A Treatise on the Power of Special TaxationThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2004 - 389 halaman Ess, Henry N. A Treatise on the Power of Special Taxation: A Critical Analysis of Special Taxes for Local and Public Improvements, Considered with Reference to the Constitution, State and Federal, and the Restrictions Therein Contained. Kansas City: Pipes-Reed Book Co., 1907. x, 389 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-411-8. Cloth. $95. * Ess [b. 1840] warns that the power of local authorities to tax real estate to fund public improvements is a threat because it is nearly boundless. Marshalling an impressive array of contemporary cases, and historical examples from Magna Carta to the present, Ess assails the law: "The unlimited power of the English Parliament should not have been given to our city councils.... The public work contracted to be done may be ruinous to the property taxed and to the property-owner, yet the tax-bills issued for doing this injury are sacred constitutional obligations and valid to all intents and purposes in the hands of the original wrongdoer. Our state constitutions rival the constitution of Hell and far exceed it in iniquity.": Preface, v, ix. |
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... question the enforcement of such unrighteous laws and ordinances . The vilest epithets known to the language are applied to them . Those who favor the iniquitous system are enterprising ; they are public spirited ; they aim to ac ...
... question the enforcement of such unrighteous laws and ordinances . The vilest epithets known to the language are applied to them . Those who favor the iniquitous system are enterprising ; they are public spirited ; they aim to ac ...
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... question that has been argued before us upon this record , and the only one that we have consid- ered is , whether it is competent for the Legislature to confer upon the city of Weston authority to tax , for lo- cal purposes land ...
... question that has been argued before us upon this record , and the only one that we have consid- ered is , whether it is competent for the Legislature to confer upon the city of Weston authority to tax , for lo- cal purposes land ...
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... question is , " Is the authority to tax prohibited ? " When the county , city , town , village , or other municipal author- ity taxes , the question is " Is the authority given ? " In this case the court recognized the validity of a ...
... question is , " Is the authority to tax prohibited ? " When the county , city , town , village , or other municipal author- ity taxes , the question is " Is the authority given ? " In this case the court recognized the validity of a ...
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... question to the courts of Kansas and place their decision on the second ground or proposition . That proposition ( p . 659 ) is " that the act authorizes the towns and other municipalities to which it applies , by issuing bonds or ...
... question to the courts of Kansas and place their decision on the second ground or proposition . That proposition ( p . 659 ) is " that the act authorizes the towns and other municipalities to which it applies , by issuing bonds or ...
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... question , which it raises difficult of solu- tion . " After observing that in general if a municipal cor- poration contract a debt , it must be paid by general taxation , and if the corporation can not tax for the pur- pose it can not ...
... question , which it raises difficult of solu- tion . " After observing that in general if a municipal cor- poration contract a debt , it must be paid by general taxation , and if the corporation can not tax for the pur- pose it can not ...
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Theories of Taxation | 84 |
Power of Taxation a Part of Sovereignty | 131 |
Power of Government as to Property Benefits and Damages | 155 |
Changes in Judicial Rulings | 169 |
Some Comparisons | 250 |
Further Changes | 260 |
ResultsInconsistencies | 277 |
Existing State of Constitutional Law and Rem edies Proposed | 291 |
Reasons which Prevent Judicial Interference | 315 |
Conclusion | 359 |
Table of Cases | 377 |
Index | 385 |
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Halaman 82 - This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed. A close and literal construction deprives them of half their efficacy, and leads to gradual depreciation of the right, as if it consisted more in sound than in substance. It is the duty of the courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy encroachments thereon.
Halaman 305 - That it thus reduces to nothing what we have deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions — a written constitution — would of itself be sufficient, in America, where written constitutions have been viewed with so much reverence, for rejecting the construction.
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