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state’s office, and over $8,000 from the insurance commissioner’s 
office. 1 Kansas credits $13,646 to fees, of which the bank com¬ 
missioner collects $6,458, the oil inspector $4,500, and the sec¬ 
retary of state $1,676. 2 Alabama receives $29,003 from her fee 
system; but of this amount $22,602 is obtained from solicitor’s 
fees, and $861 from oyster licenses; the remainder is collected 
by the state officers. 3 
But there are a few states that receive considerable revenue 
from the fees which are accounted for by the state officers. 
Among these may be mentioned Illinois, where $525,872 was 
last year credited to fees, of which $195,135 came from the sec¬ 
retary of state’s office and $328,475 were collected by the super¬ 
intendent of insurance. 4 Missouri also received the not incon¬ 
siderable sum of $192,485 from fees; $109,294 of this was col¬ 
lected from foreign insurance companies, and $76,510 by incor¬ 
poration fees. 5 Wyoming, whose total state revenue only 
equals $410,990, receives $8,100 from fees of state officers. Of this 
amount $4,400 is from foreign insurance fees, and $1,000 from the 
fees of the secretary of state. Colorado obtains $150,000 from 
her insurance department, and $40,000 from the secretary of 
state’s office. 6 The little state of New Jersey receives nearly 
$83,000 from incorporation fees. 7 This large sum is explained 
by the fact that incorporation is here made easy; and com¬ 
panies from all parts of the Union come here to obtain their 
charters, for exactly the same reason that the number of divorce 
cases in South Dakota has been out of all proportion to the 
population of that state. 
There are several states whose revenues include fees derived 
from various other sources besides those mentioned, the most 
general of which are the receipts from state supreme and inferior 
courts. New Jersey receives $22,815 from the clerks in chan- 
1 Report of Auditor, Ark., 1896, p. 22. 
2 Report of Treasurer, 1896, p. 8. 
3 Report of Auditor, 1896, p. 59. Building and Loan Associations, $3,800; 
Secretary of State, fees, $915; Attorney General, $73; State Auditor, $751* 
4 Report of Treasurer, 1896, p. 7. 
6 Report of Auditor, 1896, p. 5. 
® Report of Auditor, 1896, p. 14. 
'Report of Comptroller, 1896, p. 17. 
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