American Income Tax.
o[Per Press Association.] Washington, May 21. The Supreme Court maintained tbe illegality of the Income Tax. Later. Five Judges were opposed to the Income Tax and four favoured it. The court held that the direct tax of real estate and personal property could not be charged in accordance with the representation. Justice Harlan considered the decision would injure the authority ofthe Government in an emergency, relieve wealth, wickedly assaulted the people's rights and might cause a national disaster. ____________
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 273, 22 May 1895, Page 2
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81American Income Tax. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 273, 22 May 1895, Page 2
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