The license tax for a toll ferry or toll bridge connecting two counties shall be paid to the treasurer of the county granting it, and the license issued by the auditor thereof. The treasurer of such county shall pay to the treasury of the county in which the other end or landing of the bridge or ferry is located, one-half the sum so received annually, or the auditor may issue the license on filing with him receipts for their respective halves of the tax taken from the treasurer of the two counties.