 It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose...  Civil Government in the United States - Page 37by George Henry Martin - 1902 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1876 - 1182 pages
...everything which exists by its own authority, or is introduced by its permission. The power of taxing may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which...to which the government may choose to carry it. The power to tax involves the power to destroy." McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheaton, 427, 428, 429, 431.... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 1026 pages
...of Maryland (-1 Wheat. 428), Chief Justice Marshall says: "It is admitted that tlio power of taxiug the people and their property is essential to the...to which the government may choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself."... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1878 - 1032 pages
...remainder." Montesquien, Spirit which is shown in its derivation from of the Laws, B. 12, v. 30. See other of taxing the people and th'eir property is essential...to which the government may choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 884 pages
...the legislature; or, as he has expressed in case of M'Culloch v. State of Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, " the power of taxing the people, and their property...the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost to which the government may choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power is... | |
 | Mexico. Suprema Corte de Justicia - Taxation - 1880 - 214 pages
...naturaleza, extensión y límites de la facultad de decretar contribuciones, habla en estos términos: «The power of taxing the people and their property...essential to the very existence of government and may be legitimably exercised in the objects to which it is applicable to the utmost extent to which the government... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 212 pages
...Maryland, above referred to, rendered almost one hundred years ago. He says : "It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property...to which the government may choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this poiver if found in the structure of the government itself.... | |
 | Ignacio Luis Vallarta - 1881 - 520 pages
...their proporty is essential to tha very existence of goverunient and may he legitimatcly exercised in the objects to which it is applicable to the utmost extent to which the goverument may choose to carry it. Tho ouly security against the abase of this po-rc-er is found in... | |
 | John Robison Cartwright - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 798 pages
...whatsoever within th« district of Columbia inclml s the power of taxing it :" Loughborough v. Blake. (1). "The power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government :" SfcOuUoch v. Maryland (2). This taxing power is an essential attribute of sovereignty, and can only... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 1288 pages
...advanced. Iu SfcOitlhch v. Tlir. Slate «f Maryland (4 Wheat., 428) this court say: " It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of eov crumcnt, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it Inapplicable, totiie inmost... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Law - 1883 - 626 pages
...against unwise legislation." In another case, the same eminent judge remarks : " It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property...utmost extent to which the Government may choose to camit. The only security against the abuse of this power in found in the structure of the Government... | |
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