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Civil Government to exempt the premises of Mess's Fletcher wherein the above officers reside from the rate in question, as those adjoining them which are owned by the same proprietor, and it is through oversight alone that it has before been demanded.
Lever
This oversight, His Excellency would have admitted, would have afforded ground for a doubt on the part of the recipients as to the propriety of what seemed to them a proceeding entailing loss on themselves; but His Excellency has read with considerable astonishment the remarks that those gentlemen have seen fit to make upon the motive of Government.
That the writers, as Military men, should have been unacquainted with the process and requirements of the law under which the rate is levied, is not surprising. They were evidently under the impression that a rate, for which the owner's residence is liable, unless his lease imposes it upon the lessee, was to be drawn from their pay; they were not aware, either, that if the rate levied appeared to them exorbitant, they would have, under the provisions of the ordinance if they were liable to payment, an appeal to the Supreme Court. But His Excellency cannot consider an officer in Mr. Smith's position entitled to pronounce a rate "levied according to law an exaction"; or to style the opinion of the legal authority under which it is levied "unreasonable"; or to insinuate that it is levied with a view to producing an "appearance of increase in the revenue."
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Civil Government to exempt the premises of Mess's Fletcher tift in which the above
the rate in question officers recide from than those adjoining them which are owned by the same proprieton, and it is through oversight alone that it has
before been demanded.
Lever
This oversight. His Excelleney would have admitted to afford ground for a doubt
doubt on the
port
of the recupants
as to the propriety of what semed to them a preceding entailing love on
inconvenienec on
themselves; but His
kucelleney has read with considerable actonishment the remarks that those
bentlemen have seen
letters to make upon
fit in their
the not and
motive of Goremment.
That the writers as Military men should have been unacquainted.
with the
process
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requirements
of the law under which the rate is
levied, is not surprising
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were
their
evidently under the impression that a nate, for which the owner residence is liable, unless his lease
of
impores it upon the lessee, was to be
drawn
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from
their
pay;
they
were not
aware, either, that if the rate levied appeared to them exorbitant, they would have, under the of the ordinance if they
its
Supreme
provisions
were
liable
payment, an appeal to the Court. But His Excelleney
cannot consider an
position, entitled to
or to
to
officer
in Mz Smith's
pronounce
rate
a
"levied according to law an exaction";
style the opinion of the legal authority under which it is levied. "unreasonable"; or to incinnate that it is levied with a view to producing
an
"appearance of increase in the fotenial.
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