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  2. Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] Section 16 was located near the center of the township. (For states surveyed under the federal rectangular system, survey townships and civil townships usually have the same boundaries, but there are many exceptions.) [18] Section 36 was also subsequently added as a school section in western states. The various states and counties ...

  3. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    Section 36 was also subsequently added as a school section in western states. [9] The various states and counties ignored, altered or amended this provision in their own ways, but the general (intended) effect was a guarantee that local schools would have an income and that the community schoolhouses would be centrally located for all children.

  4. Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Union Pacific Railroad, 240 U.S. 1 (1916), the Supreme Court ruled that (1) the Sixteenth Amendment removes the Pollock requirement that certain income taxes (such as taxes on income "derived from real property" that were the subject of the Pollock decision), be apportioned among the states according to population; [55] (2) the federal income ...

  5. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    State and federal inheritance taxes began after 1900, while the states (but not the federal government) began collecting sales taxes in the 1930s. The United States imposed income taxes briefly during the Civil War and the 1890s. In 1913, the 16th Amendment was ratified, however, the United States Constitution Article 1, Section 9 defines a ...

  6. Title 36 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    The United States Code is the official compilation of the Federal laws of a general and permanent nature that are currently in force. Title 36 cover, "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations."

  7. Title 2 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 36 - Patriotic Societies and Observances; Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services; Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits; Title 39 - Postal Service; Title 40 - Public Buildings, Properties, and Works; Title 41 - Public Contracts; Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare; Title 43 - Public Lands; Title 44 - Public Printing and ...

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    02/14 Pay Pals. A look at CEO salaries and boards of directors of Fortune 100 companies. 02/14 Sochi Olympics Results. Schedule, medal table, and individual results ...

  9. Equalization payments in Canada - Wikipedia

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    A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).