Excerpt from Highway Administration and Finance The Constitution. - The Constitution of the United States had its origin in disordered finance and prostrate commerce - dis ordered finance due to the fact that the Articles of Confederation had provided for a mere league of states Without the power of taxation, and prostrate commerce because no central authority existed with adequate power to regulate and control commerce among the several states. During this critical period of American history, the majority of the leaders ...
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Excerpt from Highway Administration and Finance The Constitution. - The Constitution of the United States had its origin in disordered finance and prostrate commerce - dis ordered finance due to the fact that the Articles of Confederation had provided for a mere league of states Without the power of taxation, and prostrate commerce because no central authority existed with adequate power to regulate and control commerce among the several states. During this critical period of American history, the majority of the leaders recognized the necessity Of national control Of interstate commerce. Efforts to secure that finally culminated in the adoption of a resolution by the legislature of Virginia appointing commissions to meet such other commissions as might be appointed by other states to consider the trade of the Union, and to determine how far a uniform system of commercial regula tions might be necessary and desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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