ratepayers's Usage Examples:

The Education Act of 1872 abolished the old management of the parish schools and provided for the creation of districts (burgh, parish or group of parishes) under the control of school boards, of which there are 972 in Scotland, elected every three years by the ratepayers, male and female.

, takes place annually, the electors being the ratepayers, divided among the twenty-five wards of the City.

In 1774, the corporation being in danger of extinction, burgesses were added, but it was not until 1886 that the ratepayers acquired the right of electing representatives to the council, the right up to that time having been exercised by the members of the corporation.

Common vestries were meetings of all the ratepayers assembled on a three days' notice; select vestries were regulated by local custom, or derived their power from the Vestries Act 1831 (Hothouse's.

We need to look at creative ways of using resources to provide ratepayers with the best possible service.

The parish clergy, with a few rare exceptions (when they are elected by the ratepayers), are appointed by patronage.

By the Poor Law Act of 1845 parishes were enabled to remove the care of the poor from the minister and the kirksession, in whom it was formerly vested, and to appoint a parochial board with power to assess the ratepayers.

If the scheme is opposed by the prescribed proportion (one-twentieth) of the owners and ratepayers of the proposed new borough, it has to be confirmed by parliament.

The harbour and docks of Belfast are managed by a board of harbour commissioners, elected by the ratepayers and the shipowners.

To meet these expenses the foreign ratepayers are authorized to levy taxes on land and houses, to levy wharfage dues on goods landed or shipped, and to charge licence fees.

Synonyms:

taxpayer,

Antonyms:

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