 The migration or importation of 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...  The American Whig Review - Page 1121848Full view - About this book
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1855 - 956 pages
...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... | |
 | United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...The migration or importation of such per' sons as any of the States sow 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 importa' tion, not exceeding ten dollars for each per' son." This express limitation... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...in selecting their language. The words are — ' the migration or importation ef such persons, &c., shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation.' It is observable here that the term migration is dropped, when a tax... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - Constitutional law - 1856 - 220 pages
..." the migration or importation of 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 " ? This is an, exception from the power of regulating commerce, and the restriction is only to continue... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1856 - 172 pages
...per&ons 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,, not exceeding ten dollars on each person. " The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1856 - 176 pages
...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 nnposed, not exceeding ten dollars on each person. " The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1856 - 756 pages
...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." I conceive, said Mr. SLOAN,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Political parties - 1856 - 560 pages
...that "the migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing may think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress prior to the year 1808." This is not a grant of power. On the contrary, it is a restriction imposed upon power assumed to exist.... | |
 | Howell Cobb - History - 1856 - 174 pages
...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." Congress, in March, 1807,... | |
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