Veazie Bank v. Fenno
Supreme Court of the United States
On certificate of division for the Circuit Court for Maine. The Constitution ordains that: “The Congress shall have power— “To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. “ To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
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On certificate of division for the Circuit Court for Maine. The Constitution ordains that: “The Congress shall have power— “To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. “ To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes. “ To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign •coin.” It also ordains that: “ Direct taxes shall be apportioned among the…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The necessity of adequate provision for the financial exigencies created by the late rebellion, suggested to the administrative and legislative departments of the government important changes in the systems of currency and taxation which had hitherto prevailed. These changes, more or less distinctly shown in administrative recommendations, took form and substance in legislative acts. Ve have now to consider, within a'limited range, those which relate to circulating notes and the taxation of circulation.
At the beginning of the rebellion the…
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