Word: taxed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brown freshmen took a very decisive way of paying the expenses of their nine by levying a base-ball tax of three dollars on every member of the class...
...general run of French students, and, passing their examinations more successfully in consequence, reap the legitimate reward of their industry and application. Their French colleagues, however, contend that the positions in hospitals obtainable by successful competitors in examinations ought to be reserved for Frenchmen-for those who "pay taxes; the blood tax above all." They would not go so far as to demand the exclusion of foreigners from the various lectures or courses, but they would like to see them denied the privilege of taking part in the competitive examinations. -[N. Y. Post...
...assessment of 50c. per member would pay for these innovations, and no one interested in tennis ought to object to such a tax...
...dependent for support upon parents or friends in another district are not qualified to vote in Cambridge. But students who support themselves or are independent in fortune can become citizens of Cambridge by having their property assessed, (but no person's property assessed at less than $2000 is taxed.) They can vote upon the payment of a poll tax of two dollars, provided the above assessment has taken place before the 15th of September...
...reported that the faculty want to tax the athletic association five dollars for every game played on the University grounds.-[Princetonian...