[email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It mentions paying a DUTY for imported persons.
>
> Main Entry: 1du·ty
> Pronunciation: 'dü-tE also 'dyü-
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural duties
> Etymology: Middle English duete, from Anglo-French dueté, from Old
> French deu due
> 1 : conduct due to parents and superiors : RESPECT
> 2 a : obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise
from
> one's position (as in life or in a group) b (1) : assigned service
or
> business (2) : active military service (3) : a period of being on
duty
> 3 a : a moral or legal obligation b : the force of moral obligation
> 4 : TAX; especially : a tax on imports
> 5 a : WORK 1a b (1) : the service required (as of an electric
machine)
> under specified conditions (2) : functional application : USE <got
> double duty out of the trip> (3) : use as a substitute <making the
> word do duty for the thing -- Edward Sapir>
> synonym see FUNCTION, TASK
> - off duty : free from assignment or responsibility
> - on duty : engaged in or responsible for an assigned task or duty
>
>
>
> In this case that revers to a tax on imported GOODS. This refers to
> slaves. The word "slave" doesn't need to be used, becase the word
> duty refers to a tax on a property to be imported.
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], <boyd.w.smith@> wrote:
> >
> > But neither section 8 nor section 9 mention slaves at all. In
fact
> section 9 specificly mentions persons. Do you have a source for you
> interpretation. Otherwise it would be best to go with the words as
> written. Unless we can find some evidence of meaning of terms
> drifting as what happened with the word 'regulated' in the 2nd
amendment.
> >
> > BWS
> >
> > From: Paul <ptireland@>
> > > Wrong. It means after 1808, Congress may place prohibitions on
the
> > > states in regard to the transport and importation of slaves, not
> > > immigration. Migration is not immigration.
> > > --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <HRearden@>
> > > wrote:>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Although the section of the article was refering to slaves
the
> > > > wording of it means that after the year 1808 Congress can
place
> > > > prohibitions on states in regard to migration. After 1808 in
fact
> > > > Congress did enact legislation prohibiting slaves from being
> > > > transported to the U.S.A. Congress because of Article I sec.9
can
> > > > plase prohibitions on immigration. The part about a duty
being
> > > > imposed on importation of persons is useless because slavery
and
> > > > indentured servtitude have been abolished and thus people are
no
> > > > longer transported to the U.S.A. as slaves or indentured
> servents as
> > > > payment for their passage. After 1808 it was illegal to
transport
> > > > slaves to the U.S.A.
> > > >
> > > > $
> >
>
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