It could not collect any taxes straight from the people that were not made according to the number of people in each State as reported in the census.

Paragraph 4. "No capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken."

In 1894, Congress passed a law fixing a direct tax on the money people of each State earned, and not according to the number of people in each State. The Supreme Court said that such a law was against the CONSTITUTION. In 1913, the XVI Amendment was added to the CONSTITUTION, giving Congress the power to collect taxes on the incomes of people and corporations even though this tax is not laid according to the number of people in each State.

Amendment XVI. "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

Congress can not tax goods sent out of any State. Paragraph 5. "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."

It can not give special rights to the seaports of one State which it does not give to other ports. It can not make laws to make charges on goods going from one State to another State.

Paragraph 6. "No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another."

All money collected by officers of the United States Government must be paid into the United States Treasury. It shall not be used or spent for any purpose until after Congress by law authorizes its use. It can then be spent only for the thing for which Congress directs it to be used. Accounts of all moneys received and expended must be printed and made known to the public.

Paragraph 7. "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.”

The United States can not give any title of nobility, such as duke, count, or marquis, by act of Congress, the President, or in any other way. No United States officer may accept any present, salary, office, title of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign country without the consent of Congress.

Paragraph 8. "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

Later it was found through further thought and experience to be wise to place other limits upon the powers of Congress. The Congress therefore proposed that the people make Amendments to the CONSTITUTION So that certain laws should never be made. These Amendments are here given so that all of the limits upon Congress may fall together.

OTHER LAWS CONGRESS MAY NOT PASS.

The First Four Amendments to the CONSTITUTION were ratified in 1791, and tell of other laws Congress may NOT pass.

Amendment I is about religion and free speech. Congress may pass no laws concerning the religion of the people. Congress may pass no laws limiting the freedom of speech or press. People always have the right to meet peaceably together and no laws can be made to prevent this. They also have the right to ask the Government in a peaceful, orderly way for things they need, and changes that they want in the form of government.

Amendment I. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievances."

Amendment 2 is about keeping firearms and

weapons.

Congress can not pass laws that will prevent any State from exercising its right to keep a militia for its protection, and the protection of its people.

Amendment II. "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

(This Amendment does not give anyone the right to carry firearms.)

Amendment 3 is about soldiers.

Congress can not pass a law to give the Government the right to force citizens to keep soldiers in their homes in time of peace. In time of war, Congress provides for the keep of soldiers.

Amendment III. "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

Amendment 4 is about search and seizure.

No person, his property, house, or papers may be searched or taken by an officer of the Goverment, without an order from a court, which is called a 66 warrant." (If a man is caught in an unlawful act or is running away from the scene of a crime, he may be taken without a warrant.)

Amendment IV. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."