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Your state's statute that defines what is considered to be a public record that must be made available to the public upon request.

Taking a particular state in specific, for example Tennessee, Tennessee's public record states that according to the Tennessee Code of §§ 10-7-101 to 10-7-702 is said to have a vast definition or meaning to it. The term public here refers to any citizen of any state and in this case Tennessee. If one is not a citizen of Tennessee and if he or she needs to look over the public records then it becomes necessary that non-citizen should find someone who has the citizenship to make a request on the non-citizens behalf (www.citmedialaw.org).

The pre-World War I opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court holding, on re-argument, that a federal income tax was unconstitutional.

After the World War 1 the secretary of the treasury advised to have a widespread propaganda that entails convincing the public to let go of the needless pleasures that exist. The department later implemented the education campaign to enlighten about the tax and the kind of important features that it has. The most important feature that was highlighted was the utilization of clergy in ti. It was because of it that many clergy man mentioned the taxes and its importance in their sermons. Since the clergymen were mentioned so the people who were previously complaining about the burden due to the imposition of taxes was decreased. In the year of 1894 the statute of the income tax was termed as being unconstitutional. It was officially termed as being unconstitutional in the year of 1895 for which an amendment which was not constituted in the congress. It was later challenged in the case of Pollock versus the farmers and it was then that the income tax norm was held totally unconstitutional by the supreme court of USA. It was due to the fact that it imposed a tax which was direct by nature on the real property as well as the personal property that was invested (www.cato.org).

The federal statute authorizing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to make payments to states for the value of materials stockpiled near federal highway construction projects in conformity with the project specifications.

Generally, it is said that from time to time the secretary will make payments to the state as the work progresses for the costs that are said to be incurred on a project by the state. Payments are to be made for the monetary value of the materials that are said to be stock piled in the area of the construction site in compliance to the preplanned schedule and the preset specifications of the project. Payments are also suppose to be made for the value of the materials that are not placed in the location of the construction if it is determined by the secretary that due to the reason of the wanted fabrication at the off-site the materials cannot by any means be ...