| Thomas Smith - 1804 - 302 str.
..." The migration or importation of such person* as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 956 str.
...1819. By the first clause of the ninth section of the first article of the constitution, it is declared that the migration or importation of such persons...shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year IbOS; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.... | |
| South Carolina, Joseph Brevard - 1814 - 620 str.
...oftheconsti43. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall thinkproper 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.... | |
| Nathan Dane - 1824 - 726 str.
...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 one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
| 1827 - 552 str.
...the union to another, by the ninth section of the first article of the constitution, which provides, that " the migration or importation of such persons,...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."... | |
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 488 str.
..."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 one thousand eight hundred and eight." Was it not, he would ask, under this clause, thus expressed,... | |
| John Sergeant - 1832 - 376 str.
..." 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." Why is this restraint upon the power of congress, confined to the states " now existing ?" It was to... | |
| Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1836 - 692 str.
...declamation,) Where is the part that has a tendency to the abolition of slavery ? Is it the clause which says that " the migration or importation of such persons...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... | |
| Virginia - 1836 - 496 str.
...such persons as any of the states existing at the adoption of the constitution, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress, prior to the year 1808 ; they are of opinion that the public faith, which was mutually pledged by the states who adopted the... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - 1836 - 328 str.
..." 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 one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten... | |
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