dent and Vice-President.

ART. 60. Congress shall not attach to appropriation bills any provision
tending to make changes or reforms in the legislation or in the
administration of the Government; nor shall it diminish or abolish
revenues of permanent character without creating at the same time new
revenues to take their place, except in case that the decrease or
abolition depend upon the decrease or abolition of the equivalent
permanent expenses. Nor shall Congress appropriate for any service to be
provided for in the annual budget a larger sum of money than that
recommended in the estimates submitted by the Government; but Congress
may by means of special laws create new services and reform or give
greater scope to those already existing.

SECTION SIXTH

INITIATIVE, PREPARATION, APPROVAL,
AND PROMULGATION OF LAWS

ART. 61. The right to initiate legislation is vested without distinction
in both houses of Congress.

ART. 62. Every bill passed by the two houses, and every resolution of
the same which has to be executed by the President of the Republic,
shall be submitted to him for approval. If they are approved, they shall
be signed at once by the President. If they are not approved, they shall
be returned by the President, with his objections, to the house in which
they originated, which shall enter said objections upon its journal and
engage again in the discussion of the subject.

If after this new discussion two-thirds of the total number of the
members of the house vote in favor of the bill or resolution as
originally passed, the latter shall be referred with the objections of
the President, to the other house, where it shall be also discussed, and
if the measure is approved there by the same majority it shall become
law. In all these cases the vote shall be by yeas and nays.

If within ten working days immediately following the sending of the bill
or resolution to the President, the latter fails to return it, it shall
be considered approved and shall become law.

If within the last ten days of a session of Congress a bill is sent to
the President of the Republic, and he wishes to take advantage of the
whole time granted him in the foregoing paragraph for the purposes of
approval or disapproval, he shall acquaint the Congress with his desire,
so as to cause it to remain in session, if it so wishes, until the end
of the ten days. The failure by the President to do so shall cause the
bill to be considered ap