JB/034/117/001

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1823. August 14
Constitutional Code

The expence of the Assessor while in waiting shall it be borne
by the individual or by the public? On the individual the burthen
would be intolerable and needless: by the whole public the benefit is
reaped by the whole public ought the benefit to be borne. For
functionaries of this class taken separately, the pay necessary will
be to the lowest amount: nothing is there that could render it worth regard
but the number of them those whose services are thus put in requisition.

The p bulk of the population being in almost every country
composed of the lowest paid day-labourers it will be composed of
those by to whom any casual deduction from their means of subsistence
would be most irksome and be with the most difficult
of endurance: the pay ought should therefore be somewhat greater
than that of the lowest paid day labourer: say for example
twice as much. Thus much for the Assessor taken from the
more numerous class.

In the case of the Assessor taken from the more erudite
class the quantum it should seem should not be exceeded.
By no addition that could be made to it could any degree
of proportionality – of equality be maintained: on this plan
of encrease, it would require to encrease with the amount
of income. But to this mode of encrease the objection seems a peremptory
one: to the individuals in question publication of income would in general be
nor could any correctness be given to the fixation without such an enquiry as could be the equivalent of a lawsuit. Nor to the more numerous
class would any such gradation appear consistent with
justice. In comparison with those whose pecuniary circumstance that of the more numerous class
the condition of those members of the more erudite class would on
the face of the account be seen to be in the same proportion
more prosperous: the be general mass of benefit derived from the government
so much the greater: and proportioned to the benefit
should therefore by the burthen as justice and equality are obviously contraserved.

Identifier: | JB/034/117/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 34.
Date_1	1823-08-14	Marginal Summary Numbering	23-25
Box	034	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	117	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d8 / e8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	10391
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