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Strana 501 - that every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. The
Strana 500 - of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers—to be taxed no more.
Strana 581 - that If the said rights are threatened by the aggressive action of any other power, the high contracting parties shall communicate with one another fully and frankly in order to arrive at an understanding as to the most efficient measures to be taken, jointly or
Strana 635 - of possible technical and scientific developments, the United States after consultation with the other contracting powers shall arrange for a conference of all the contracting powers which shall convene as soon as possible after the expiration of eight years from the coming into force of the present treaty to consider what changes, if any, in
Strana 499 - wars: Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot—taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste —taxes upon warmth, light, and
Strana 501 - that every tax ought to be levied at the time and in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. Fourth,
Strana 359 - holding in all essential respects the same position in relation to the administration of public affairs in a Dominion as is held by His Majesty the King in Great Britain.
Strana 499 - foot—taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste —taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion— taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth—on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at
Strana 499 - health —on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal—on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice— on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride—at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed
Strana 359 - apart from the provisions, embodied in the constitutions or in specific statutes expressly providing for reservation . . . it is the right of the government of each Dominion to advise the Crown in all matters relating to its own affairs.