 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...  Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 259by United States. Congress - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Augustin Cochin - Slavery - 1863 - 438 pages
...1 : " The migration or importation of such persons as any of the existing States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808." Furthermore, in Article I. Section II. § 3, by which the representatives are distributed in proportion... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 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. The privilege of the writ of... | |
 | Augustin Cochin - Slavery - 1863 - 432 pages
...1 : " The migration or importation of such persons as any of the existing States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808. ;; Furthermore, in Article I. Section II. § 3, by which the representatives are distributed in proportion... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 696 pages
...it provides " the 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 ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." An exception to a rule is... | |
 | John William Draper - Literary Criticism - 1867 - 568 pages
...sons as any ot the states now existing snail 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." While thus it was agreed that the African slave-trade... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - Constitutional law - 1868 - 448 pages
...STATES. 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, but a , tax or duty may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten dollars for each person ....................... 1 STATES.... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - Constitutional law - 1868 - 438 pages
...STATES, 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, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten dollars for each person 1 9 1 STATES, The President shall... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1074 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," etc. ; that "the privilege of habeas corpus shall not be suspended," etc.; that "no bill of attainder... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - United States - 1868 - 678 pages
...declaring that " the 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 ; " and the latter was as clearly not within the legitimate scope of any of the powers delegated by... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - History - 1868 - 702 pages
...persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to n,l'.r.it, 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." After that time it was left... | |
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