State Ex Rel. Standard Gold Mining Co. v. Crews

1. This case involves the construction of Sections 6890 to 6892. In 1903 the legislature passed an act fixing a fee for organizing corporations and exacting an annual license fee: Laws 1903, p. 39. In 1905 the legislature enacted a statute exempting mining corporations from paying the license fee required by said act of 1905 where the output of such corporations for the preceding calendar year did not exceed $1,000 but in lieu of such fee to pay the sum of $10. The relator claims the benefit of the act of 1905. The defendant denied it the benefit of that act, as we understand the issue…