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Legislation - Application Of Merchantile License Tax To Lawyers, Edward H. Hoenicke

Michigan Law Review

The Philadelphia City Council passed an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance--To provide for revenue by imposing a mercantile license tax on persons engaging in certain businesses including manufacturing, professions, occupations, trades, vocations, and commercial activities in the City of Philadelphia. . . ." Under this ordinance the city required lawyers to register, pay a registration fee, and pay a tax on a percentage of their gross volume of business; thereupon, "mercantile licenses" were issued to them. The city charter required each ordinance to deal with one subject only and to express that subject in the title. The application of the ordinance …

Taxation-Income Tax-Deductions-Expenses Incurred In The Pursuit Of Business-Commuter Expense, Joseph R. Brookshire S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The taxpayer, a lawyer, had resided in Jackson, Mississippi for approximately thirty-five years, and had maintained a law office there for more than twenty years. In 1927 he accepted a position as general solicitor for a railroad whose main office was in Mobile, Alabama. Although the taxpayer's work was devoted entirely to the railroad's business, he refused to abandon his long established connections in Jackson because his position was yearly, appointive, and therefore uncertain. Arrangements were made with the railroad whereby the taxpayer allocated his time between the two cities, but also bore the traveling expenses between, and the living …

The Lawyer, The Constitution And The Modern World, Joseph C. O'Mahoney

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Legislative Or Judicial Control Of Attorneys.

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Lawyer And The Public

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Individual Responsibility Of The Lawyer And Respect For The Law, Charles A. Lowe

Indiana Law Journal

Judge Lowe delivered this address before the 37th Judicial Circuit Bar Association, August 8th, 1933.

The Purple, June 1899

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Advertisements
• The First Graduation Day at Holy Cross, Fifty Years Ago
• The Growth and Development of Athletics at Holy Cross
• "Don't"
• A Young Man's Search for Health
• To the Law's Recruits
• An Untold Incident of the Late War
• For the Ordination of P.M.C., S.J.
• Purple Prizes
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Includes photographs of students, dignitaries, Purple prize winners, athletic teams