a. to constitute courts inferior to the Supreme Court, including circuit courts,
claims courts and such courts with prescribed jurisdictional powers as may be
deemed necessary for the proper administration of justice throughout the
Republic;
b. to approve treaties, conventions and such other international agreements
negotiated or signed on behalf of the Republic;
c. to regulate trade and commence between Liberia and other nations;
d. to establish laws for citizenship, naturalization and residence;
e. to enact the election laws;
f. to establish various categories of criminal offenses and provide for the
punishment thereof;
g. to enact laws providing pension scheme for various categories of government
officials and employees in accordance with age and tenure of service; and
h. to make other laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in
the Government of the Republic, or in any department or officer thereof.
Article 35
Each bill or resolution which shall have passed both Houses of the Legislature shall,
before it becomes law, be laid before the President for his approval. If he grants
approval, it shall become law. If the President does not approve such bill or
resolution, he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it
originated. In so doing, the President may disapprove of the entire bill or resolution
or any item or items thereof. This veto may be overridden by the re-passage of
such bill, resolution or item thereof by a veto of two-thirds of the members in each
House, in which case it shall become law. If the President does not return the bill
or resolution within twenty days after the same shall have been laid before him it
shall become law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature by
adjournment prevents its return.
No bill or resolution shall embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed
in its title.
Article 36
The Senators and Representatives shall receive from the Republic remuneration for
their services to be fixed by law, provided that any increase shall become effective
at the beginning of the next fiscal year.
Article 37