 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes. Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States...  The African Repository - Page 861854Full view - About this book
 | Robert James Turnbull - State rights - 1827 - 174 pages
...day, to wit, of the 4th, this same committee did propose to add to the taxing power, these words : " to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general walfare. It was necessary that they should make some report on this head, because many motions... | |
 | 1828 - 568 pages
...most dangerous encroachments. " Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States." Power is thus given to Congress, to impose taxes of all descriptions,... | |
 | Matthew St. Clair Clarke - Banking law - 1832 - 856 pages
...them to give to Congress the " power to lay and collect taxes," &c. Thus, taxes are to be laid, &c. " to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and genera} welfare." Could they have chosen a more appropriate phraseology? The plain language to Congress... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - Constitutional law - 1833 - 404 pages
...lay and collect taxes, the purposes for which they are to be laid and collected, is declared to be " to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States." I do not suggest that ihe expression in this clause, of the... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...The congress shall have power to lay and " collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, in order " to pay the debts, and to provide for the common " defence and general welfare of the United States ;" that is, for the purpose of paying the public debts, and providing... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1849 - 760 pages
...directions from it in every case. The objection is. that Congress is empowered to raise money only to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence, and the other purposes, exactly as specified in the 8th section. The objection has often been made, but... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury - Finance - 1837 - 802 pages
...of taxation by the General Government, according to the spirit of the constitution, undoubtedly is, to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the Union, by the means confided to Congress. It is freely admitted that this power... | |
 | John Milton Niles - Mexico - 1837 - 614 pages
...imposts, excise and tonnage duties, to borrow money on the faith, credit and property of the Government, to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the Republic. "Six. 2. To regulate commerce, to coin money, to regulate the value... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1837 - 620 pages
...imposts, excise and tonnage duties, to borrow money on the faith, credit and property of the Government, to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the Ueptihlic. "Si:c. 2. To regulate commerce, to coin money, to regulate the value... | |
 | Texas - Session laws - 1838 - 1142 pages
...imposts, excise and ton age duties; to borrow money on the faith, credit, and property 6f the government, to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the republic. SEC. 2. To regulate commerce, to coin money, to regulate the value... | |
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