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qid 1816 · law

Question: An American company operates as an importer and distributor of guitars manufactured by a foreign company, and maintains several warehouses throughout the U. S. for the wholesale distribution of the guitars. A warehouse located in a city handles the distribution of guitars for several state areas. The guitars and guitar strings are shipped separately to the city warehouse. The guitar strings are mingled, stacked, and stored in the warehouse along with various other guitar strings. The guitars, on the other hand, arrive completely assembled in their shipping crates and remain on the loading docks. The city imposes an ad valorem property tax on the guitars and strings. The power of the city to impose an ad valorem tax on the foreign company's guitars and/or strings would most likely be upheld under

1. the necessary and proper clause.
2. the contract clause.
3. the import and export clause.
4. the equal protection clause.
5. the supremacy clause.
6. the commerce clause.
7. the due process clause.
8. the reserved power of the states as granted under the Tenth Amendment.
9. the establishment clause.
10. the privileges and immunities clause.

Our answer: H. the reserved power of the states as granted under the Tenth Amendment. Source quote machine-checked (exact quote)

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