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[229] Indian Motorcycle Co. _v._ United States, 283 U.S. 570 (1931).

[230] 12 Wheat. 419, 444 (1827).

[231] Snyder _v._ Bettman, 190 U.S. 249, 254 (1903).

[232] South Carolina _v._ United States, 199 U.S. 437 (1905). _See also_ Ohio _v._ Helvering, 292 U.S. 360 (1934).

[233] 220 U.S. 107 (1911).

[234] Greiner _v._ Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922).

[235] Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co. _v._ United States, 281 U.S.

572 (1930).

[236] University of Illinois _v._ United States, 289 U.S. 48 (1933).

[237] Allen _v._ Regents, 304 U.S. 439 (1938).

[238] Wilmette Park District _v._ Campbell, 338 U.S. 411 (1949).

[239] Metcalf _v._ Mitch.e.l.l, 269 U.S. 514 (1926).

[240] Helvering _v._ Powers, 293 U.S. 214 (1934).

[241] Willcutts _v._ Bunn, 282 U.S. 216 (1931).

[242] Helvering _v._ Mountain Producers Corp., 303 U.S. 376 (1938), overruling Burnet _v._ Coronado Oil & Gas Co., 285 U.S. 393 (1932).

[243] New York _v._ United States, 326 U.S. 572, 584 (1946), (concurring opinion of Justice Rutledge).

[244] 304 U.S. 405 (1938).

[245] Ibid. 419-420.

[246] 326 U.S. 572 (1946).

[247] Ibid. 584.

[248] Ibid. 589-590.

[249] Ibid. 596.

[250] Wilmette Park District _v._ Campbell, 338 U.S. 411 (1949).

[251] _See also_ article I, section 9, clause 4.

[252] LaBelle Iron Works _v._ United States, 256 U.S. 377 (1921); Brushaber _v._ Union P.R. Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916); Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884).

[253] Knowlton _v._ Moore, 178 U.S. 41 (1900).

[254] Fernandez _v._ Wiener, 326 U.S. 340 (1945); Riggs _v._ Del Drago, 317 U.S. 95 (1942); Phillips _v._ Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 283 U.S. 589 (1931); Poe _v._ Seaborn, 282 U.S. 101, 117 (1930).

[255] Florida _v._ Mellon, 273 U.S. 12 (1927).

[256] Downes _v._ Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901).

[257] 194 U.S. 486 (1904). The Court recognized that Alaska was an incorporated territory but took the position that the situation in substance was the same as if the taxes had been directly imposed by a territorial legislature for the support of the local government.

[258] License Tax Cases, 5 Wall. 462, 471 (1867).

[259] United States _v._ Yuginovich, 256 U.S. 450 (1921).

[260] United States _v._ Constantine, 296 U.S. 287, 293 (1935).

[261] License Tax Cases, 5 Wall. 462, 471 (1867).

[262] Felsenheld _v._ United States, 186 U.S. 126 (1902).

[263] In re Kollock, 105 U.S. 526 (1897).

[264] United States _v._ Doremus, 249 U.S. 86 (1919). _Cf._ Nigro _v._ United States, 276 U.S. 332 (1928).

[265] Sonzinsky _v._ United States, 300 U.S. 506 (1937).

[266] McCray _v._ United States, 195 U.S. 27 (1904).

[267] Justice Clark speaking for the Court in United States _v._ Sanchez, 340 U.S. 42, 44 (1950). _See also_ Sonzinsky _v._ United States, 300 U.S. 506, 513-514 (1937).

[268] Suns.h.i.+ne Anthracite Coal Co. _v._ Adkins, 310 U.S. 381, 383 (1940). _See also_ Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580, 596 (1884).

[269] Bailey _v._ Drexel Furniture Co., 259 U.S. 20 (1922); Hill _v._ Wallace, 259 U.S. 44 (1922); Helwig _v._ United States, 188 U.S. 605 (1903).

[270] 296 U.S. 287 (1935).

[271] 1 Stat. 24 (1789).

[272] 276 U.S. 394 (1928).

[273] Ibid. 411-412.

[274] III Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 147-149 (Library Edition, 1904).

[275] James Francis Lawson, The General Welfare Clause (1926).

[276] The Federalist Nos. 30 and 34.

[277] Ibid. No. 41.

[278] 1 Stat. 229 (1792).