Proceedings of the Annual Conference Held Under the Auspices of the National Tax Association

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Page 33 - 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 state.
Page 396 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of the same value.
Page 152 - Legislature shall provide by law a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all property in the State, according to its value in money, and shall prescribe such regulations by general law as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 585 - In each Province the Legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to matters coming within the classes of subjects...
Page 583 - ... the fixing of and providing for the salaries and allowances of civil and other officers of the Government of Canada; beacons, buoys, lighthouses and...
Page 293 - The commissioners shall fix a rate per square foot of the floor space (irrespective of partitions, elevators, stairways or other obstructions) of each building or part thereof used for business purposes and shall as far as...
Page 554 - It may touch business in the almost infinite forms in which it is conducted, in professions, in commerce, in manufactures, and in transportation. Unless restrained by provisions of the federal Constitution, the power of the state, as to the mode, form, and extent of taxation, is unlimited where the subjects to which it applies are within her jurisdiction.
Page 569 - Laws shall be passed taxing, by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, jointstock companies or otherwise; and, also, all real and personal property, according to its true value in money.
Page 563 - That the levying of taxes by the poll is grievous and oppressive, and ought to be prohibited...
Page 308 - York, between the fifteenth day of June and the fifteenth day of September...

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