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· 7/1/1861

Ex parte Ah Pong

Citations

  • 19 Cal. 106

Syllabus

<p>The mere fact that a party is a Chinaman, residing in a mining district of this State, does not subject Mm to the foreign miners’ license tax.</p> <p>If the Revenue Act of 1861 (Stat. 1861, 447, secs. 90, 93) is to be construed as imposing this tax under such circumstances merely, the act is unconstitutional.</p>

Judges: Baldwin

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