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History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton)

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History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790

Name: History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790
Author: Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton)

Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton)

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for each
  commission signed, and for taxing Bills of cost 2s. 6d. He also seems
  to have enjoyed a share in prizes. About 1715, it became customary to
  grant the deputy governor £20 for his year's service. In 1722, his
  salary was fixed at £30. Like the governor he was frequently granted a
  gratuity, sometimes as large in amount as his salary. In 1736, and
  1744, he is allowed £50 and Douglas states his salary as the same as
  that of the governor. A law of 1721, granted the assistants a salary
  of £10 and the deputies 6s. a day, the latter to be paid by the towns.
  By an act of 1746/7 this law was repealed and these officers remained
  without pay. By law of 1729, the treasurer was given a fixed salary of
  £100 which was doubled two years later. Gratuities were sometimes
  granted for the labor entailed by paper money. He was required to give
  bonds in £20,000. No other officers received a stated salary. The
  payments made to them out of the treasury were sometimes comparatively
  large, those made to the secretary in some instances being from £100
  to £200.

Footnote 102:

  The population at the periods named was as follows, 1730, 17,935;
  1748, 32,773; 1755, 40,414; 1774, 59,707. According to the report made
  by the governor to the Board of Trade in 1740/1 over one hundred and
  twenty vessels were owned by inhabitants of the colony, "all
  constantly employed in trade, some on the coast of Africa, others in
  the neighboring colonies, many in the West Indies, and a few in
  Europe." Accompanying this economic development we find a rapid
  progress in wealth as shown in the great increase of comforts and the
  introduction of luxuries, and a greater diversification of industries.
  Many persons in the middle of the century left personal estates of
  from £1,000 to £2,000 in value aside from all real estate. An
  excellent and detailed account of this development may be found in
  Dorr's Planting and Growth of Providence. R.I. Hist. Tracts, No. 15.

Footnote 103:

  These bills were termed "new tenor" in distinction from the former
  issues or "old tenor." One shilling of new tenor was declared equal to
  four shillings old tenor. Acts and Laws 1744, pp. 226, 230.

Footnote 104:

  At the time of this issue an ounce of silver was declared equal to 6s.
  9d. of the new bills, to 16s. new tenor and 64s. old tenor. Acts and
  Laws 1745-1752, p. 99.

Footnote 105:

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History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton)

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History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790

Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton)

Taxation -- Rhode Island -- History

for each
  commission signed, and for taxing Bills of cost 2s. 6d. He also seems
  to have enjoyed a share in prizes. About 1715, it became customary to
  grant the deputy governor £20 for his year's service. In 1722, his
  salary was fixed at £30. Like the governor he was frequently granted a
  gratuity, sometimes as large in amount as his salary. In 1736, and
  1744, he is allowed £50 and Douglas states his salary as the same as
  that of the governor. A law of 1721, granted the assistants a salary
  of £10 and the deputies 6s. a day, the latter to be paid by the towns.
  By an act of 1746/7 this law was repealed and these officers remained
  without pay. By law of 1729, the treasurer was given a fixed salary of
  £100 which was doubled two years later. Gratuities were sometimes
  granted for the labor entailed by paper money. He was required to give
  bonds in £20,000. No other officers received a stated salary. The
  payments made to them out of the treasury were sometimes comparatively
  large, those made to the secretary in some instances being from £100
  to £200.

Footnote 102:

  The population at the periods named was as follows, 1730, 17,935;
  1748, 32,773; 1755, 40,414; 1774, 59,707. According to the report made
  by the governor to the Board of Trade in 1740/1 over one hundred and
  twenty vessels were owned by inhabitants of the colony, "all
  constantly employed in trade, some on the coast of Africa, others in
  the neighboring colonies, many in the West Indies, and a few in
  Europe." Accompanying this economic development we find a rapid
  progress in wealth as shown in the great increase of comforts and the
  introduction of luxuries, and a greater diversification of industries.
  Many persons in the middle of the century left personal estates of
  from £1,000 to £2,000 in value aside from all real estate. An
  excellent and detailed account of this development may be found in
  Dorr's Planting and Growth of Providence. R.I. Hist. Tracts, No. 15.

Footnote 103:

  These bills were termed "new tenor" in distinction from the former
  issues or "old tenor." One shilling of new tenor was declared equal to
  four shillings old tenor. Acts and Laws 1744, pp. 226, 230.

Footnote 104:

  At the time of this issue an ounce of silver was declared equal to 6s.
  9d. of the new bills, to 16s. new tenor and 64s. old tenor. Acts and
  Laws 1745-1752, p. 99.

Footnote 105:

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History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790

History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790

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