 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...individual is bound to pay aught n8 to 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... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1811 - 860 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...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... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought tfc be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...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... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 532 pages
...bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, thq quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain...other perfon. Where it is otherwife, every perfon fubject to the tax is put more or lefs in the power of the taxgatherer, who can either aggravate the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bouiid to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...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... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...that is, in proportion 'to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every person. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1827 - 542 pages
...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation. IV. The tax which every individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and...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... | |
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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. 
