Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶131

It is no objection to the existence of distinct, substantive powers, that, in their, application, they bear upon the same subject. The same bale of goods, the samé cask of provisions, or the same ship, that may be the subject of commercial regulation, may also be the vehicle of disease..And the health lav/s that require them to be stopped. and ventilated, are no more intended as regulations on commerce, than the Jaws which permit their importation, are intended to. innoculate the community with disease.- Their different purposes mark the distinction between the powers brought into action; and while frankly exercised, they can produce no serious collision. As to laws affecting ferries, turnpike roads, and other subjects of the same class, so far from meriting the epithet of commercial regulations, they are, in fact, commercial facilities, for which, by the consent of mankind, a…

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