In this case a single point is presented to the court. The plaintiff in error was a refiner of sugar, in the city of Philadelphia, and had a large quantity of refined sugars in his refinery, on the 1st of July, 1802.
In April, 1802, Congress passed an act to repeal the internal taxes. The first section of the repealing law enacts "that from and after the 30th...
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