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The Constitution of the United States of America

Note 599 — ARTICLE I (continued 3)

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300 U.S. 577 (1937). Cf. Hinson v. Lott, 8 Wall. 148 (1869). Here was involved a tax of fifty cents per gallon on all spiritous liquors brought into the State. Comparing the tax with a similar one imposed upon liquors manufactured in the State, the Court upheld the statute. "The taxes were complementary and were intended to effect equality."

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