Section 1. The taxing power may be exercised by the general assembly for state purposes, and by counties and other political subdivisions under power granted to them by the general assembly for county, municipal and other corporate purposes.
Source: Const. of 1875, Art. X, 1.(1968) Proposed amendment to Kansas City charter which purported to impose a total earnings tax higher than the tax permitted by statute was invalid. Grant v. Kansas City (Mo.), 431 S.W.2d 89.
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