194 TJrdahl—The Present Fee System in the United States. 
eery; 1 Nevada obtains over $1,000 from her supreme court fees; 2 
Utah collects over $10,000 from the fees of her clerks of court; 3 
and a few other states show small sums derived from this 
source. Among other miscellaneous sources of state fees, it 
may be worthy of notice that Connecticut obtains $10,000 from 
her shell fisheries. 4 Minnesota obtains $135,000 from grain in¬ 
spection fees; 5 and many other states obtain revenues from other 
sources, the amounts of which are too small to be of any ac¬ 
count. 
The states, however, that show the largest receipts from fees, 
are invariably the ones that have the most elaborate system of 
licenses. Maine 6 receives $83,084 from fees of all kinds, while 
her total state revenues amount to $1,576,382. North Dakota 
1 j Report of Comptroller, 1896, p. 17. 
2 Report of Comptroller, 1896, p. 16. 
3 Report of Auditor, 1896, p. 22. 
4 Report of Comptroller, Conn., 1896, p. 77. 
Com’r of pharmacy. $1,973 25 
Com’r of shell fisheries... 10,136 25 
Executive sec. 535 50 
Insurance com’r. 68,334 79 
Sec. of state. 2,147 35 
Incorporations. 1,500 00 
Total recepts. $84,627 14 
6 Report of Auditor, 1896, p. 66. 
Insurance fees. $16,462 00 
Sec. of state. 1,543 85 
Dairy com’r. 1,500 00 
Public examiners. 500 00 
Game and fish com’r. 1,639 30 
State bank fees. 2,265 00 
Warehouse. 110 00 
Grain inspection. 135,700 00 
Candidates for state offices. 1,650 00 
Total.. $161,370 15 
6 Report of Treasurer, 1896, pp. 10 and 11. 
Private detectives’ fees. $150 00 
Hawkers and peddlers........ 4,300 00 
Itinerant vendors. 100 00 
Dog licenses. 29,494 85 
Incorporations. 642 00 
Increase of capital stock... 23,595 00 
Railroad com’r. 9,880 09 
Sec. of state, fees. 2,260 84 
Insurance com’r. 11,143 00 
Medical board, registration. 1,518 00 
Total. $83,083 78 
