laying taxes
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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
Such has been the progress of sedition, that those who, a few years ago, disputed only our right of laying taxes, now question the validity of every act of legislation.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson
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
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
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
