 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 894 pages
...down the maxims of taxation, as follows: "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; the time... | |
 | Leone Levi - Legislation - 1862 - 524 pages
...available for expenditure. Adam Smith's axiom, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State," may be taken as .a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 874 pages
...maxims of taxation, as follows: "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the «upport of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; the time... | |
 | Joseph Garnier - Finance - 1862 - 512 pages
...to contributive towards the support of the governnient, asnearly as possible, in proportion to their abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of theSlate. Tome III, p. 255 de la 3° éd. 1789, Londres; 5 v. in-8°. Abilily veut dire ici faculté,... | |
 | Joseph Garnier - Finance - 1862 - 490 pages
...contributive towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their abililies; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of theSlate. Tome III, p. 255 de la 5° éd. 1789, Londres; 5 v. in-8°. Ability veut dire ici faculté,... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1862 - 878 pages
...of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, iu proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary; the time of... | |
 | Charles Senior - Income tax - 1863 - 550 pages
...available for expenditure. Adam Smith's axiom, "The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State" may be taken as a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation to... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Debts, Public - 1863 - 548 pages
...and justly referred to. First Maxim. — " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management to... | |
 | Boston Board of Trade - Boston (Mass.) - 1863 - 190 pages
...proportion to the value of its annual produce, — the fund from which all taxes must ultimately be paid. The subjects of every State ought to contribute to...abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. The expense of government to individuals... | |
 | Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland - Ireland - 1876 - 574 pages
...support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities, I'. e., in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state." That the present valuation is most uneven, is well known to every one engaged in the management of... | |
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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... 
