 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - Liczba stron: 804
..." tago," is defined by Noah Webster, to be " to set, to throw on." "A tax," says that author, " is a rate or sum of money assessed on the " person or...government, for the use of the nation " or State. Taxes, in free governments, are usually laid upon the pro" perty of citizens according to their income,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - Liczba stron: 564
...horses or oxen composing their teams." TAX. [L. Fr. taxe ; L. Lat. taxa, from Gr. T<i|i£, from taaaen>, to set in order, to arrange or adjust.] A rate or...or other name. Story on the Const. (Abr.) § 472. In a stricter sense, — a rate or sum imposed upon individuals, (or polls,) lands, houses, horses,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - Liczba stron: 570
...horses or oxen composing their teams." TAX. [L. Fr. taxe ; L. Lat. taxa, from Gr. láfic, from laaaetv, to set in order, to arrange or adjust.] A rate or...or other name. Story on the Const. (Abr.) § 472. In a stricter sense, — a rate or sum imposed upon individuals, (or polls,) lands, houses, horses,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1852 - Liczba stron: 928
...designation of, and is incidental to, " legislative power." 1 Tax, Lat. Taxa, from Gr. raJ-ij, from tassein, to set in order, to arrange or adjust. A rate or sum...assessed on the person or property of a citizen by the government for the use of a nation or state. Webster, Diet. In a general sense, any contribution... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - 1854 - Liczba stron: 336
...that be may make 15 per cent, on the entire cost. Ans. $3974.40. ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. 79. A tax is a sum of money assessed on the person or property of a citizen for the purpose of defraying the public expenses. Taxes are generally assessed on the citizens in proportion... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1858 - Liczba stron: 400
...£3256 sterling, at 27 per cent., allowing $4.84 to a pound ? ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. 275« A TAX is a sum of money assessed on the person or property of a citizen by the government, for public purposes. Taxes are of two kinds, direct and indirect. A direct tax is one... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - 1868 - Liczba stron: 448
...to assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or lay an assessment or rate. Burrill's Law Die., TAX. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name. (Story, Const. § 472; 1 Kent's Com. 254-257. Burrill's Law Die., TAXES ; Tomliu's Law Die. TAX. In a stricter... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - 1868 - Liczba stron: 538
...to assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or lay an assessment or rate. Burrill's Law Die., TAX. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabcl, impost, duty, custom, excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name. (Story, Const. § 472; 1... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - 1868 - Liczba stron: 438
...to assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or lay an assessment or rate. Burrill's Law Die., TAX. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabe), impost, duty, custom, excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name. (Story, Const. § 472; 1... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - 1868 - Liczba stron: 452
...to assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or lay an assessment or rate. Burrill's Law Die., TAX. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...government upon individuals, for the use and service оГ the State; whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallagc, gab^l. impost, duty, custom, excise,... | |
| |
is a rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property of a citizen by government for the use of the nation or state. 
