 | 1842 - 530 pages
...omission. I. 'The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards 1he support of the governme nt as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.' II. ' The tax which each indiv idual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitt ary.... | |
 | 1842 - 528 pages
...subjects of every state ought to contribute to""rds (he support of the government as nearly as possible 10 proportion to their respective abilities; that is,...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.' II-'The tax which each individual is bound to pay <"i?ht to be certain, and not arbitrary.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 540 pages
...as proceeding from an authority so high that not to notice them might be accounted an omission. I. 'The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...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.... | |
 | Luke James Hansard - 1843 - 398 pages
...certainly, but which would be found to be eminently inefficacious if tried by experience ; it is this: " The subjects of every state " ought to contribute towards the support of the Gov" ernment, as nearly as possible in proportion to their " respective abilities; that is, in proportion... | |
 | Banks and banking - 1876 - 1102 pages
...pay the premium for that insurance, in the shape of taxes. Heneo the maxim that " The VOb. XTXVI. 31 subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...Government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to fe.r respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under... | |
 | Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. Parliamentary Committee - Ireland - 1845 - 538 pages
...taxation ; and though they may be sometimes unattainable, yet the}- are always desirable : — " I. ' The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...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.... | |
 | Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives - Florida - 1852 - 1210 pages
...his able report, (and to which sage maxim we presume not to demur,) " that the subjects [citizens] of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible according to their respective abilities ;" and considering that the ability of a citizen to contribute... | |
 | University magazine - 1845 - 776 pages
...improvements from his succijsors. We extract them from Mr. M'Culloch's work, p. 17. fïrtt Maxim :— " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the Gofernment, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1848 - 602 pages
...II',-,tHli of Nationt, book v. ch. U. VOL. ii. 30 " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1848 - 744 pages
...confirm the view which the present and all preceding Governments have taken of it. Adam Smith says — "The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities." There Gentlemen are accustomed to stop, but the writer proceeds — " That is, in proportion to the... | |
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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... 
