Revenue Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, with Reference to the New Revenue Bill, Volumes 10-18 |
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Page 1133 - ... there is no foundation in nature or in natural law, why a set of words upon parchment should convey the dominion of land...
Page 695 - ... a reasonable allowance for actual reduction in flow and production to be ascertained not by the flush flow, but by the settled production or regular flow; (b) in the case of mines a reasonable allowance for depletion thereof not to exceed the market value in the mine of the product thereof which has been mined and sold during the year for which the return and computation are made...
Page 1133 - ... from a determinate spot of ground, because his father had done so before him : or why the occupier of a particular field or of a jewel, when lying on his death-bed, and no longer able to maintain possession, should be entitled to tell the rest of the world which of them should enjoy it after him.
Page 695 - ... a reasonable allowance for the exhaustion, wear and tear of property arising out of its use or employment in the business...
Page 1132 - It shall be unlawful for any collector, deputy collector, agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of the United States to divulge or to make known in any manner whatever not provided by law to any person the operations, style...
Page 696 - ... all losses actually sustained within the year and not compensated by insurance or otherwise...
Page 1144 - ... the net addition, if any, required by law to be made within the year to reserve funds and the sums other than dividends paid within the year on policy and annuity contracts...
Page 894 - With the first mailing of each issue of each such publication, the publisher shall file with the Postmaster a copy of such issue, together with a statement containing such information as the Postmaster General may prescribe for determining the postage chargeable thereon.
Page 1144 - An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Page 1141 - First. All the ordinary and necessary expenses paid within the year in the maintenance and operation of it's business and properties, including rentals or other payments required to be made as a condition to the continued use or possession of property to which the corporation has not taken or is not taking title, or in which it has no equity.