 | 1819 - 652 sider
...to be supreme; but this principle would transfer the supremacy in lact to the states. If the states may tax one instrument employed by the government...may tax all the means employed by the government, to яп excess which would defeat all the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people.... | |
 | 1819 - 660 sider
...to be supreme; but this principle would transfer the supremacy in fact to the states. If the states may tax one instrument employed by the government...may tax patent rights, they may tax the papers of tke custom-house, they may tax judicial process, they may tax all the means employed by the government,... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 sider
...should 4je the supreme law of the land, would be empty and unmeaning declamation. If the states might tax one instrument employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they might tai every other instrument. They might tax the mail ; they might tax the mint ; they might tax... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 sider
...these very measures was declared to be supreme over that which exerted a control. If the states might tax one instrument employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they might tax any and every other instrument; the mail, the mint, patent rights, papers of the custom house,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 sider
...instrument ; the mail, the mint, patent rights, papers of the custom house, laws, and judicial powers, and all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat the ends of government. It however was determined, that this principle did not extend to a tax paid... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 554 sider
...States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execntion of its powers," he says, " they may tax any and every other instrument. They...tax patent rights ; they may tax the papers of the Custom House ; they may tax judicial process ; they may tax all the means employed by the General Government,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1854 - 862 sider
...•" * . • ' 498 SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. Padelford, Fay k Co. w. Mayor and Aid. City Savannah. .^ the Government, in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other. They may tax the mail ; they may tax the mint ; they may tax all the means employed by the Government,... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 sider
...the reasoning and conclusion of the Chief-Justice are too strong to be shaken : — " If the States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execution of its powers," he says, " they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail ; they may tax the mint... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1858 - 572 sider
...right to punish those who steal letters from the post-office, or rob the mail. States may tax oiie instrument employed by the Government in the execution...tax the mail; they may tax the mint; they may tax patentrights; they may tax the papers of the custom-house; they may tax judicial process ; they may... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1868 - 730 sider
...propositions not to be denied." The court again say : " If the States may tax one instrument employed by government, in the execution of its powers, they may...by the government to an excess which would defeat the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people. They did not design to make the... | |
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If the States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail ; they may tax the mint ; they may tax... 
