Report of the Tax Commissioner for Biennial Period ... to His Excellency, the Governor ...

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Page 40 - ... for not less than ten years prior to such transfer stood in the mutually acknowledged relation of a parent, provided, however, such relationship began at or before the child's fifteenth birthday and was continuous for said ten years thereafter...
Page 52 - All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.
Page 39 - transfer " as used in this act shall be taken to include the passing of property or any interest therein in possession or enjoyment, present or future, by inheritance, descent, devise, bequest, grant, deed, bargain, sale or gift in the manner herein prescribed. The words
Page 50 - A tax, in its essential characteristics," said the court, " is not a debt, nor in the nature of a debt. A tax is an impost levied by authority of government upon its citizens or subjects for the support of the State. It is not founded on contract or agreement. It operates in invitum. A debt is a sum of money due by certain and express agreement.
Page 40 - Exceptions , , . * . , ., . ,. ,,_ and limitations. passes by any such transfer to or for the use of any father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of a son or the husband of a daughter...
Page 39 - When the transfer is by will or intestate law, of property within the state, and the decedent was a nonresident of the state at the time of his death.
Page 35 - That all men when they form a social compact, /' are equal in rights; and that no man, or set of men are entitled to exclusive public emoluments or privileges from the community.
Page 39 - When the transfer is of intangible property, or of tangible property within the state, made by a resident, or of tangible property within the state made by a nonresident, by deed, grant, bargain, sale, or gift, made...
Page 39 - A tax shall be and is hereby imposed upon the transfer of any property, real or personal...
Page 39 - When the transfer is by will or by the intestate laws of this state from any person dying seized or possessed of the property while a resident of the state.

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