capitation tax

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No capitation tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census herein before directed to be taken.

From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

Almost at the outbreak of the Civil War it also gave the king a graduated capitation tax.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

If there was error on this account it was to a very limited extent, as every subsequent census has agreed with the first, although the notion of a capitation tax has entirely died out.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

Up to 1671, all Creoles, Mulattoes, free Negroes, etc., paid a capitation tax.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

The same edict proclaimed likewise the abolition of the jizy�, a capitation tax imposed by the Afgh�n rulers of India upon those subjects who did not follow the faith of Muhammad.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce