Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some future date, it is the intention of the University to clean out the Plympton Street region altogether and to erect college buildings there, but this involves taking the land out of reach of the city tax assessors, and other problems that will make such a project impractical for many years...
...expect "cheaper" money for some months. Last week the Treasury made public the fact that it was considering the plan of selling non-interest-bearing Treasury bills. These securities would be offered to the public not quarterly but as the Government needed money. They would fall due at income tax dates or other times when the Government expected to be able to pay them off. They would have to be sold below par and the difference between the purchase and redemption values would constitute the interest yield. This system is now used by the British Government and it is believed...
Last week the U. S. Board of Tax Appeals noted that the League aims "to enlist the support and co-operation of legal advisers, statesmen and legislators in effecting the lawful repeal and amendment of State and Federal statutes which deal with the prevention of conception." Such activity is not reprehensible, in the tax board's opinion, but neither is it charitable, scientific or educational. Hence Mr. Slee must pay taxes on at least part of his League donations...
...requirements, hoards of incoming Freshmen are turned over to the German Department to be equipped in a year or two with the reading knowledge of German necessary for the degree requirements and the demands of study in an important language of science. To accomplish this work is a heavy tax on, both the university officials and the student body. Men are kept back from advanced study until they possess the necessary key to unlock the storehouse of much knowledge. Considerable time, as well, is spent in elementary work that might better be done in lower schools where the mental discipline...
...Tax Power", Professor Holcombe, New Lecture Hall...