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      Section 8
      Section 9
      Section 10
   Section 8
 
   [Powers of Congress]
   The Congress
       shall have Power
   To lay
       and collect Taxes,
           Duties,
               Imposts
          and Excises,
      to pay the Debts
         and provide for
            the common Defence
               and general Welfare
                  of the United States;
      but all Duties,
         Imposts
            and Excises
       shall be uniform
          throughout the United States;
   To borrow Money
       on the credit
          of the United States;
   To regulate
         Commerce
            with foreign Nations,
      and among
         the several States,
    and with
       the Indian Tribes;
   To establish
         an uniform Rule
            of Naturalization,
      and uniform Laws
          on the subject
              of Bankruptcies
       throughout the United States;
   To coin Money,
       regulate
          the Value thereof,
      and
         of foreign Coin,
    and fix
       the Standard
           of Weights
              and Measures;
   To provide
        for the Punishment
           of counterfeiting
               the Securities
        and current Coin
           of the United States;
   To establish Post Offices
       and post Roads;
   To promote
        the Progress
            of Science
               and useful Arts,
      by securing
          for limited Times
             to Authors
                and Inventors
         the exclusive Right
             to their respective Writings
                and Discoveries;
   To constitute
       Tribunals
            inferior to
               the supreme Court;
   To define and punish Piracies
       and Felonies
          committed
             on the high Seas,
     and Offences
         against the Law
             of Nations;
   To declare War,
        grant Letters
            of Marque and Reprisal,
      and make Rules
         concerning Captures
            on Land and Water;
   To raise
        and support Armies,
      but no Appropriation
          of Money
               to that Use
       shall be
          for a longer Term
             than two Years;
   To provide and maintain
         a Navy;
   To make Rules
        for the Government
             and Regulation
           of the land
                and naval Forces;
   To provide
       for calling forth
           the Militia
          to execute
              the Laws of the Union,
     suppress Insurrections
         and repel Invasions;
   To provide
       for organizing,
          arming,
       and disciplining,
          the Militia,
       and
          for governing
               such Part of them
        as may be employed
           in the Service
              of the United States,
     reserving
         to the States respectively,
       the Appointment
           of the Officers,
     and the Authority
         of training the Militia
       according to
          the discipline
              prescribed by Congress;
   To exercise
       exclusive Legislation
           in all Cases whatsoever,
     over such District
        (not exceeding
           ten Miles square)
         as may,
     by Cession
         of particular States,
        and the Acceptance
            of Congress,
     become the Seat
         of the Government
             of the United States,
     and to exercise
        like Authority
           over all Places
          purchased
        by the Consent
            of the Legislature
                of the State
       in which
          the Same shall be,
     for the Erection
         of Forts, Magazines,
              Arsenals, dock-Yards,
           and other needful Buildings;
    -- And
 
   To make all Laws
       which shall be
           necessary and proper
         for carrying
             into Execution
                the foregoing Powers,
      and all other Powers
         vested
            by this Constitution
          in the Government
              of the United States,
      or in any Department
          or Officer thereof.
   Section 9
 
   [Some Restrictions on Federal Power]
   The Migration
       or Importation
          of such Persons
       as any of the States
           now existing
         shall think proper
             to admit,
     shall not be prohibited
         by the Congress
             prior to the Year
                one thousand eight hundred
                    and eight,
     but a Tax or duty
        may be imposed
           on such Importation,
     not exceeding
        ten dollars
            for each Person.7
 
   [7. Temporary provision.]
   The Privilege
       of the Writ
           of Habeas Corpus
              shall not be suspended,
     unless
        when in Cases
            of Rebellion or Invasion
       the public Safety
           may require it.
   No Bill of Attainder
       or ex post facto Law
           shall be passed.
   No Capitation,
      or other direct, Tax
         shall be laid,
      unless
          in Proportion
              to the Census
            or Enumeration
      herein
         before directed
            to be taken.8
 
   [8. Modified by Sixteenth Amendment.]
   No Tax or Duty
      shall be laid
           on Articles
         exported
             from any State.
   No Preference
        shall be given
      by any Regulation
           of Commerce
               or Revenue
        to the Ports
            of one State
                over those of another;
      nor shall Vessels
         bound to, or from,
             one State,
        be obliged to enter,
           clear,
              or pay Duties in another.
   No Money
       shall be drawn
          from the Treasury,
      but
         in Consequence
             of Appropriations
           made by Law;
      and a regular Statement
          and Account
             of the Receipts
                and Expenditures
        of all public Money
           shall be published
               from time to time.
   No Title of Nobility
        shall be granted
             by the United States:
    And no Person
        holding any Office
            of Profit or Trust
                 under them,
      shall,
          without the Consent
              of the Congress,
        accept
            of any present,
           Emolument,
                Office, or Title,
              of any kind whatever,
                 from any King, Prince,
                     or foreign State.
   Section 10
 
   [Restrictions Upon Powers of States]
   No State
       shall enter into
          any Treaty, Alliance,
              or Confederation;
      grant Letters
         of Marque and Reprisal;
    coin Money;
        emit Bills of Credit;
      make any Thing
         but gold and silver Coin
             a Tender
           in Payment of Debts;
     pass any Bill
         of Attainder,
             ex post facto Law,
       or Law
          impairing
              the Obligation of Contracts,
      or grant
         any Title of Nobility.
   No State shall,
      without the Consent
          of the Congress,
      lay any Imposts
         or Duties
            on Imports
               or Exports,
      except
         what may be
              absolutely necessary
            for executing
                its inspection Laws:
      and the net Produce
          of all Duties
              and Imposts,
        laid by any State
            on Imports
                or Exports,
      shall be
          for the Use
              of the Treasury
                  of the United States;
      and all such Laws
         shall be subject
            to the Revision
                 and Control
               of the Congress.
   No State shall,
      without the Consent
          of Congress,
      lay any Duty
          of Tonnage,
        keep Troops,
            or Ships of War
               in time of Peace,
       enter
           into any Agreement
         or Compact
             with another State,
           or with a foreign Power,
      or engage in War,
          unless actually invaded,
    or in such
       imminent Danger
          as will not admit of delay.