Twin City Bank v. Nebeker
Citations
- 167 U.S. 196
- 17 S. Ct. 766
- 42 L. Ed. 134
- 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2094
Syllabus
<p>Section 41 of the National Banking Act imposing certain taxes upon the average amount of the notes in circulation of a banking association, now found in the Revised Statutes, is not a revenue bill within the meaning of the clause of the Constitution declaring that “all bills for raisiúg revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bill?.”</p> <p>Whether in determining such a question the courts may refer to the journals of the two Houses of Congress for the purpose of ascertaining whether the act originated in the one House or the other is not decided.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that bill was not one for raising revenue, and thus finding it unnecessary to reach the question of whether the bill “originated in the one body or the other”
- holding consideration of origination question “unnecessary” in light of finding that bill was not a revenue bill
- holding consideration of origination question \unnecessary\ in light of finding that bill was not a revenue bill
- declining to address the justiciability issue because the statute can be construed as a non-revenue measure
- taxing provision originated in Senate constitutional because it furthered bill’s purpose of providing a national currency
- Revenue bills are bills that “levy taxes, in the strict sense of the word, and are not bills for other purposes which may incidentally create revenue”.
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Judges: Harlan, White
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