke more than a dozen licenses a year. The revoking of a license is 

 a "big stick" with which to line up the wilful offender. 



Since the sole power of revoking a license is vested in the Com- 

 missioner, results can be rapidly obtained and immediate results are 

 possible in drastic cases. You can thus see that the pecuniary gain 

 is not the only advantage to the people and the department of what 

 is often termed the license clause. 



This state has been particularly fair in the matter of license fees. 

 They range from $1.00 per year, the fee of a milk dealer's license, to 

 $3.00, the fee for licensing and testing commercial wagon scales. 

 Although the individual license fee is small, the total revenue de- 

 rived by the state from this source is large. It has increased from 

 $9,593.24 in 1909 to $61,621.76 this year. All license fees collected 

 by this department are paid to the state treasurer. 



The following table shows the annual revenue derived from 

 licenses, tax tags, etc., turned over to the state treasurer during the 

 past eight years : 



1909 $ 9,593.24 



1910 17,435.30 



1911 20,892.97 



1912 22,049.02 



1913 36,504.52 



1914 43,842.40 



1915 50,244.10 



1916 61,621.76 



Fines collected under the laws enforced by this department are 

 not included in the above for the reason that these fines were paici 



