Under this latter construction a case went up from Missouri. That State had passed a law prohibiting the transportation through it of diseased cattle. The Supreme Court held thatthis law wasunconstitutionalasaffecting interstate commerce. and until the Federal Government spoke the cattle of Missouri could not be protected. The State of New York tried to protect itself against pauper immigrants. the Supreme Court held that the law was unconstitutional. The State of California passed a similar statute excluding improper characters. which was also declared unconstitutional. There is not a municipal corporation in the United States that can not under its police power protect itself from disease and paupeiism.
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