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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Taxation in the District of


In connection with the Mapes Com
mittee report the Public Library calls
attention to the following list of ma
terial on taxation in the District of
Columbia, complied by Miss Ruth
Hubbell OF the reference division, under
the direction Of Miss Ethel A. L. Lacy,
curator of Washingtoniana. All OF the
works cited are available in the Wash
ingtoniana division at the central
building at Eighth and X streets.
Past History.
Report on the Resolution directing them
to inquire into the expediency OF
laying a direct tax upon the District
of Columbia by the United States.
Congress, House, Committee on Ways
and Means. 1915. + HT859 Un303
An early discussion of this impor-
tant subject.
Assessment Of Taxes in the District OF
Columbia, by the United States.
Congress, House, Select Committee
to Investigate Tax Assessments in
the District of Columbia 1892
HT859 Un304.
Tax on land only recommended by
taxpayers, but modified by the COM
mittee.
Congress and the District of Columbia,
by Hallet Kilbourn. 1897. +HTL.-
K557o.
Against the $3.50 plan of taxation
in the District.
Finances Of the National Capital Part
nerShip, by T. w. Noyes. 1910.
+HTs59W .Ns7.
I'm view of the peculiar disabilities
under which this District of Columbia
labors, its tax Is harder to meet than
that OF the average American COM
munity."
Report on Assessment and Taxation of
Real Estate in the District of Co.
lumbia. United States, Congress,
House. Committee on the District
of Columbia. 1912. r HTE. .Un30.
tSixty-second Congress. Second ses-
sion. House. Report l2l5.)
The George report recommending
certain administrative and legislative
changes to equalize assessments and
taxes,
Taxation Made Interesting, by w. I.
Swanton. 1914. CPamphlet)
"A description of the taxation and
assessment conditions in the District
of Columbia, Illustrated by charts and
diagrams, based on official reports"
Assessment and Taxation in the Dis
trict OF Columbia and the Fiscal
Relation to the Federal Govern
ment, by H. J. Browne. 1915.
+ tHT859. .B8l5
Favors decrease In the Federal
Governments contribution and an in
crease in District taxes.
Distr{,f -
Relations With the United States
Government, by the Tax Reform
Association of the District of Co.
1umbia 1915. +HT85s TIC.
Contains recommendations for
changes in the fiscal system. including
exemption of improvements from tax
alton.
Fiscal Relations Between the United
States and the District of Column
bia, by the Joint Citizens Com
mittee of the District of Columbia.
1915. tHT85s D636i
The findings of the committee are to
the effect that Washington Is heavily
taxed.
Report of the Joint Select Committee
of the Congress of the United
States Pursuant to Public Act 26B
2v. 1915. +HT859 Un30f. (Sen-
ate Document 247. Sixty-fourth
Congress First session.
Discusses in detail the fiscal rela-
tions between the United States and
the District of Columbia.
Fiscal Relation Between the United
States and the District of Column
bia, by +: W. Noyes. 1915.
EHT859 N873f. Extract from
Senate Document 247. Sixty-fourth
Congress. First session.
A statement of the proper proportion
of the expenses Of the District OF Co
lumbia government to be borne by the
District and the United States.
Recent Trends.
Is Present Fiscal Advancement Fair to
District? Congressional Digest.
6:346-34s. December, 1927.
A debate between MIR. Ross A. Col
Inns (pro) and Mr.. Sidney F. Talia-
ferro (con).
Fiscal Relations With the District of
Columbia, by r. G. Simmons.
1928. i HT85s .si4e. (seyentieth
Congress. First session. House
Document 330)
This document supports the theory
that "the property of Washington Is not
overtaxed and that the United States
has been, is now. and will continue to
deal Justly and literally by the people
Of thu Capital City"
Taxation in the District of Columbia
Speech of Hon. L. C. Phipps OF
Colorado in the Senate OF the
United states. March 28, 1928.
A discussion OF the dangerous tend
ency toward reduction of the Federal
contribution to the District.
Fiscal Relations With the District of
Columbia. Mapes Committee Re-
port. 1891. + HT859 Un305. (Sev-
enty-second Congress. First ses-
, sion. Report No. l0
The Mapes Committee report now be-
fore Congress favoring decrease In