Note 112 — The law of taxation since 1710.

Volume of Acts and Laws, 1744, p. 219. Peddling from house to house had at first been subjected to a tax and finally forbidden altogether in 1728. A law of 1750, made it lawful for the assessors in any town, on notice from two freeholders, to enquire into the quantity of European goods sold by Foreign traders, and assess them "at their Discretion according to the Largeness of their Trade," for the use of the town. The assessor not complying was discharged from office. This law stands in the Digest on 1767 (p. 243) except that the limitation to "European goods" is omitted.