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

On the recordJanuary 5, 2017
``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.''
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Bill Flores
Republican · Texas
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Jan 5, 2017

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