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... appoint , in Boston or Charlstowne . " The implied voluntary character of the offering is noteworthy . It may be doubted whether in reality it ever had any voluntary element at all . Our Puritan ancestors , with their stern ideas of ...
... appoint , in Boston or Charlstowne . " The implied voluntary character of the offering is noteworthy . It may be doubted whether in reality it ever had any voluntary element at all . Our Puritan ancestors , with their stern ideas of ...
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... appointed to investi- gate the subject , is the " Report on Local Taxation , " made by Messrs . David A. Wells , Edwin Dodge , and George W. Cuyler , commissioners appointed by the governor of New York . The report was made in 1871 ...
... appointed to investi- gate the subject , is the " Report on Local Taxation , " made by Messrs . David A. Wells , Edwin Dodge , and George W. Cuyler , commissioners appointed by the governor of New York . The report was made in 1871 ...
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... apportioned among the local political units . Taxes in the Southern states are still percentage taxes . 1 collecting officers were appointed by the state executive , by TAXATION IN 1796 . 123 Apportionment and collection of taxes.
... apportioned among the local political units . Taxes in the Southern states are still percentage taxes . 1 collecting officers were appointed by the state executive , by TAXATION IN 1796 . 123 Apportionment and collection of taxes.
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Richard Theodore Ely, John Huston Finley. collecting officers were appointed by the state executive , by the state legislature , by the courts , or by officials receiving their commissions from the state ; in the latter , they were ...
Richard Theodore Ely, John Huston Finley. collecting officers were appointed by the state executive , by the state legislature , by the courts , or by officials receiving their commissions from the state ; in the latter , they were ...
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... . The legislature of Maryland appointed for each county and Baltimore town , five commissioners of the tax . These commissioners divided their respective counties into con- venient districts and 126 TAXATION AS IT IS .
... . The legislature of Maryland appointed for each county and Baltimore town , five commissioners of the tax . These commissioners divided their respective counties into con- venient districts and 126 TAXATION AS IT IS .
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Page 173 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 346 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 393 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals...
Page 228 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Page 525 - Whenever a decedent appoints or names one or more executors or trustees, and makes a bequest or devise of property to them in lieu...
Page 523 - ... made or Intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor...
Page 529 - ... shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars...
Page 240 - If a person or class of persons receive so small a share of the benefit as makes it necessary to raise the question, there is something else than taxation which is amiss, and the thing to be done is to remedy the defect, instead of recognizing it and making it a ground for demanding less taxes.
Page 393 - All existing charters, or grants of special or exclusive privileges, under which a bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business been commenced in good faith at the time this constitution takes effect, shall -thereafter have no validity.
Page 346 - ... admitted that a serious danger is encountered by sending abroad among other political systems those, who have not well learned the value of their own. ' ' The time is therefore come, when a plan of universal education ought to be adopted in the United States.