Page 298 - Beholding Liberty!

ΙΙ.7.C.2
Document of the eparch of Kassos to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the topic of the collection of the tithe (Kassos, 18 January 1823)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 13, no 236 [p. 188] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE TITHING TAX on the agricultural pro- duction, namely paying 1/10 of the yield to the local magistrate-representative of the Ottoman author- ity, was a main taxation measure in the period of Turkish Dominance. However, given the need to cov- er the expenses of the Struggle and in the frame
ΙΙ.7.C.3
of the effort for the institutional-state shaping of fiscal policy, this tax continued to be in effect af- ter the Revolution, too. On the basis of the general tax law no. 10 of the Code of Laws (26 April 1822), the «tithe» is kept. On the contrary, the «head tax» («kharaj») is abolished.
298 BEHOLDING LIBERTY!
Document of the Governor on the topic of the circulation of banknotes (Nafplio, 30 August 1831) Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 21, no 157 [p. 167]
Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE PHOENIX COINS STRUCK by Io- annis Kapodistrias in 1828 represent the first na- tional monetary system of the new Greek state. In 1831, by decree 27 (17 June 1831) of the Panhel- lenion, it was decided to issue four banknotes, 5, 10, 50 and 100 Phoenixes in value, correspondingly,
in order to face the intense cash flow problems. Their issuing took place in Aegina by the Commit- tee of the National Bank. Circulation was done only through the Public Treasury, since it was not al- lowed for the banknotes to circulate in the hands of citizens.