shall be under the direct orders of the President of the Republic, who shall appoint and remove him at will.
VII. To lay the taxes necessary to meet the expenditures of the budget.
VIII. To establish the bases upon which the Executive may make loans on the credit of the nation; to approve the said loans and to acknowledge and order the payment of the national debt.
IX. To enact tariff laws on foreign commerce and to prevent restrictions from being imposed on interstate commerce.
X. To legislate for the entire Republic in all matters relating to mining, commerce, and institutions of credit, and to establish the sole bank of issue, as provided in Article 28 of this Constitution.
XI. To create or abolish Federal offices, and to fix, increase, or decrease the compensations assigned thereto.
XII. To declare war, upon examination of the facts submitted by the Executive.
XIII. To regulate the manner in which letters of marque may be issued; to enact laws according to which prizes on sea and land shall be adjudged valid or invalid; and to frame the admiralty law for times of peace and war.
XIV. To raise and maintain the army and navy of the Union, and to regulate their organization and service.
XV. To make rules for the organization and
