It was provided that all duties, imposts, or excises should be uniform throughout the United States.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske
The Customs Establishment, which collects all duties on imports and exports, is managed by a chairman, a deputy chairman and one other commissioner; and, finally, the Inland Revenue Office, which collects the excises, and all the other national taxes, is a huge concern, and has at its head a chairman, deputy chairman and two other commissioners.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
Recently, however, the duties on tobacco, beer and spirits, and the corresponding excises on beer and spirits, have been increased, and the additions so made have been voted from year to year.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell