Supporting Church
Supporting Church, Mississippi
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Supporting Church, Mississippi (1): In the early ages of the States several of them had laws for taxing all the property in parishes laid out by the State for the support of Protestant churches. Gradually these laws were eliminated and at the present time there is probably no State excepting Mississippi that uses money for the support of a church. Maine changed her laws in 1821, and other States followed from time to time.596 While those taxes were collected, no land within the parish was exempt in some States and in others the property of a non-resident was exempt.597 In New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, a person could not be compelled to pay the taxes to a denomination of which he was not a member.598
Resources
Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
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