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XJrdalil—The Fee System in the United States. 
CHAPTER II.— General Survey of the Fee System in An¬ 
cient and Mediaeval Europe. page. 
Importance of European fee systems to a study of the fee system in 
the United States. 67 
A. Greecq. — Court fees: prytania, epobilia , par astasia, 
paraetabole. — Port and harbor fees.— Warehouse and 
wharfage fees.— Market fees. 67 
B. Rome .— Fees developed late. — Causes.— Temple fees and 
court fees, the earliest.— Sacrementa.— Municipal and ad¬ 
ministrative fees.— Fees for market privileges.— Tributes.— 
License fees.— State postal service. 69 
C. Period of Charlemagne .— Development of toll system.— 
Market fees.— Schutzgeld. —Fees from Jews. — Court 
fees.— The Missi , or representatives of Charlemagne, their 
fees and privileges.— Origin of clerks of court and recorders’ 
fees.— Fees for the use of harbors, dykes, rivers, and roads. 71 
D. The Transition from Mediaeval to Modern European 
Fees. — Result of the disintegration of Charlemagne’s em¬ 
pire.— Development of the regalia of temporal sovereigns.— 
Fees from foreigners: for use of scales, for permits, pass¬ 
ports, privileges, etc.— Court fees.— Fees collected by medi¬ 
aeval guilds.— Significance.— Church fees, their develop¬ 
ment.— Fees for burials, masses, baptisms, church rituals 
etc.—Fees of the Holy See. 73 
CHAPTER III.— Some Typical English Fees; Their Origin 
and Development. 
A. Liquor License Fee. — Ale-houses regulated first.— Fee for 
registration of license.— Gradual increase in amount.— New 
methods of gauging the license fees.— Evolution of tavern 
license fees. 77 
B. Peddlers' License Fees .— Same changes as in liquor license 
fees.— Highest peddler’s license charges, imposed by Pitt.. 79 
C. Hackney Coach Licenses. —Origin of fee.—Increase in 
amount.—New standards of measurement. 80 
D. Other Licenses and Fees. — Dog license, cause of its intro¬ 
duction.— Game licenses.— Fees for use of harbors, light¬ 
houses, bridges, etc. 80 
E. English Court , or Administration , Fees. — Fees gauged 
by the length of the legal instrument.— Fee system ex¬ 
tended.— Relation of court fees to administration of justice 
in England. 81 
F. Conclusion . 82 
