Report of the Commissioners Appointed by the Governor Under Authority of a Joint Resolution of the Two Houses of the Legislature of the State of New York: Passed April 26, 1870, to Revise the Laws for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes |
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Page 94 - A nation within whose territory any personal property is actually situate has an entire dominion over it while therein, in point of sovereignty and jurisdiction, as it has over immovable property situate there.
Page 127 - The list of any person need not include any property situated in another state, when it can be made satisfactorily to appear to the assessors that the same is fully assessed and taxed in such state, to the same extent as other like property owned by its citizens ; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to moneys loaned by residents of this state to any party out of this state, as money at interest...
Page 139 - States ; hence a uniform tax imposed by a State on all sales made in it, whether they be made by its own citizens or the citizens of some other State, and whether the goods sold are the produce of the State enacting the law, or of some other State, is valid.
Page 131 - The necessary consequence is, that goods and chattels actually within this State are not here in any legal sense, or for any legal purpose, if the owner resides abroad. They cannot be taxed here, because they are with the owner who is a citizen or subject of some foreign State. On the same ground...
Page 148 - States, shall be assessed and taxed on the value of their shares of stock therein; said shares shall be included in the valuation of the personal property of such stockholders in the assessment of taxes in the tax district where such bank or banking association is located, and not elsewhere, whether the said stockholders reside in said tax district or not.
Page 102 - The establishment of that great thoroughfare is regarded as a public work, established by public authority, intended for the public use and benefit, the use of which is secured to the whole community, and constitutes, therefore, like a canal, turnpike or highway, a public easement.
Page 136 - foreign security" means and includes every security for money by or on behalf of any foreign or colonial state, government, municipal body, corporation, or company, bearing date or signed after the...
Page 28 - ... at the sums which a majority of the assessors have decided to be the full and true value thereof, and at which they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor...
Page 92 - Every person shall be assessed in the town or ward where he resides when the assessment is made for all personal estate owned by him...
Page 45 - ... contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each and every person named in such roll, over and above the amount of debts due from such persons respectively, and excluding...