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Mark Takano: “``No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
``No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. ``No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State. ``No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.''
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California
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Jan 15, 2013

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