The proposal by a committee of the Congress had suggested that taxes "shall be supplied by the several colonies in proportion to the number of inhabitants of every age, sex, and quality, except Indians not paying taxes".
由國會委員會的提案過去建議，稅收「應由各殖民地按其每個年齡、性別及素質之居民人數的比例提供，除了不繳稅的印地安人之外」。