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A CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICO, HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INSULAR ... - Page 38
1914
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Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 16

Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1850 - 556 pages
...the ports of another. 7. That the taxes in question are unconstitutional, because they conflict with the provision of the constitution, that all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform, which is as obligatory upon the States, in the absence of legislation by congress, as if...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 2

Joseph Story - 1873 - 752 pages
...less duty than the same goods paid when imported into Boston. This was a plain practical violation of the provision of the Constitution, that all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform. independent of long-continued practice, the doctrine, that the States, not being at liberty...
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The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 22

1902 - 988 pages
...which we held that Congress could lawfully impose a duty upon imports from Porto Rico, notwithstanding e sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, be uniform throughout the United States. It is true that tins conclusion was reached by a majority...
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The Money Question

Henry V. Poor - 1898 - 360 pages
...England States, consequently, were far more heavily taxed that those of other sections, in violation of the provision of the Constitution that " all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." During the suspension of specie payments in Great Britain...
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The Money Question: A Handbook for the Times

Henry Varnum Poor - 1896 - 218 pages
...England States, consequently, were far more heavily taxed that those of other sections, in violation of the provision of the Constitution that " all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." During the suspension of specie payments in Great Britain...
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Republic Or Empire?: The Philippine Question

William Jennings Bryan - 1899 - 841 pages
...that one rate of taxation can prevail in the Territories and another in the States, notwithstanding the provision of the Constitution that all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the whole United States. If this doctrine as now announced be true, not one of...
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Our Right to Acquire and Hold Foreign Territory: An Address Delivered Before ...

Charles Alexander Gardiner - 1899 - 66 pages
...threatened incursions of cheap labor will not imperil the interests of American workmen. (5) In construing the provision of the Constitution that " all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States" (Art. I, ยง 8), Chief Justice Marshall, in 1820, defined "...
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The Second Battle: Or, The New Declaration of Independence, 1776-1900; an ...

William Jennings Bryan - 1900 - 666 pages
...that one rate of taxation can prevail in the Territories and another in the States, notwithstanding the provision of the Constitution that all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the whole United States. If this doctrine as now announced be true, not one of...
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Reports of Decisions Rendered by the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 12

Hawaii. Supreme Court - 1900 - 496 pages
...distinction. It expressly provides for the continuation of the Hawaiian customs lawsi, notwithstanding the provision of the Constitution that, "all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." If Congress had supposed that provision of the Constitution...
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The Philippine Review, Volume 2

1901 - 280 pages
...sees fit, regardless of the amount of those taxes in the States or other territories, it is bound by the provision of the Constitution that all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, and these taxes must therefore be equal everywhere, in the...
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