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... ever. The efforts to enforce the provisions of the Statutes of Laborers had undoubtedly produced much friction between the landlords and their employees. A new form of taxation also caused much irritation. A general poll tax, which was to be paid by every one above sixteen years of age, was established in 1379 and another one in the following year to meet the expenses of the hopeless French war which was now being conducted by incapable ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... several kind of taxes collected for the benefit of the county, town, city and state, viz.: Poll tax, ...

— Citizenship - A Manual for Voters • Emma Guy Cromwell

... considered as productive sources of revenue, is a reason peculiar to itself, for not abridging the discretion of the national councils in this respect. There may exist certain critical and tempestuous conjunctures of the State, in which a poll tax may become an inestimable resource. And as I know nothing to exempt this portion of the globe from the common calamities that have befallen other parts of it, I acknowledge my aversion to every project that is calculated to disarm the government of a single weapon, ...

— The Federalist Papers • Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

... the thought of paying taxes to such masters was almost unbearable. Yet each adult Jewish man and woman was required to pay a personal or poll tax besides taxes on his property or income. To make matters worse, the Romans were accustomed to hire Jews to collect these taxes, giving these men the right to extort whatever they could, provided the required tribute was paid ...

— Hebrew Life and Times • Harold B. Hunting

Words linked to "Poll tax" : capitation