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Section Eight
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 the 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
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
In any Department or
Officer thereof
