 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 804 str.
..." 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,... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - 1854 - 336 str.
...that he 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 - 400 str.
...at 34 per cent, ad valorem, the value of a £ being as above ? ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. 27s. 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 - 448 str.
...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 - 438 str.
...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 - 538 str.
...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 - 452 str.
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 str.
...horses or oxen composing their teams." TAX. [L. Fr. taxe ; L. Lat. taxa, from Gr. ro(<5, from TUMUI/, to set in order, to arrange or adjust.] A rate or...or other name. Story on the Const. (Abr.) § 472. See 1 Rents Com. 254—257. In a stricter sense, — a rate or sum imposed by government upon individuals,... | |
 | 1875 - 438 str.
...is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. A " tax," says Webster's Dictionary, " ls a rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...by government for the use of the nation or State." " Taxes are burdens or charges imposed by the legislature upon persons or property to raise money for... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1870 - 582 str.
...public in its nature — that is, if it be not strictly a tax which is Gibson v. Ma^pn. defined to be " a rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property...citizen by government for the use of the nation or State — then clearly it would be an unwarrantable exercise of power. But if it be levied for the purpose... | |
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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. 
