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<DATE>2014-08-12</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140639.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="G">816.m.14[42]</STC>
<STC T="C">R224793</STC>
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<HEAD>A PROPOSAL to rai&s;e more equal|ly, a certain Sum, than what can be ex|pected from a Duty of <HI>12 l. per</HI> Tun, upon all Wines in Merchants and Retail|ers Hands.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. THAT a Tax be laid, either upon Soap or Candles, for every Family to pay to the King &s;ix Pence <HI>per</HI> Pound, according to the Rent of their Hou&s;es.</P>
<P N="2">II. That all Lodgers that Rent any Rooms or Cham|bers by the Quarter, or for any longer Time, or &s;hall continue above a Quarter of a Year at any one Place, &s;hall pay the &s;aid &s;ix Pence <HI>per</HI> Pound, according to their Rent.</P>
<P N="3">III. That all Cottages, under 3 <HI>l. per annum,</HI> &s;hall be exempted.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That all Families that pay no Rent, but dwell in their own Hou&s;es, their Hou&s;es &s;hall be moderately rated according to others.</P>
<P>This Tax will fall equal upon all Men in general, and may ea&s;ily be collected Quarterly, with a &s;mall Charge to the King, by the &s;ame A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Re|ceivers that are appointed for other Taxes, and may very well be laid in lieu of the Wine; for it will, by a mode&s;t Computation, bring in about Two hundred and and fifty thou&s;and Pound <HI>per annum,</HI> to the Hurt of no body, whereas that upon the Wines, will prove, cer|tainly the De&s;truction of that Trade; for it will le&s;&s;en the Con&s;umption extreamly, which will be the Ruine of &s;everal Merchants, and a great Number of Vintners, and will fall very hard upon the&s;e, as Coopers, Car|men, and Porters, and le&s;&s;en con&s;iderably our Shipping and Navigation, and the exporting of our own Manu|factures.</P>
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