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Excerpt from A Discussion of the Constitutionality of the Act of Congress of March 2, 1867: Authorizing the Seizure of Books and Papers for Alleged Frauds Upon the Revenue, Together With a Brief Statement of Certain Objections to the Practical Working of the Law This pamphlet is published at the request of the Special Committee upon Revenue Reform of the New York Chamber of Commerce. The writer desires to express his acknowledgments for suggestions derived from the printed report of the argument of Mr. Sidney Webster, in 1867, upon the old law; and from the pamphlet of Mr. Cephas Brainerd, in 1870, upon proposed amendments to the present law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.