capitation tax

The Christians are to be allowed to hold landed property; the capitation tax is to be abolished—for they are actually contending for the abolition of that which the hon.

From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by John Bright

Akin to the tax that has just been described, at least in its nature as a direct impost, is the poll or capitation tax.

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

His eldest son was recognised as his chief assistant, and he, like his father, was exempt from the tribute or capitation tax.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer

Whatever sums come into the public treasury arise from the capitation tax, the duties upon salt, and the tax upon this leaf.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Utterly ignorant of the political relations between Mexico and Yucatan, they came in from their ranchos and milpas under a promise by General Iman that their capitation tax should be remitted.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens