Sentence examples for local canton from inspiring English sources

Immigrants seeking Swiss citizenship are already subject to a humiliating beauty parade in their local canton before a vote is held on their suitability for the honour.

When the elected leader of the local canton became aware of this opportunity, he mentioned it to a friend who is the Swiss consul in Egypt.

The Swiss have become a bit more co-operative in recent years in response to the greater openness of newer freeports, says Mr Guntram.In a bid to soothe worries about concentrated storage, the private firm that operates Geneva's freeport (which leases it from the majority owner, the local canton) is building a new warehouse a short distance from its existing structures.

Although the local Canton officials watched the Portuguese and their ships closely, once the provincial authorities arrived at Canton they greeted the Portuguese with a warm reception, providing them comfortable lodgings and had their trade goods brought ashore.

The transport by car was approved by local (Canton of Fribourg) veterinary authorities.

All procedures and animal care were conducted in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Research Council 2011) and were approved by local (Canton of Fribourg) and federal (Swiss) veterinary authorities.

It has also benefited from a tax exemption for Swiss sports organizations, a bountiful perk that is beginning to raise political heat in the local cantons in light of the various corruption scandals.

Local cantons also often offer tax breaks to wealthy foreign individuals and company executives, who are allowed to live there without paying any income tax if they pay the canton a fee, usually five times the rental value of their Swiss home.

USEFUL WEB SITES Gateway to Switzerland: swissworld.org Swiss news: swissinfo.ch/eng/index.html Official Villars-Gryon tourism site: villars.ch/en LANGUAGES AND CURRENCY German, French, Italian and Romansh; Swiss franc (1 franc=$0.96) TAXES AND FEES Taxes for 2009 were 3,789 Swiss francs ($3,600), which includes local and canton taxes.

You have to negotiate a second income tax with officials from your local Swiss canton.

As a member of the SCA, you are subject to its laws as well as those of the regional group (kingdom) and local group (barony, canton, college, or shire) within it to which you belong to ensure order, just as medieval knights were subject to the laws of their kingdoms to ensure order within them.