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Rh Chambers of the General Congress, a circumstantial account of the Receipts and Expenditure of their respective treasuries; with the origin of each, and a note, containing a description of the agricultural and manufacturing industry of each State; the new branches of industry that might be introduced, and the best mode of doing so, with a census of the population.

9. To transmit likewise copies of all the decrees, and laws, of their respective Congresses. (Article 161.)

No State has liberty, without the consent of the General Congress,

To establish any tonnage or harbour dues.

To lay any tax upon importations or exportations.

To maintain troops, or vessels of war.

To enter into any transaction with Foreign Powers, or declare war; though hostilities may be commenced in cases of actual invasion.

To enter into any transaction with other States of the Federation, respecting boundaries, or cession of territory. (Article 162.)

The General Congress alone has the power of determining any question that may arise with regard to the interpretation of any article of the Constitutional Act. (Article 165.)