JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three—fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution:
"ARTICLE XVI. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
J G Cannon
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
J S Sherman
Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
Attest:
A McDowell
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES G. BENNETT
Secretary
by HENRY H. GILFRY
Chief Clerk
Deposited in Department of State July 31, 1909.
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