classified tax

lieu of all other taxes related to the subject matter. 2.Hist. A tax imposed on shipowners, requiring them to post a bond or remit a payment per foreign passenger. • In the 19th-century, the tax was used to discourage immigration and to raise revenue to defray the costs of supporting indigent immigrants who had remained in the U.S. 3.Hist. A 1784 tax intended to reduce tea-smuggling and increase tax revenue by cutting the tax on tea and raising the tax on windows. • To avoid payment
of the tax, many people boarded up their windows.

[Blacks Law 8th]