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.
At the state level, all (including District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam) but five states do not have statewide sales tax. These are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon. States that impose sales tax will have different rates, with the addition of local or city sales tax in most states.