 | 1819 - 660 pages
...found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax the legislature'actg upon itself and upon its constituents. This is in general a sufficient...taxation. The people of a state, therefore, give to then1 government a right of taxing themselves and their property, and as the exigencies of government... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 624 pages
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation." 4 Wheat. 428. It is admitted that land, or other property, granted by the state, becomes liable to... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 740 pages
...abuse of this power, is the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a...people of a state, therefore, give to their government The People v. The Mayor, &c. of Brooklyn. a right of taxing themselves and their property ; and as... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Banks and banking - 1863 - 76 pages
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. This is true. But to what source do we trace this right 3 It is obvious that it is an incident of sovereignty,... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 726 pages
...security against the abuse of the power is the structure of the government itself. In imposing the tax the government acts upon its constituents. This...in general a sufficient security against erroneous or oppressive taxation." The power to tax being without limitation, it results by logical implication... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 588 pages
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is in general a sufficient...against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people, therefore, give to their government a right of taxing themselves and their property ; and, as the exigencies... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1870 - 536 pages
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation." And Professor Pomeroy, in his Treatise on Constitutional Law, says : "These views have never been questioned."... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 524 pages
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation." And Professor Pomeroy, in his Treatise on Constitutional Law, says: "These views have never been questioned."... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 438 pages
...The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the government acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, sufficient security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people of a State, therefore, give... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1896 - 1286 pages
...he continues, is found in the structure of the Government itself. In imposing a tax the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is in general a sufficient security against erroneous and opprcssi\e taxation. a The only consistent argument against this power of the State to tax a childless... | |
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The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a sufficient security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. 
