Article I.
Declaration of Rights

Section 23. Representation and taxation

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Representation and taxation

The people of this State shall not be taxed or made subject to the payment of any impost or duty without the consent of themselves or their representatives in the General Assembly, freely given.

Representation and taxation

The people of this State ought not to be taxed, or made subject to the payment of any impost or duty, without the consent of themselves, or their representatives in General Assembly, freely given.

That the People of this State ought not to be Taxed or made subject to the payment of any Impost or duty without the Consent of themselves or their Representatives in General Assembly freely given.

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