... taxation, the apportionment of the tax, upon what property or class of persons the tax shall operate, whether the tax shall be general or limited to a particular locality, and in the latter case the fixing of a district of assessment; the method of... Report - Page 381by New York (State). Public Service Commission. First District - 1910Full view - About this book
| Law - 1885 - 948 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment; the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land,...and in respect to which its determination is final. Livingston v. Mayor, supra; People v. Brooklyn, 4 NY 419; Thomas v. Leland, 24 Wend. 65; Town of Guil/ord... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1148 pages
...and in the latter case the fixing of a district of assessment; * * * are matters within the direction of the legislature, and in respect to which its determination is final." Subject, therefore, to the constitution alone, the power of the legislature to levy taxes is unlimited,... | |
| John T. Cook - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 874 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment ; the method of collection, anil whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land,...legislature, and in respect to which its determination is i' •» Linimjutoit v. The Mayor, xnpra ; Pmjile v. Brooklyn, 4 NY 419 ; Tfiomfis v. Iceland, 24 Wend.... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1304 pages
...district of assessment, the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both persons and property, or only on the land, are matters within...and in respect to which its determination Is final. * » • There is no constitutional guaranty that taxation shall be just and equal. • * • The Legislature... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1130 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment; the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land,...and in respect to which its determination is final." In the case of People ex rel. Scott v. Pitt (supra) it was held that a provision of the charter of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1368 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment; the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land....and in respect to which its determination is final." Genet v. Brooklyn, 99 NY 29ÍÍ, 306, 1 NE 777, 783. "A tax may be imposed only on certain callings... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1132 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment ; the method of collection, and whether a tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land...and in respect to which its determination is final": Genet v. City of Brooklyn, 99 NY 296, 1 NE 777. "A tax may be imposed only on certain callings and... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1132 pages
...collection, and whether a tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land—are matters within the discretion of the legislature and in respect to which its determination is final": Genet v. City of Brooklyn, 99 NY 296, 1 NE 777. "A tax may be imposed only on certain callings and... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1096 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment ; the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land,...notions of policy, its own sense of justice, and its own assumptions of benefit." In Cayuga County v. State (153 NY 279) the court had under consideration an... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1326 pages
...fixing of a district of assessment; the method of collection, and whether the tax shall be a charge upon both person and property, or only on the land...determination is final. • * • The learned counsel for the interveners is compelled to admit that the Legislature may distribute the burden of public Improvements... | |
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