why do we use properties file in java
.properties Each parameter is stored as a pair of strings, one storing the name of the parameter (called the key), and the other storing the value.
Property tax in the United States During the period from 1796 until the Civil War, a unifying principle developed: "the taxation of all property, movable and immovable, visible and invisible, or real and personal, as we say in America, at one uniform rate."[65] During this period, property taxes came to be assessed based on value. This was introduced as a requirement in many state constitutions.