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Show Tjil, French Chamber of Dqxities has under consideration a plan of taxation which, If carried oji, will bring in a considerable sum of nnney, and may ten I to lessen an objectionable sys'eai ItispmjioseJto prohibit, under penalties U-ttingfor smaller amount-thn fGorSI; that is, betting on race courses and the like, an i to co 11 pel all those who 1 n gage in this pursuit to pay to th gov crnment a Ux of 11 p-r cent on all betsim le, the money thus ob tainei to be used as a fun I, out of which those incapacitated men who can ehow that they have been smsll wage earners for a long period of years, say thirty, forty or rlfty, can receive slight peas'ons That is, the vices of the community are to be taxed for the purpo-e delving aid to a needy and tlecrving class |