JB/150/452/001

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Page 12. p.1 Class 12thCarts [For every such Carriage] In In this is the
the present case, the class of a persons here in principally in view
are a class of Itinerant Purchasers of second -
- hand goods of all sorts, who travel upon up
and down the country for this purpose, and are
to in comparison of the stationary and shopkeeping
Purchasers or what of such goods, arewhat
Hawkers and Pedlars are in comparison of ordinary Shopkeepers.
In all taxes upon trade, the thing
to be desiredwishedis that the tax should run on in
proportion to the extent of a man's trade, that
is in proportion to the of ability forhis ability to bear the tax.
the bearing of the tax. In most instances
In li this the case of license duties, in
most instances this can not be done: but in
some it may be done, (and this is of the number;
and the case of a little farther
affords neither. In the existing cases of the licence
duties on Strong beer, Malt and Tobacco
and Snuff, this sort of proportion is
condd to be observedalready aimed at:: and and as also in some
degree in the case of Hawkers or Pedlars in
it is observed with as much a degree of accuracyrespect of the Horse and Carriage Licences: and
equal to what is proposed in the present case,
the Hawker who employs Horses paying besides
in addition to the fixed licence of £4, a
duty to the same amount per for every Horse.
[29.G.3.c.26.S.3]

Whether an itinerant purchaser of this
sort has or has not a fixedsettled place of trade, the proposed mode

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Identifier: | JB/150/452/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	13
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	452	Info in main headings field	police bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f24
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	50673
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