Word: fee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the Italian Government put to flight these notions. It recognized all titles bestowed by the Popes since 1870 and decided that they and any future creations shall be considered in every way equivalent to titles given by the Italian King. Moreover for a simple fee any Papal noble can have his name placed in the Golden Book of Italian nobility...
...connection with animal sacrifices, the Jewish priests required that only perfect animals be offered up at the altars. As many of the animals brought for sacrifice were imperfect, the priests permitted these animals to be exchanged for perfect ones provided for that purpose, in exchange for a small fee for the inconvenience...
...Jewish money was very scarce, but the priests decreed that all contributions to the church should be made in that medium. As a result, the worshippers came to the temple with their Roman money, exchanged it at money lenders' tables for Jewish money on payment of a regular fee...
...money was then deposited in a tall, trumpet-shaped vase in the temple," Professor Lake continued. "It tinkled through to the bottom and then returned to the money lenders' tables where it was again exchanged for Roman money, and the same fee again charged...
...membership was 1900 but at that time the annual fee was only $7.50. The increase of the fee to ten dollars resulted in a decrease in membership to 1543 in 1921-1922. In 1922-1923 an increase of 180 was reported and last year the total reached...