 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
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1881 - 626 pages
...provides 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." This is most clearly apparent from the fact, that the title of the att speaks only of "importation."... | |
 | jefferson davis - 1881 - 778 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." That was a power given to... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1911 - 700 pages
...took in selecting their language. The words are, the migration or IMPORTATION of such persons, etc., 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 or... | |
 | William Allen Butler - History - 1911 - 526 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 meant, in plain English, that the slave-trade should not be abolished until the end of the seventh... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1911 - 702 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... | |
 | Frank Wilson Blackmar - Kansas - 1912 - 950 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, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." (Art. I, Sec. 9.) Almost immediately... | |
 | Kansas - 1912 - 952 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, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." (Art. I, Sec. 9.) Almost immediately... | |
 | Benjamin Brawley - African Americans - 1913 - 276 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, not exceeding ten dollars on each person " (Art. I, Sec. 9); "No person held to service or... | |
 | Edward Eggleston - Biography & Autobiography - 1913 - 298 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, not exceeding ten dollars on each person. "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 498 pages
...Constitution, it is found that the migration of such persons as any of the States shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808. He understood it, however, to be a sound principle that alien enemies might be removed, although the... | |
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