sentences:  In 1893 the Bavarian government abolished all private school fees, and before there was any official pronouncement on the matter, Becker refused to let the Prussian schoolchildren attend classes.The "Bezirksamt" was now demanding from the neighbouring municipality of Haupersweiler a payment of 15 marks for each child.The consistorial and school inspector Stepp, too, held the opinion that this amount was much too high, and apparently so did the municipality of Haupersweiler, for it refused to pay.