| Levi Woodbury - 1852 - 435 páginas
...such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.'7 But it deserves special notice,... | |
| 1848 - 708 páginas
...importation, of such persons as any of the States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten dollars for -each person." As this clause confers the... | |
| Th. Jefferson - 1852 - 690 páginas
...the States now existing shall think proper to • admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress 1 prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be ' imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten ' dollars for each person." Before this act could... | |
| United States. Congress - 1852 - 692 páginas
...H.opR. Importation of Slaves. JANUARY, 1806. * to admit, shall noi he prohibited by ihe Congress 1 prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax or duty may be ' imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten ' ¡lull, irs for each person." Here there is an express... | |
| United States. President - 1853 - 544 páginas
...persons, as any of the states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress, prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person. By article 3, sect. 3, clause... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1854 - 262 páginas
...such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person. Mr. John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania,... | |
| United States. Congress - 1855 - 714 páginas
...Union. But, before considering this power, I beg leave, sir, to notice another clause. It is declared m these words, "the migration or ' importation of such...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year ' 1808." According to ordinary rules of construction, this prohibition seems to imply, that, had it not been... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 772 páginas
...such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." On the last argument of this... | |
| California. Legislature. Assembly - 1855 - 956 páginas
...such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." Accordingly, Congress has... | |
| Samuel Brown Wylie - 1855 - 560 páginas
...such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress, prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars on each person." On this very unsightly subject,... | |
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