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
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
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
What did Patrick Henry mean by saying that the General Assembly of Virginia, and only the General Assembly of Virginia had the right and the power of laying taxes upon the people of that colony?
From Stories of Later American History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
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