to be exempt from the payments of
the Las.
2.
was first brought to my
The question notice in September 1848 by Lieutenant Colonel Simmonds of the Ceylon Rifles
of a House in Town
who being the tenant requested exemption from the Tax on plea that he had an
the his orderly from Regiment for his protection, and that
: he was a Military officer. The Attorney-General having been consulted on the subject, was of opinion that Military officers
were liable to the tax in common with other tenants
occupying Houses out of Military boundaries; the Jay was ... consequently paid, and here I had hoped the question would have ended.
3. In consequence however of this opinion of the law officer of the Government,
the Collector, with my full knowledge and concurrence, proceeded to value certain other Houses, the
property of private Individuals, occupied by the Military, and others two buildings, the property of Messrs Fletcher &c, the one occupied by the Artillery as a store-house, in which Lieutenant Colonel Wyre and some other Artillery Officers also reside, and the other retained by the Commissariat Department: in which Mr Assistant-Commissary Smith with his Family are housed, Commissary Fagan, the first as well as Deputy Assistant
intelligence that reached me of objection of the above officers to pay the tax was by the receipt of Inclosure No. 2 forwarded to me by the General Commanding; there not only deny the right of the local Government to tax private property
to be exempt from the payments of
the Las.
2.
was first brought to my
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The question_ notice in September 1848 by Lieutenant
Colouch Simmonds of the Ceylon Rifles
of a
House in Town
who being the tenant requested exemption from the Tax on plea that he had an
MML
the
his
orderly from Regiment for his protection, and that
: he was a
Military officer. The Attorney- General having been consulted on the subject, was of opinion that Military offiore
were liable to the tax in common
other tenants
with
occupying. Houses out of Military boundaries; the Jay was ___ consequently paid, and here I had hoped-
question would have ended.
the
3. In consequence however of this opinion of the law officer of the lovemment,
the Collector,
with
my full knowledge
and concurence, proceeded to value
certain other Houses, the
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property of private
Individuals, recupied by the Military_s
others tws buildings, the
and
among
property of Messrs Fletcher ff, the one resupied by the Artillery as a tone-house, in which Lieutenant Colonel hyre and
some
other
Artillery Officers
also reside,
and the other retained by the Commiseariat
Department: in which Mr Assistant- Commissary, Smith with his Family- are housed, Commissary. Fagon_ the first
as well as
Deputy Assistant
intelligence that reached me of objection of the above officers to pay
the receipt. of
tay was
which
Major
were
the
the
Inclosure No. 2
by.
the
forwarded to me General Commanding; there
not only deny the right of the local Goverments to tax private property
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