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The present bill does not touch the internal commerce of a State, except so far as it is a link in the chain of “commerce among States,” committed by the Constitution to the jurisdiction of Congress.
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Editor's note · Context
He clarifies that the bill does not interfere with state internal commerce but relates to interstate commerce.
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