A TREATISE ON THE POWER OF SPECIAL TAXATION A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL TAXES FOR LOCAL AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION, STATE AND FEDERAL, AND THE RESTRIC TIONS THEREIN CONTAINED BY HENRY N. ESS of the Missouri KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. LELAND STANTO ΤΟ JOHN H. LATHROP, SOMETIME PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, MY NOBLE AND DISINTERESTED PRECEPTOR; FRIEND AND COUNSELOR IN EARLY LIFE WHILE I WAS A POOR COUNTRY BOY, IN MEMORY OF THE PRICELESS SERVICES HE RENDERED FRIEND AND COUNSELOR IN MY LIFE WORK, TABLE OF CONTENTS. ...... ..... 1 18 53 CHAPTER 1.-Restraints Implied from the Nature of Free Gov- CHAPTER 2.-Local Taxation in Connection with the Exer- Icise of the Power of Eminent Domain CHAPTER 3.-Personal Liability for a Local Tax CHAPTER 4.-Effect of the Decision in City of St. Louis to use of Seibert v. Allen, 53 Mo. 44 CHAPTER 5.-Theories of Taxation CHAPTER 6.-Power of Taxation a Part of Sovereignty ...... 131 ...... 84 ..... ...... |