ublic, and recommending the adoption of such laws and measures as he
may deem necessary or advisable.

5. To submit to Congress through either one of the Houses, before the
15th of November, a draft of the annual budget.

6. To furnish Congress all the information desired by it on every matter
of business which does not require secrecy.

7. To conduct all diplomatic negotiations and conclude treaties with
foreign nations, provided that these treaties be submitted for approval
of the Senate, without which requisite they shall be neither valid nor
binding upon the Republic.

8. To freely appoint and remove the Secretaries of State, giving
Congress information of his action.

9. To appoint, with the approval of the Senate, the Chief Justice and
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the diplomatic and
consular agents of the Republic. If the vacancy occurs at a time in
which the Senate is not in session, he shall have power to make the
appointment of said functionaries ad interim.

10. To appoint all other public officers recognized by law, whose
appointment is not entrusted to some other authority.

11. To suspend the exercise of the rights enumerated in article 40 of
the constitution in the cases and in the manner set forth in articles 41
and 42.

12. To suspend the resolutions passed by the provincial and municipal
councils in the cases and in the manner set forth in this constitution.

13. To order the suspension of the governors of provinces in case they
exceed their powers or violate the laws; but in these cases he shall
report the fact to the Senate, in the manner and form determined by law,
for such action as may be proper.

14. To prefer charges against the governors of provinces in the cases
set forth in paragraph 3 of article 47.

15. To grant pardons according to the provisions of the law, except in
the case of public functionaries convicted for wrongs done in the
exercise of their functions.

16. To receive diplomatic representatives and admit consular agents of
other nations.

17. To dispose of the land and sea forces of the Republic as chief
commander of the same. To provide for the defense of the national
territory, reporting to Congress what he may have done on the subject.
To provide for the preservation of peace and public order in the
interior of the country. If there is danger of invasion or of any
rebellion breaking out and gravely threatening the public safety,
Congress not