Exports

Goods and merch:; from one country to another. 2 M. ft *;. 1."":;; id. 959. While the word export technically Includes the landing in as well as the shipment to a foreign country, it is often used as meaning only the shipment from this country, and it will he so construed when used in a suit the cal meaning; U. S. v. Chavez, 228 U. S. 525, 33 Sup. Ct. 595, 57 L. Ed., where the word is construed as used in the joint resolution of March 14, 1912. In order to preserve equality among ( the states in their commercial relations, the constitution provides that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state." Art. 1," s. 9. And, to prevent a pernicious interference with the commerce of the nation, the tenth section of the first article of the constitution contains the following prohibition: "No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any state on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the congress." See Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. (U. S.) 419, 6 L. Ed. GTS; Importation.