Operating in accordance with Japanese law, the Residents Corporation, at present headed by Mr.
Sugimoto, was formally constituted Im 1908. Its functions are chiefly concerned with the conduct of negotiations with both the Shanghai Municipal Couneit and the Chinese authorities Mall" matters which ireelly -alfect the Japanese community, Tt also administers to schoo! hospitals, and -certain other institu-tons.
Under Japanese law, the Corpora tion' also' is authorized to collect Income and business taxes from taxpayers numbering some 4,800 of total of 18478 Japanese residents, and these taxpayers are entitled in rolurn fo vole for the appointment of forty" committee members, 'The money collected from taxes and. Voters' subscriptions helps to defray the. expenses of the Japanese Resi dents Corporation, which main-{tains a stati, "not including the acting President, of 47 members at its offices at 128 Quinsan Road.
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