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REPORT

STATE OF NEW YORK-DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE

ALBANY, January 24, 1918

To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York:

In accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Liquor Tax Law, providing that "the State Commissioner of Excise shall make an annual report to the Legislature, on or before the second Monday in each year, which shall contain such statements, facts and explanations as will disclose the actual workings of the Liquor Tax Law in its bearings upon the welfare of the State, including all receipts and revenues collected under the law, and all expenses and disbursements incurred and also such suggestions as to the general policy of the State and such amendments of this law as the Commissioner shall deem appropriate," I have the honor to submit herewith the twenty-second annual report of this Department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1917.

Very respectfully,

HERBERT S. SISSON, State Commissioner of Excise.

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

Revenue

The expenses of the legal bureau for the year ending September 30, 1917, were $56,063.88, an increase of $7,790.49. This may be readily accounted for by the increased revenue from penalties and costs, which increased $101,475.77 over receipts of last year.

Criminal fines decreased

All night permits decreased

Expenses of department decreased.

$21,272 50

37,861 25

5,562 13

The decrease in revenue from certificates was $382,205.17, and the decrease in number of liquor tax certificates was 526.

The rebates increased from $9,168.23 last year to $115,820.85, an increase of $106,652.52.

The amounts received from search and seizure increased $971.71 over last year.

The surplus of earnings of legal bureau, interest on temporary deposits and criminal fines, over total expense of Department, was $195,675.38.

Number of excise indictments.

Number of excise convictions.

427

1,464

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Financial Statement

For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1917

Balance on hand July 1, 1916...
Appropriation, chapter 646, Part 1, Laws of
1916, and chapter 181, Part 2, Laws of 1917.

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$41,073 92

341,826 25

$382,900 17

45,541 31

$337,358 86

Total expenses of Department for year ending
June 30, 1917...

317,616 89

Balance July 1, 1917.

$19,741 97

Total expenses of Department for certificate year ending September 30, 1917...

$319,652 58

Total amount received from liquor tax certificates, transfers, fines, penalties, etc., for

twelve months ending September 30, 1917... $20,747,508 56 County treasurers' fees..

43,032 25

Leaving a net balance for the certificate year of. $20,704,476 31

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The Excise Department has been in existence since May 1, 1896, a period of twenty-one years and five months. During that time it has collected the following amount of money, all drawn from the liquor traffic of the State:

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1899-1900 October 1 to September 30... 1900-01 October 1 to September 30. 1901-02 October 1 to September 30. 1902-03 October 1 to September 30. 1903-04 October 1 to September 30. 1904-05 October 1 to September 30. 1905-06 October 1 to September 30. 1906-07 October 1 to September 30... 1907-08 October 1 to September 30. 1908-09 October 1 to September 30.

12,622,957 79

12,467,674 40

12,511,368 71

*17,741,257 45

17,879,635 52

18,197,905 60

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18,719,323 85

19,057,236 44

†8,044,537 27

18,005,493 58

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By the provisions of chapter 115 of the Laws of 1903, liquor tax rates were increased fifty per cent., in effect April 2, 1903.

By the provisions of chapter 144 of the Laws of 1908, the beginning of the certificate year was changed from May 1st to October 1st, to correspond with the fiscal year of the State. Under this amendment, the excise tax collected May 1, 1908, was for only five-twelfths of one year, which explains the apparent decrease in revenue.

By the provisions of chapter 672 of the Laws of 1915, liquor tax rates were increased twenty-five per cent., in effect October 1, 1915. Three-fifths of the revenue from liquor tax certificates shall be paid to the State Treasurer and two-fifths to the fiscal officer of the city or town in which the traffic was carried on and from which such revenue was received.

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