capitation tax

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Every male child was registered as soon as born; at 18 he began to pay the capitation tax; and at 80 was entitled to a pension.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

If there was error on this account it was to a very limited extent, as every subsequent census has agreed with the first, although the notion of a capitation tax has entirely died out.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

Provision was made for the capitation tax in the Constitution of 1867-68.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various

They were to pay tribute—the tithe of their crops, a tax in silver, a capitation tax.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles

During the colonial period and, at times, after the Revolution, Negroes paid a capitation tax.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various