Comptroller of Maryland, which struck down a structurally similar Maryland tax. This Essay explains the constitutional challenge to the City wage tax, argues that the tax is unconstitutional, describes steps the City could take to save that tax, and raises the question of whether Philadelphia ...
More amendments had modified the acts of 1767 to tax tea only, with importation becoming the main issue. By permitting the East India Company to ship untaxed tea to America, the British government was forcing the issue that a three-penny Colonial tax would be imposed upon the commodity. The ...