Two towns, Santo
Domingo and Santiago, have municipal lotteries. Under all these taxes
a man might own scores of houses and great expanses of land without
paying towards the maintenance of the state and municipality more than
the poorest peon on his property.
The sums collected for municipal purposes in all the communes of the
Republic may be calculated at about $600,000 per annum, derived from
the following sources:
MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS
Approximate percentage
of entire income
Municipal charges on imports and exports.............. 17.7
Business licenses..................................... 15.3
Markets............................................... 10.8
Lottery tax........................................... 10.5
Slaughter houses and meat transportation.............. 9.2
Alcohols.............................................. 7.3
Excises (alcabala).................................... 5.
Amusement permits..................................... 3.5
Public register.
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