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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.”
And on page 11 you will find:
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“A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE
SIXTY- FIRST CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ON
THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
AND NINE, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND
DESIGNATED AS ARTICLE SIXTEEN.
“BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
SENATE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
“WHEREAS, The sixty-first Congress of the United States of America at its first
session begun and held at the city of Washington on Monday the fifteenth day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, by joint resolution proposed an
amendment to the constitution of the United States, in words and figures as
follows, to wit:
“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 16. The Congress shall have power to lay on (and) collect taxes on incomes,
from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states,
and from any census or enumeration.
“Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives and the
Senate of the State of Oklahoma in extraordinary session assembled, such subject
having been recommended by the Governor for consideration, that said proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is hereby ratified.
‘The question being shall the resolution pass as amended by the Senate, the roll
was called, the vote resulting as follows:
Yeas: .... Total 37.
Nayes: None.
Absent: ... Total – 6.
Benson surmises that the "and from" is a reversal of meaning from the original intent