New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-22
Taxes In Germany.

Beside the eXaction OF three years to serve IN
the landwehr or militia, and forty days drlll every
wear afterward each man in Germany is subject
to personal tax Mr.. Laing, in his late work on
the +" Social State of Europe describes TINS sys'
tenn of taxation as follows -" The k0PtSteuer,
head.tax. or uotax on each individual OF the
working class, is very oppressive direct lax
The working people are divided, for taxation, INTO
five six classes each individual paying Pou
tax higher or lower according the class IN which
the tax gathercr assessor thinks proper to place
him. In Hanover, for instance, tho tag on the day
aborer of the lowest class is dollar tequal to
as. ID per annum, payableby lnstalments month
y; and in this class fifteen days wages, or
about per cent of his average income, is fixed
as the maximum Of tax any individual The
tax on the highest class OF working people is five
dollars 23s. ADJ, while in the lowest it is one dol
lar. This is the system, with some variation in the
classes andrates OF tax III each class on which the
poltax or kOPtSteuer is levied in most parts of Ger
many. a trade tax, orgecer6Stner, being kind OF
ncometax onthe supposed profits ofthe tradesman
in every handicrat or branch of industry, and also
a icense-taX to exercise the trade q journeyman-
tax levied on the class OF journeyman according
to their earnings 8 shOp-taX, or license to open
shop-are direct taxes on the continent working
unknown to the workngman in social
state. In civil well in military arrange.
ments Prussia has been the model OF almost all the
other states OF Germany. Her institution OF the
landwehr shows the pressure of this semi military
state of civilization and welbeing. and her tinan-
cial arrangements shows the pressure upon the
common man of her other direct taxes on the peo
pie. In Prussia by cabinet order Of the 9TH Au-
gust 1920, the taxes payable to the state were ar
ranged and established under the following heads:
list Duties and consumption taxes on foreign
goods; I'd, The salt tax 81, The stamptax; M,
The tax on trades; 5th, The land tax 9Th, The
taxes on homemade spirits, malt, homemade
wines, tobacco leaves of home growth Uh, The
tax on meal and meat mani and schldcht Steur
literally grinding and Strengthening taxi
and 8th, A class tax, where the mahl and
schlacht taxes are not levied. The land.
tax was fixed by this edict at onef fifth
OF the clear annual produce OF the land; but the
domain lands OF the Crown, and those OF the priv
LEGGED Mobiles to pay one sixth only. The
taxable population and the rates to be levied are
divided into four casses:-lst Certain large cities,
in number; I'd. Certain small towns, lJ2 III
number; 3D. All towns with more than 800 IN
habtants, and not included i'll the other two lists
4th All other small towns, and the country. The
cass-tax ia not levied in those places subject 10
the meal and meat tax which exemption IN
Guides the 8 cities and 1872 towns named IN the
first and second lists. The casstaz IS levied by
division OF the people into SIX classes Inc ISL
class pays monthly for a whole household, tour tina
lers about lis Cd sterling or for single person,
two thalers about IS ~ sterlingl The interne
date classes between the highest and the lowest,
paw proportionally less The 9Th class pays 4gros-
chen about 5 3d sterIingj for whole householdper
month; or two groschen iab0nt 2ld sterllng Tor
single person and the Gth class, the lowest, pays
one eroschen about Id sterlingl per month for
each person; but in this lowest class only three
individuals in the same family can be charged with
the tax These personal taxes have to be paid
within the first eight days OF each month; and ex-
ecution on the property insues on onpayment OF
the tax after three days notice OF aTrear, and I'M
prigonment also for the debt The meal and meat
tax includes all corn kinds OF grain, beans peas
&c. The 100 ID oil wheat pays SIX groschen iao0ut
SD sterling; and no quantity under 100 ID can DC
ground. The meattax is one tbaler tap9u. 90
lid sterlingi for 100 lbs of meat. The ra1e'ts@
(gereYLsteUer) extends over all business tIs
i6g of any kind of goods for sale, ali ha1iIfatL"
or,;ed on ,yitb ionrneyInen the trades VI ll'Aiei
- sI,;oroye caring house Keepers, I1fhsi-
~ .-rs ALI. or spirit dealers BAKERS
81 loo4I ~ bntcbers are rated particularly hlgh
as the tax Tax. uey pay [Chambsrs Journal
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,r Iyp1ASAPoLIs, 1.-The LOUIS
GH3 11t,ptey Of the 18th inst. learns that the
Tnfe ~ similar disease, has broken out at In
cnoie srEs Ia and created quite panic among
a. hers of the Convention there assembled
1 rt Get victim was person who arrived from
itad;snn IN the cars, on the 18th, and died that
III ] s. Johnson, acolored barber, who shaved
he deceased. was next taken, and died IN four
hours, Mr. Van Ben Thuson, Of Shelby Co. la.
The oldest member Of the Convention was also
ettacked and died early on the l4th. Another
man whose name was not known, also died. The
Sergeant at arms 10 the Convention was very i'll
When the cars Left Indianapolis the lth, and
rot expected TO recover. III was thought the Con,
venton would adjonrn Oh the 18th