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CHAPTER IV.—The French Fee System. 
Special Significance of the French fee system. page. 
A. Droits d'Enregistrement .— History of registration fees.— 
Origin.— Purpose.— Extortions practiced.— Modern fixed 
and proportional registration fees.—Revenue derived from 
this source.— Fees for state seal. 83 
B. French License Fees. —Origin.— Purposes.— Occupations li¬ 
censed.— Fee; how gauged. 86 
C. Droits de Visite. Drogue Ct Epice.— Inspection of drug 
stores and spice shops.— Fees for same.— Legislation in 
force at present. 89 
D. Inspection of Mineral Waters .. 89 
E. Verification of Weights and Measures .— Significance.— 
System of inspection fees.. 90 
F. Droits de Garantie .— Compulsory assay of precious 
metals.— Fees for same.— How measured. 90 
G. Postal Fees .— History.— Changes in the tariff of fees.— Re¬ 
lation to the amount of revenue obtained.— Post office as an 
instrument of taxation. 90 
H. School Fees .— University fees.— Examination fees.— Other 
fees. 92 
I. Peages .— History of road and water tolls.— Extortions.— 
* Abolition.— Modern equivalents... 92 
J. Patent Fees .— Origin.— Development.— Justification.—Re¬ 
ceipts ... 93 
K. Droits de Voirie .— Importance of fees for permits to erect 
structures in highways, water courses, etc. 94 
L. Permis de Chasse .— Administrative machinery of the state 
and revenue from fees. 94 
CHAPTER V.—Fees in the American Colonies. 
Colonial Fees at first the same as those in England .— Con¬ 
sequences.^— Fees and perquisities of governors.— The 
amounts collected for land patents.— Illegal fees collec¬ 
ted.— Laws against the same.— Fee-collecting offices farmed t 
out.— Results.. 96 
A. Survival of the Idea of Regalia , or Royal Preroga¬ 
tives.— Distinction between colonial and later marriage li¬ 
censes .. 99 
Other License Fees in the nature of Regalia ... 99 
