The New York Social Science Review: A Quarterly Journal of Sociology, Political Economy, and Statistics...v. 1-2; Jan. 1865-Oct. 1966, Volume 2Alexander Del Mar, Simon Stern, James K. Hamilton Willcox Pub. for the proprietors, 1866 |
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... direct especial attention . THE EDITORS . OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES REVENUE COMMISSION , TO THE HONORABLE HUGH MCCULLOCH , Secretary of the Treasury : 1866 . SIR The Revenue Commission were required by the act of Congress authorizing ...
... direct especial attention . THE EDITORS . OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES REVENUE COMMISSION , TO THE HONORABLE HUGH MCCULLOCH , Secretary of the Treasury : 1866 . SIR The Revenue Commission were required by the act of Congress authorizing ...
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... direct assessment of $ 20,000,000 on real estate , which , for a reason that will appear , hereafter , was not repeated , this taxation was altogether indirect , and consisted of excise duties , besides the duties of customs . The ...
... direct assessment of $ 20,000,000 on real estate , which , for a reason that will appear , hereafter , was not repeated , this taxation was altogether indirect , and consisted of excise duties , besides the duties of customs . The ...
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... direct , by assessment of the value , and collection of a per - centage . The amount of property subject to local taxes , after deduct- ing slaves , valued at $ 500 each , now free , according to the re- turns of the census of 1860 , of ...
... direct , by assessment of the value , and collection of a per - centage . The amount of property subject to local taxes , after deduct- ing slaves , valued at $ 500 each , now free , according to the re- turns of the census of 1860 , of ...
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... direct tax upon a million , at the rate of two per cent . , would be twenty thousand dollars , pays , under the indirect system , but three thousand , if his consumption * The writer is indebted to Mr. Alexander Delmar , editor of the ...
... direct tax upon a million , at the rate of two per cent . , would be twenty thousand dollars , pays , under the indirect system , but three thousand , if his consumption * The writer is indebted to Mr. Alexander Delmar , editor of the ...
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... direct tax upon a thousand dollars ' worth of property , at the rate of two per cent . , would be twenty dollars , pays , under the indirect sys- tem , two hundred dollars , if his consumption be eight hundred . The poor man , whose direct ...
... direct tax upon a thousand dollars ' worth of property , at the rate of two per cent . , would be twenty dollars , pays , under the indirect sys- tem , two hundred dollars , if his consumption be eight hundred . The poor man , whose direct ...
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Page 55 - By that law of our nature which makes food necessary to the life of man, the effects of these two unequal powers must be kept equal. This implies a strong and constantly operating check on population from the difficulty of subsistence.
Page 98 - At twelve o'clock, meridian of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each house shall then be read, and if the same person has received a majority of all the votes in each house, he shall be declared duly elected senator.
Page 99 - States, said legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after the commencement and organization of its session, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the election of a senator for a full term ; and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the legislature, then on the second Tuesday after the legislature shall have been organized, and shall have notice of such vacancy.
Page 12 - An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government...
Page 98 - State, and the name of the person so voted for who receives a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each house shall be entered on the journal...
Page 12 - All stocks, bonds, Treasury notes, and other obligations of the United States shall be exempt from taxation by or under State or municipal or local authority.
Page 11 - States notes that may be issued under the provisions of this act; and all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the United States held by individuals, corporations, or associations within the United States, shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority.
Page 2 - Lord burn upon this man, and bring upon him all the curses which are written in the Book of the Law. The Lord blot out his name under heaven. The Lord set him apart for destruction from all the tribes of Israel, with all the curses of the firmament which are written in the Book of...
Page 60 - But if public spirit, generous sentiments, or true justice and equality are desired, association, not isolation, of interests, is the school in which these excellences are nurtured. The aim of improvement should be not solely to place human heings in a condition in which they will be able to do without one another, but to enable them to work with or for one another in relations not involving dependence.
Page 13 - In estimating the gains, profits and income of any person, there shall be inOn what assessed. eluded all income derived from interest upon notes, bonds and other securities of the United States ; profits realized within the year from sales of real estate purchased within the year or within two years previous to the year for which income is estimated...