MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Post Offices
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Make treaties with other countries
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Collect Taxes
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Coin Money
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Detailed explanation-1: -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; . . .
Detailed explanation-2: -It includes collections from income tax, corporation tax, customs, wealth tax, tax on land revenue, etc. Direct tax is the tax that is paid directly to the government by the person or company on whom it is levied. Income tax, wealth tax, corporation tax, and property tax are some examples of direct tax.
Detailed explanation-3: -The power to impose a tax is essentially a legislative function. Under article 265 of the constitution no tax can be levied or collected except by the authority of law. Therefore, the legislature cannot delegate the essential legislative function of imposition of tax to an executive authority.