Wednesday, December 22, 2004 Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defense and carry on the government of the Confederate States; but no bounties shall be granted from the treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to promote or foster any branch of industry. -- Constitution of the Confederate States, Art. I [1861]

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