Congress passed several Reconstruction Acts. Congress overrode a presidential veto of an act that divided the South into military districts and placed the former Confederate states under martial law pending their adoption of constitutions guaranteeing civil liberties to former slaves.
Ohio does not apply its sales tax to sales of goods to churches, charities, schools, colleges, universities, government agencies, public utility companies, restaurants, cafeterias, farmers, ranchers, food processors, commercial fishermen and volunteer fire departments.
Paying sales tax. As of 2015, five states, Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon, do not have a sales tax. Since sales taxes are based on fixed percentages, the only way to avoid paying it is to reduce your consumption or to make all of your purchases in one of the five states that don't impose it.