| Congregational churches - 1820 - 598 pages
...twenty years; viz, till the year 1808. It is remarkable how delicately this clause is worded. It says, "that the migration or importation of such persons,...prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808; hut a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." ,... | |
| Matthew St. Clair Clarke - Banking law - 1832 - 864 pages
...would extend when not restricted. The first clause of the 9th section of the first article, provides, that " the migration or importation of such persons...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." Among... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1833 - 614 pages
...another and more special provision inserted in the Constitution from abundant caution has. declared, "that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808." That this Commonwealth does admit the migration of alien friends described as the subject of the said... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 680 pages
...another and more special provision inserted in the Constitution from abundant caution, has declared, " that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808." That this commonwealth does admit the migration of alien friends described as the subject of the said... | |
| John W. King - United States - 1841 - 80 pages
...discountenanced. Hence the provision of the first number of the ninth section of the first article, "that the migration or importation of such persons...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... | |
| 1849 - 854 pages
...possessed to control the traffic in slaves. By Section 9 Article 1, of the constitution, it is Drovided rary. We cannot indeed place Hooker (but whom dare...master spirits ; yet he has abundant claims to be This exceptioi conclusively proves that subsequently to 1808, thi migration as well as importation... | |
| Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 272 pages
...stated? The Constitution, he said, gave the answer. By section ninth, article firsi, it was declared, that " the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808." Thus the power of admitting aliens into its territory, was left to the several states, respectively.... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 722 pages
...construction, every barrier which limits the power of the Legislature. It is declared in the Constitution, that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808. If this spirit of construction is admitted, how easy will it be for gentlemen to say migration or importation... | |
| Joseph Gales - United States - 1851 - 716 pages
...construction,-every barrier which limits the power of the Legislature. It is declared in the Constitution, that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808. If this spirit of construction is admitted, how easy will it be for gentlemen to say migration or importation... | |
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