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 authorities issued them within the limits of their jurisdiction, in accordance with the faculties granted to them by the Constitution.

(c) No law can obtain for Nation, the Provinces, or other bodies or institutions, all or a part of the amounts collected by Municipalities in the form of contributions, taxes and other means of obtaining municipal revenues.

(d) No law can declare national in character any municipal tax or tribute constituting one of the sources of revenue of the Municipality, without at the same time guaranteeing it revenues equivalent to those which are nationalised.

(e) No law can compel municipalities to exercise collecting functions for taxes of a national or provincial character, unless the bodies interested in the collection appoint the assistants necessary for that purpose.

(f) A municipality shall not be obligated to pay for any service which is not administered by it, unless it has expressly agreed otherwise with the Nation, private parties or other municipalities.

218. The Mayor or any other authority representative of the local government may, on his own initiative or in compliance with a resolution of the Municipal Council or the Commission, file before the full bench of the Supreme Court an appeal alleging abuse of power, against every resolution of the National or Provincial Government which, in his judgment, attacks the régime of municipal autonomy established by the Constitution, even though the resolution was issued in the use of discretionary faculties.

219. As guarantees to the inhabitants of a Municipal District, with respect to their local government officials, the following is provided:

(a) In case the resolutions or decrees of the municipal authorities or bodies injure some private or social interest, the injured party, or any inhabitant of the Municipality who considers that the resolution or decree injures a public interest, can request its nullification and reparation of the damage, before the courts, by means of summary proceedings established by law. The Municipality shall be subsidiarily liable, and when it is condemned to make payment, shall be entitled to bring action against the officer guilty of causing the injury, on the terms specified by law.