The rates on land frontiers, the Americans proposed, should be the same as on the maritime frontier; that the revenues should be ae: cumulated by the Customs Admin. internal taxes should be abolished.
The American proposals for the purpose of abolishing likin provide that fonds from the Customs should be apportioned among the provinees in lieu of likin. They stipulate that if likin should be collected anywhere in violation of agreements for its abolition, the taxpayer should be entitled to a refund from the Cus toms Administration of the full amount pald as likin.
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