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The U. S. Supreme Court Has Given Its Decision as To The Cons...

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
March
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

TheU. S. Sui-kemb Coukt has givcn iisdocision ns to the consiitutional riglit of New York to impoBO a tax on passengcrs arriving at ihai port. The Court liulds tliai the Staio haa the right o do so, as a municipal regulalion to guurd againat tho expci.se of rn.pport.ng pauper cmiriüXdi apd that if ship ownera prefer to commuie inaioad of giving ihe sccuriiy raguiicX the commutation moncy M not, ihcrefore, legal.- Thero scems but little reason to doubt, therelore, that the Court wii! toke eimilw grouiul, ab to the right of a State to leguiaie the sale o pifï'.oaa Iifuoi5.