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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --TUESDAY, MARCH 11.
The Report entered on Friday, the 7 of March, was taken into consideration. It had been sent by order of Congs. to the Supt. of Finance for his remarks which were also on the table. These remarks were in substance: that it wd. be better to turn the 5 per ct. ad valorem into a Tariff, founded on an enumeration of the several classes of imports, to which ought to be added a few articles of exports; that instead of an apportionment of the residue on the States, other general revenues from a land tax, reduced to ¼of a dollar Per Hundred Acres, with a house tax regulated by the number of windows, and an excise on all Spirituous liquors to be collected at the place of distillery ought to be substituted and as well as the duties on trade made coexistent with the public debts; the whole to be collected by persons appd. by Congs. alone. And that an alternative ought to be held out to the States, either to establish these permanent revenues for the interest, or to comply with a constitutional demand of the principal within a very short period.
In order to ascertain the sense of Cons. on these ideas it was proposed that the following short questions sd. be taken:
On the 1st. question the States were, N. H. no, Mas: no, Cont. no, N.J. no, Maryd. no, Virga. no, 6 noes and 5 ays.
On the 2d. question there were 7 ays.
The 3d. question was not put, its impropriety being generally proclaimed.
In consequence of the 2d. vote in favor of a tariff, the 3 first paragraphs of the Rept. were recommitted together with the letter from the Superintendt. of Finance.
On the fourth Par. on motion of Mr. Dyer, after the word "war," in line 5, was inserted "agreeably to the resolution of the 16 of Decr. last."
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A motion was made by Mr. Hamilton & Mr. Wilson to strike out the limitation of 25 years and to make the revenue co-existent with the debts. This question was lost, the States being N. H., no, Mas., no, Cont. divd., N.Y., ay, N.J., ay, Pa., ay, Del., ay, Maryd., ay, Va., no, N. C., ay, S.C., no.
A motion was made by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Wilson to strike out the clauses relative to the appointment of Collectors, and to provide that the Collectors sd. be inhabitants of the States within which they sd. collect, should be nominated by Congs., and appointed by the States, and in case such nomination should not be accepted or rejected within--days it should stand good. On this question there were 5 ayes & 6 noes.
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