Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶126

tainly has been, on many subjects, to odcupy so much only of the field opened to them, as they think the public interests require. Witness the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts', limited both as to cases and «s to amount; and various other instances that might be cited, feut the license furnishes a full answer to this objection; for, although one grant of power over commerce, should not be deemed a total relinquishment of power over the subject, but amounting only to a power to assume, still the power of the States must be at an end, so far as the United States have, by their legislative act, taken the subject under their immediate superintendence. So far as relates to the commerce coastwise, the act under which this license is granted, contains a full expression, of Congress on this subject. Vessels, from five tons upwards, carrying on the coasting trade, are made the subject of…

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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