 | 1831 - 202 pages
...party. Ed. Politirian's Cmfc. TAXATION. 1st. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities. 2nd. The Tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain. 3rd. Every Tax ought to be... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...citizens of every State ' ought to contribute to the support of government, as nearly 'as p issible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, ' in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the ' protection of the State." In other words, taxation and protection... | |
 | Law - 1831 - 446 pages
...Dr. Adam Smith in his " Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," viz., that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of goverument in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...from being supplied by increased consumption in the proportion experienced by their predecessors. III. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of Principles of Political Economy, 2nd Edit. p. '493. government to individuals... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...accomplish. Dr Adam Smith, among the rules which he lays down for the imposition of taxes, says, that the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; and that every tax ought to be levied at the time, and in the manner in which it is most likely to... | |
 | 1832 - 540 pages
...Smith, in his givat work, is " that the citizens of every State ' ought to contribute to the support of government, as nearly ' as possible in proportion...abilities; that is, ' in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the ' protection of the State." In other words, ta vat ion and protection... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1847 - 892 pages
...almost all the principles of taxation so admiraWy laid down by Adam Smith, to the effect — 1st, That the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities — that is, in proportion... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - Constitutional law - 1833 - 404 pages
...maxims as he calls them;" I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of government, as nearly as possible in proportion to...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. " II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary.... | |
 | Benjamin Sayer - Income tax - 1833 - 462 pages
...less to the attention of all Nations." These Maxims, as stated by that Writer, are as follows. 1st. " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...support of the Government as nearly as possible in propor" tion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the '' Revenue which they respectively... | |
 | Benjamin Sayer - Income tax - 1833 - 502 pages
...less to the attention of all Nations." These Maxims, as stated by that Writer, are as follows. 1st. " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards " the support of the Government as nearly as possibje in propor" tion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the '' Revenue which... | |
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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... 
