People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — UPHOLDS THE MULCT LAW. [ARTICLE]

UPHOLDS THE MULCT LAW.

Gov. Jackson's Message Delivered to the lowa Legislature. Des Moines, lowa, Jan. 15. —Governor Jackson’s message was read in the senate yesterday. The document, which was devoted exclusively to state affairs, has this to say about th'’ operations of the mulct law, which Went into effect July 4, 1894: “The number of saloons against which the mulct tax was assessed during the first year of the operation of the law was 1,620, and the total revenue derived therefrom, at S6OO per annum, wife $972,000. This, together with the added penalties assessed by cities, made a total of $1,156,317. In the light of this showing I most earnestly recommend that the mulct law be permitted to remain upon our statute books and that it be given a fair and impartial trial.”