196 UrdaJil—The Present Fee System in the United States. 
accounted for as peddlers’ license fees, is surprisingly small; 
but it may be explained by the fact that the laws are evaded, 
and that the state authorities, as a rule, are unable to enforce 
them. 
In general it may be said that the state income from fees is, 
as a rule, but a very small part of the total state revenue; 
although a few states, like Pennsylvania and Maryland, succeed 
in getting a large percentage of their income from them. 
C. MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS FROM FEES. 
The increasing importance of the fee-system from a revenue 
standpoint, is best illustrated by a study of the officers’ reports 
of the various cities of the country. The reports for 1896, from 
cities with a population of over 75,000, show a great variety in 
total receipts from fees, and more especially in the particular 
sources from which the fees are derived. 
Savannah, Ga., obtained $83,273 from municipal fees and 
licenses, $51,000 of which was liquor license charges, and 
$15,904 were payments for market privileges. 1 Salt Lake City,. 
Utah, credits $116,419 to license fees, most of which is paid 
for liquor licenses. 2 Duluth. Minn., derives $130,373 from fee- 
payments, of which $16,000 are municipal court fees and 
$113,834 from licenses, largely to sell liquor. 3 Paterson, N. J., 
receives $154,308 from fees, while the total municipal revenues 
from all sources are $3,245,475. The main sources of fees are 
liquor licenses, which yield $138,655; other licenses $5,795; 
registry of dogs, $5,162; court-recorder’s fees, $3,036; and 
miscellaneous fees. 4 St. Paul, Minn., derives $309,000 from 
liquor licenses, $7,050 from theater licenses, and less amounts 
from hack and cab drivers, peddlers, express companies, build¬ 
ing inspection, markets, pawnbrokers, city railroads, and so 
on, making a total of $338,347. 5 Minneapolis obtains $289,000 
1 Municipal Report , 1896, p. 57. 
2 Report , 1895, p. 42. 
3 Report of Compt., Duluth, 1896, p. 27. 
4 Annual Report , 1896, p. 12. 
5 City Report , St. Paul, 1895, p. 32. 
