 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 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... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - Literary Criticism - 1836 - 328 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 one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - Local history - 1837 - 320 pages
...persons as any of the ' States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be pro' hibited 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." — Const, of US Am. I.... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 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. The whole object of the exception is to preserve the power to those states which might be disposed... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 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. The whole object of the exception is to preserve the power to those states which might be disposed... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...any of the states now existing [at the time of the adoption of the constitution] shall think proper within three months, at least, after the expiration of each su one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1837 - 486 pages
..." The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shah' 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... | |
 | John W. King - United States - 1841 - 80 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 $10 for each person." Now it is clear that this prohibition... | |
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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... 
