And the Kaiser abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919Bouton, S. Miles (Stephen Miles)
History
And the Kaiser abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919
Bouton, S. Miles (Stephen Miles)
Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1918; Germany -- Politics and government
13. The socialization of natural resources and business
enterprises, as well as the production, fabrication,
distribution, and price-fixing of economic goods for the use
of the community;
14. Trade, weights and measures, the issue of paper money,
banking, and stock and produce exchanges;
15. Commerce in foodstuffs and in other necessaries of daily
life, and in luxuries;
16. Industry and mining;
17. Insurance;
18. Ocean navigation, and deep-sea and coast fisheries;
19. Railroads, internal navigation, communication by
power-driven vehicles on land, on sea, and in the air; the
construction of highways, in so far as pertains to general
intercommunication and the national defense;
20. Theaters and cinematographs.
ARTICLE 8
The Commonwealth also has jurisdiction over taxation and other sources
of income, in so far as they may be claimed in whole or in part for its
purposes. If the Commonwealth claims any source of revenue which
formerly belonged to the States, it must have consideration for the
financial requirements of the States.
ARTICLE 9
Whenever it is necessary to establish uniform rules, the Commonwealth
has jurisdiction over:
1. The promotion of social welfare;
2. The protection of public order and safety.
ARTICLE 10
The Commonwealth may prescribe by law fundamental principles concerning:
1. The rights and duties of religious associations;
2. Education, including higher education and libraries for
scientific use;
3. The law of officers of all public bodies;
4. The land law, the distribution of land, settlements and
homesteads, restrictions on landed property, housing, and the
distribution of population;
5. Disposal of the dead.
ARTICLE 11
The Commonwealth may prescribe by law fundamental principles concerning
the validity and mode of collection of State taxes, in order to prevent:
1. Injury to the revenues or to the trade relations of the
Commonwealth;
2. Double taxation;
3. The imposition of excessive burdens, or burdens in
restraint of trade on the use of the means and agencies of
public communication;
4. Tax discriminations against the products of other States
in favor of domestic products in interstate and local
commerce; or
5. Export bounties;
or in order to protect important social interests.
ARTICLE 12
So long and in so far as the Commonwealth does not exercise its
jurisdiction, such jurisdiction remains with the States. This does not
apply in cases where the Commonwealth possesses exclusive jurisdiction.
The National Cabinet may object to State laws relating to the subjects
of Article 7, Number 13, whenever the general welfare of the
Commonwealth is affected thereby.
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