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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
Volume 190, Page 351   View pdf image (33K)
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1872.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 351
WHEREAS, This General Assembly regard the laws passed
by Congress levying a specific tax on raw cotton during the years 1865, 1866 and 1867, ". product confined by the law of
climate to a narrow belt in the Southern states, and leaving
all other agricultural products untaxed, as unjust, unequal,
invidious, in conflict with rules of apportionment, awl uni-
formity intended to provide against such legislation; and said
laws of Congress we e calculated because of their unequal.
operation, to engender incurable jealousy and discontent
among the people of the States thus injured; therefore,
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland,
That justice, sound policy and that paternal affection which
should exist among the States, require (hat moneys collected ,
under such circumstances should be returned to those who
paid the same.
.Resolved, That in aid of Justice, harmony and conciliation,
we earnestly invoke the Congress of the United States to re-
pair the injury complained of by refunding the moneys col-
lected under said tax law, to the persons who paid the same.-
Resolved, That while we are deeply sensible of the neces- .
sity of retrenchment to pay off the public debt, we are, never-
theless, constrained to believe that there is no debt more snored
than that which arises from the collection of taxes in disre-
gard of the Constitution; and we believe it is more just that
the whole people should contribute to pay such debt out of
their common wealth, than, that those who were thus taxed
in their poverty should bear alone so unequal a burden.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress are hereby in-
structed, and our Representatives requested to use all proper
means to induce Congress to refund the moneys collected
under said lax to those who paid the same; and that a copy
of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be furnished by
his Excellency, the Governor', to each of the Senators and
Representatives in Congress from the State of Maryland.
Which were read a first time.
Mr. Groome moved that said resolutions be read a second
lime this day, in accordance with the provisions of the Con-
stitution, Article III.., section 28.
The yeas and nays were called and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATlVE.
Messrs.
Gorman, Speaker, Bowie, Chaisty,
Colton, of St. M.'s, Eareckson, Harig,
Wilmer, Franklin, Feig,
Wells, Parker, McColgan,

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