capitation tax
Example Sentences
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He told me in 1904 that he held under his control 9,600 persons, from 1,700 of whom he collected capitation tax for the American authorities.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
The Christians are to be allowed to hold landed property; the capitation tax is to be abolished—for they are actually contending for the abolition of that which the hon.
From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by John Bright
Utterly ignorant of the political relations between Mexico and Yucatan, they came in from their ranchos and milpas under a promise by General Iman that their capitation tax should be remitted.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
They were exempted from the capitation tax or personal tribute.
From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. A. (Rudolph Adams) Van Middeldyk
Whilst he abolished the capitation tax on Hindus and the tax upon Hindu pilgrims, he forbade infant marriages and, short of absolute prohibition, did all he could to discountenance the self-immolation of Hindu widows.
From India, Old and New by Sir Valentine Chirol
