inspection charges

Duties laid by the states on goods imported to, and exported from them, under the authority of section ten, article one, of the United States Constitution, for services rendered in executing their inspection laws. Turner v Maryland (US) 17 Otto 38, 27 L Ed 370, 2 S Ct 44. An exception to the prohibition on the states to lay duties on imports or exports. Brown v Maryland (US) 12 Wheat 419, 6 L Ed 678.