Excerpt from An Historical Study of Law's SystemNotwithstanding the evident advantage to the provinces of being furnished with a means Of remittance to Paris which should avoid the expense and risk Of transportation of coin, the bankers and officials who were interested in maintaining the old system were powerful enough to raise serious Opposition to this order in the greater part of the H) provinces. The Duke Of Noailles was obliged to exert his authority to the utmost, and even in some instances to punish recalcitrant receivers of taxes, before the order could be enforced in its full spirit, and the council was obliged to follow up this decree with supplementary de issued September 12, 1717, February 26, 1718, and June 1, 1718, before the Opposition was overcome.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.