Table of Contents. 
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CHAPTER V. Court Fees. page. 
System antiquated . 184 
A. Registration Fees. — Forces tending to prevent changes.— 
New registration fees. 185 
B. State and County Court Fees. —Consequences of using fee 
system in lower courts.— Courts not self-supporting.— Re¬ 
form.— Colorado plan; Idaho plan; California plan; other 
schemes.— Results . 186 
C. Federal Court Fees. —Accounts kept of fees collected.— 
Amount of increase.— New act of May 28, 1896: Provisions; 
result. 189 
CHAPTER VI. — Revenue from Fees. 
A. Federal Government. — Per cent, of total receipts.— Signifi¬ 
cance.— Variations from year to year. 191 
B. Revenue from Fees in the States. — Variations in totals.— In 
sources.— Percentage of total revenues. 192 
C. Municipal Revenue from Fees .— Sources.— Significance in 
different cities.— Variations in amounts.— Percentage of 
total municipal receipts. 196 
D. General Trend. — Prospects of fee legislation.— One category 
of fees tends to diminish and ultimately disappear.— An¬ 
other tends to increase, becoming taxes.— Scope of the fee 
system extending. 199 
CHAPTER VII.— Legal Aspect of Fees. 
A. Evolution of Fees as Interpreted by the Courts .— Law dic¬ 
tionaries’ interpretation.— Early decisions.— Text-book 
writers’ views.— Relation of fees to taxes.— Fees and police 
power.— Recognition of the idea of special benefit.— Gaug¬ 
ing of fees.— Intent of law-making bodies and fees. 200 
B. Fees in Their Relation to Inter-state Commerce. — Theo¬ 
retical relation.-—Earlier decisions.— Changed attitude in 
later decisions. — Indirect consequences of fee-legislation.— 
Attitude of courts at present. 207 
