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.
As of September 2015, the states that do not have a state sales tax are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon. Of these states, only Alaska has a range of local sales tax rates, from 0 to 7.5 percent. The others do not have any local sales taxes, according to the Sales Tax Institute.