In older documents, a fee for the supervision of amusements by the order and fire police. These included all events, performances and presentations that were intended by the organizer to provide amusement and entertainment. As a rule, it did not matter whether higher interests of art or science were involved, whether an entrance fee was charged, and whether the entrance fee and any other income went to a charitable purpose. – See “Abstandsgeld”, “Bettlerglöckchen”, “Drehorgel-Geld”, “Marktgeld”, “Messegeld”, “Tanzkonzessionsgeld”, “Türgeld”.
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