Taxation in Massachusetts: A Treatise on the Assessment and Collection of Taxes, Excises and Special Assessments Under the Laws of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsFinancial Publishing Company, 1922 - 821 pages |
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... valid exercise if such construction is reasonably possible . " If the legislature has power to prohibit a certain act al- together it may establish a pecuniary imposition upon its per- formance intended as a substantial prohibition or ...
... valid exercise if such construction is reasonably possible . " If the legislature has power to prohibit a certain act al- together it may establish a pecuniary imposition upon its per- formance intended as a substantial prohibition or ...
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... valid which authorizes an executive officer to suspend certain provisions of the tax laws upon a contingency and to declare when such con- tingency has occurred . The power of collecting taxes may also be constitutionally delegated and ...
... valid which authorizes an executive officer to suspend certain provisions of the tax laws upon a contingency and to declare when such con- tingency has occurred . The power of collecting taxes may also be constitutionally delegated and ...
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... valid.13 15. Impairment of the Obligation of Contracts The constitution of the United States provides in Article I , Section 10 , that no state shall pass any law impairing the obliga- tion of contracts . This provision affects and ...
... valid.13 15. Impairment of the Obligation of Contracts The constitution of the United States provides in Article I , Section 10 , that no state shall pass any law impairing the obliga- tion of contracts . This provision affects and ...
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... valid con- tract even if made for a valuable consideration unless it was out- side the constitutional limitations.1 ... validity of an exemption granted before the provision was adopted , Dodge v . Woolsey , 18 How . 331 ( 1885 ) ; Home ...
... valid con- tract even if made for a valuable consideration unless it was out- side the constitutional limitations.1 ... validity of an exemption granted before the provision was adopted , Dodge v . Woolsey , 18 How . 331 ( 1885 ) ; Home ...
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... valid though applied to one whose sole business is in foreign bills of exchange . Nathan v . Louisiana , 8 How . 80 ( 1850 ) . A tax on the transfer within a state of shares in corporations may be applied to shares in foreign ...
... valid though applied to one whose sole business is in foreign bills of exchange . Nathan v . Louisiana , 8 How . 80 ( 1850 ) . A tax on the transfer within a state of shares in corporations may be applied to shares in foreign ...
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Popular passages
Page 198 - A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government.
Page 54 - must be reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.
Page 89 - And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once in every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order.
Page 525 - A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party for a consideration promises to pay money or its equivalent, or to do some act of value to the assured, upon the destruction or injury of something in which the other party has an interest.
Page 196 - Property of the commonwealth, except real estate of which the commonwealth is in possession under a mortgage for condition broken...
Page 470 - Income accumulated in trust for the benefit of unborn or unascertained persons or persons with contingent interests, and income accumulated or held for future distribution under the terms of the will or trust...
Page 628 - ... made or Intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor...
Page 621 - Whenever any person or corporation shall exercise a power of appointment derived from any disposition of property made either before or after the passage of this act, such appointment when made shall be deemed a transfer taxable under the provisions of this act...
Page 621 - ... in the same manner as though the property to which such appointment relates belonged absolutely to the donee of such power and had been bequeathed or devised by such donee by will...