laying taxes
Example Sentences
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Taxation, the act of laying taxes, is regarded as the highest function of government.
From Elements of Civil Government by Alexander L. Peterman
It is not true, because the exigencies of the Union may not be susceptible of limitation, that its power of laying taxes ought to be unconfined.
From The Federalist Papers by James Madison
In them the Virginians declared that they were not subject to Acts of Parliament laying taxes or interfering in the internal affairs of Virginia.
From A Short History of the United States by Edward Channing
Each colony in time developed its own legislature elected by the voters; it grew accustomed to making laws and laying taxes for itself.
From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard
One of these resolutions declared that the General Assembly of the colony had the sole right and power of laying taxes in the colony.
From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
