 The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.  The Pamphleteer - Page 1571826Full view - About this book
 | Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 pages
...be certain. — The time of payment, the manner of pay-r rnent, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other pcrfon. — "Where it isotherwije, every perfon fulijcft to the tax is put more or lefs in the power... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pages
...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every...or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation,... | |
 | 1811 - 858 pages
...not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perlon. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 520 pages
...the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contrir butor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise,...or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation,... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 860 pages
...not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 668 pages
...and not arbitrary; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person " Where it is otherwise, (Dr. Smith very truly observes,) every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of... | |
 | John Wade - 1832 - 730 pages
...certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. When it is otherwise, the tax-payer is put more or less in the power of the tax gatherer, who can either... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - 1833 - 396 pages
...is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. " III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be... | |
 | Benjamin Sayer - 1833 - 502 pages
...not arbitrary. The time of payment, the man" ner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought all to be " clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. 3rd. " Every Tax ought to be levied at the time or in the " manner in which it is most likely to be... | |
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