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To: 23 Everest
From Article 1, Section 2:

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.

. . . "enumeration" means a count or census.

41 posted on 05/29/2010 10:24:42 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

I stand corrected. It’s mainly a means to determine the states representatives but as I read it, it does include taxes as well. By the way, my real name is Tanto so I am not taxed.


45 posted on 05/29/2010 11:26:33 AM PDT by 23 Everest (Stop the drama, Dump 0bama!)
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