Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Expediency of Revising and Amending the Laws Relating to Taxation and Exemption Therefrom. January, 1875, Том 1Wright & Potter, 1875 - 577 страница |
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... towns and cities . There are also minor municipal corporations , as school districts and fire districts with territorial ... town or city , are availed of in order to apportion the burden of raising the revenue and of facili- tating its ...
... towns and cities . There are also minor municipal corporations , as school districts and fire districts with territorial ... town or city , are availed of in order to apportion the burden of raising the revenue and of facili- tating its ...
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... town , in open meeting of its inhabitants , and the city , through its city government , appropriate money for authorized purposes , and vote to raise it by tax . Such votes are certified to assessors , chosen by the towns and cities ...
... town , in open meeting of its inhabitants , and the city , through its city government , appropriate money for authorized purposes , and vote to raise it by tax . Such votes are certified to assessors , chosen by the towns and cities ...
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... cities and towns has reached an amount that is out of proportion to their present re- sources , and , if ... town , and almost every lesser municipality , into debt , ought to be ... city government . The poll 12 [ Jan. ASSESSMENT OF TAXES .
... cities and towns has reached an amount that is out of proportion to their present re- sources , and , if ... town , and almost every lesser municipality , into debt , ought to be ... city government . The poll 12 [ Jan. ASSESSMENT OF TAXES .
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Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875. choice of members of the city government . The poll - tax being limited to two dollars , the voter who has nothing else to pay , does not feel the burden of his vote for a new town hall ...
Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875. choice of members of the city government . The poll - tax being limited to two dollars , the voter who has nothing else to pay , does not feel the burden of his vote for a new town hall ...
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... city cannot throw his ballot directly for or against any certain scheme , yet his power to elect or reject the city officers by whom appropriations are ordered , is hardly inferior to the direct vote cast by a citizen of a town ; and ...
... city cannot throw his ballot directly for or against any certain scheme , yet his power to elect or reject the city officers by whom appropriations are ordered , is hardly inferior to the direct vote cast by a citizen of a town ; and ...
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