Feb. 25, 1919: Oregon Taxes Gas by the Gallon

1919: Oregon passes the nation’s first per-gallon tax on gasoline. It’s only a penny, and it’s only one state, but you know where things go from here.
New York City started collecting registration fees on those new-fangled motor vehicles in 1901, and the state of Missouri took that road two years later. By 1914, every state [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/02/0225oregon-gasoline-tax/

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