THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 613 24.-To promote and encourage every species of industry and im•• provement; 25.-To establish a general system of education and to appropriate the public funds or any public property for the endowment and support of schools academies and colleges, or other literary institu- tions.- 26. To appropriate the public funds for internal improvements in roads, canals, or other works of public utility.- 27.-To grant incorporations to Companies, cities, villages or individuals for limited periods for the purpose of Commerce, Bank- ing, Mining, :Municipal Government or any other usefull object; provided no grants shall be made contravening the 21st Article of this Constitution- 28.-To adopt all necessary measures for the preservation of the public health, tranquility and safety 29. -To exclude ecclesiastics altogether from either chamber of Congress and from all civil employment whatever. To esti1blish or distroy any religious order and to endow those established out of the public property, or to divide or dispose of t.he property of those distroyed as may be most conducfre to the public good- 30 To grant legislatrve or other powers to the Provincial Deputa- tions relative to the internal affairs of the Provinces. 31 To make such a division of the territory of the Mexican Natioh into Provinces and pnrtidos as may be deemed most convenient anC:l just, which division when made shall be permanent as regards Prov- inces- 32.-To suspend for a limited time such parts of this Constitution as may be absolutely necessary to the public safety in case of in- vation, treason, or other eminent clanger to the State; provided that such suspension shall cease the moment the cause ceases; and pro- vided also that three fourths of each chamber of Congress concur therein. 33 To declare, define and limit the power which the Pope shall exercise over the eclesiastics and churches of this Nation and to .reform the eclesiastic laws and distroy or remove all abuses which may exist in the church. And to regulate and fix the salaries of the curates Canonigos Bishops and all other dignataries or employ- ments of the churches in the nation- 34 To annul or prohibit excommunications or other censures of the church or restrict them as they may deem proper. 35 To make all laws which may be necessary and proper for l~nrry- ing into effect the foregoing powers, and the provisions of this Co;1 stitution generally.
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