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Rh To fix the weight, standard, and value of money throughout the Federation, and to adopt one uniform system of weights and measures.

To declare war; grant letters of marque; determine prize cases; designate the armed force of the country by sea and by land, fix the Contingent of each State, and make regulations for the government of the land and naval forces.

To permit or refuse the entry of Foreign troops into the territory, or of a Foreign squadron into the harbours of the Republic.

To create or suppress public offices, and increase or diminish the salaries attached to them.

To concede recompenses to Corporations or to individuals who have rendered services to the country, and to decree public honours to their memory.

To establish a general law with regard to naturalization, and bankruptcies.

To select a fit residence for the Supreme Powers of the Federation, and to exercise exclusive jurisdiction in the district around it.

To give laws and decrees for the internal administration of the Territories.

To make all laws which shall be necessary for the attainment of the objects comprised under the preceding Articles. (Articles 49, 50.)

The Supreme Executive Power is deposited in the hands of a President, (Article 74) assisted by a Vice-president, who, in cases of any moral or physical disqualification on the part of the President,