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amount. 1 There are a great variety of standards by which the 
amounts of the fees are fixed. Perhaps the most important and 
widely accepted method, is to gauge the fees according to the 
population of the city or other political unit. More than half a 
dozen states have adopted this system entire, or some modifica¬ 
tion of it. Montana 2 divides her towns into five classes, with 
population ranging from 300 up to 10 , 000 , and charges license 
fees varying from $100 for the lowest class to $600 for those 
having over 10,000 inhabitants. Minnesota 3 charges $ 1,000 in 
cities of over 10,000 and $500 in all others. Rhode Island 4 var¬ 
ies the retail license fee from $200 to $400 according to popula¬ 
tion. Alabama, New Jersey, 5 and Texas employ the same system 
with slight modifications. 
' Three states have made the amount of yearly sales a basis for 
the amount of fees which shall be paid. Other individual states 
have systems which vary in some particulars from all others. 
In almost all states a different charge is made for a wholesale 
dealer’s license than for a retailer’s. 6 A few states have what is 
called beer or malt-liquor license, which is cheaper than a regu¬ 
lar liquor license; 7 8 while Kentucky has extended this method 
still further, by granting a malt-liquor license for $ 50 , spiritous- 
liquor license for $ 100 , and a license to sell both for $ 150 . 8 Further¬ 
more, some states grant what is known as "quart licenses.” 9 
Resides these liquor licenses there are in many commonwealths 
licenses to distilleries and breweries, with fees graduated accord¬ 
ing to the output in barrels 10 or according to the annual sales. 11 
1 Missouri, 1887, R. 178; Arkansas and Texas have similar regulations. 
2 Montana, 1895, 4063. 
3 Minnesota, 1893, Ch. 189, par 1. Nebraska, 1889, Ch. 33. 
4 Rhode Island, 1896, p. 349. 
6 New Jersey, 1895, p. 1810. 
8 Arkansas charges $150 for a wholesale dealer’s and $800 for a retail 
dealer’s license. 
7 Michigan, 1881, p. 148. Illinois collects $300 for a dramshop license and 
$150 for a malt liquor license. 
8 Ky., Laws , 1890. 
9 Ga., 1835, p. 185; N. J., 1888, p. 1810. 
10 Mich., 1881, p. 148. 
11 Ariz., 1887, Sec. 2232; Mont., 1894, Sec. 4063. 
