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Randolph, Edmund (1753-1813) An Act laying duties upon carriages for the conveyance of persons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01618 Author/Creator: Randolph, Edmund (1753-1813) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 5 June 1794 Pagination: 3 p. ; 34 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in his hand by Randolph as Secretary of State. Signed with printed signatures of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ralph Izard, President of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President. Printed act establishes a yearly tax on all carriages used for the conveyance of persons. Decided at a session of the Third Congress in Philadelphia 2 December 1793 and approved on 5 June 1794.

This act led to the first challenge of a federal law in the Supreme Court.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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