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issued — $50 for three months, and $75 for six months, 1 and so 
on; while Vermont and other states simply prescribe the maxi¬ 
mum and minimum fees, and allow the local political bodies to 
determine the amount within these limits. In the great ma¬ 
jority of cases, this regulation is left entirely to the cities and 
other municipal bodies. 
G. MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE REGULATIONS. 
Many license fees are paid for special regulations which have 
become necessary only on account of the special economic and 
social conditions of particular localities. Most noteworthy of 
these may be mentioned the following: Delaware collects a fee 
of $30 for each permit to open oysters for export; Maryland 2 
charges a fee of from $2 to $5 for each oyster boat, varying the 
amount according to the length of the boat; Mississippi 3 allows 
the counties to charge a fee of $1 per ton for a license to each 
oyster boat; and Delaware likewise varies the charge according 
to the tonnage of the boat. Maryland 4 requires annual licenses 
for permits to catch fish with a seine or gill-net, and gauges 
the fee according to the size of the seine or net, at the rate of 
three cents per square fathom. Kentucky licenses all her water 
craft on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Kentucky rivers. South 
Carolina 5 and several other states find it necessary to regulate 
by means of licenses all boarding houses for seamen. New 
Hampshire and other states require all who sell commercial fer¬ 
tilizers to take out a license and pay a fee therefor. 6 
Vermont collects state dog license fees, 7 and New Hampshire 8 
has state steamboat licenses. A few states have recently pre¬ 
scribed license charges for permits to sell cigarettes. Colorado 
1 Revised Statutes , 1879, Sec. 4168. 
2 Md., 1886, Ch. 296, Sec. 18. 
3 Statutes , Miss., 1892, ac. 3089. 
4 Statutes, Ind., 1870, Ch. 204. 
5 Statutes , 1866, XIII, Sec. 8, p. 472. 
6 Vermont charges a fee of $100 for each. —1888; No. 109, Sec. 3. New 
Hampshire charges $50. — Statutes , 1891, p. 351. 
7 Statutes , 1894, No. 119, Sec. 1. 
8 Sec. 1, p. 100,1881. 
