 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. Sect. 9. The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight;... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...committee of one from a state. This committee, by way of compromise, reported that " the migration or importation of such persons as the several states...the legislature prior to the year 1800 ; but a tax may be imposed on such migration or importation at a rate not exceeding the average of the duties laid... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 558 pages
...committee of one from a state. This committee, by way of compromise, reported that " the migration or importation of such persons as the several states...be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1 800 ; but a tax may be imposed on such migration or importation at a rate not exceeding the average... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1 800 ; but a tax may be imposed on such migration or importation at a rate not exceeding the average of the duties laid on imports." The same committee also reported against the provision requiring the assent... | |
 | James Trecothick Austin - Statesmen - 1829 - 450 pages
...shall neither be increased nor diminished. Again, the clause printed as follows : " The migration or importation of such persons as the several states now existing shall think proper to admit, &c." is amended to read, " such persons as any of the states, &c." Other verbal alterations,... | |
 | Back to Africa movement - 1834 - 410 pages
...importation ol'such persons as the several States now existing, shall think proper lo admit, shall not bs prohibited by the Legislature prior to the year 1800:...may be imposed on such migration or importation, at arate not exceeding the average of the duties laid on imports." On the next day the time within which... | |
 | African Americans - 1834 - 472 pages
...for so much of the 4th article of the 7th section as was referred to the committee: "The migration or importation of such persons as the several States now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibit-, ed by the Legislature prior to the year 1800; but a tax or duty may... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...importa* In the printed Journals, Connecticut, Virginia, and Georgia, voted in the affirmative. tion of such persons as the several States now existing...be prohibited by the Legislature prior to the year 1808," — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 702 pages
...GOvernment of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. SEC. 9. The migration or importation of such persons as the several States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight... | |
 | Thomas C. Thornton - Slavery - 1841 - 358 pages
...propose to strike out the clause as reported by the committee of detail, and insert — 'The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislative power, to the year IbOO; but a tax or duty may be... | |
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The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1800; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such migration or importation, at a rate... 
