What were stockbrokers busy doing on sunday, october 27, 1929?
a. cleaning up the trash around their offices
b. strolling from street to street trying adjust orders
c. putting orders in their books and trying to catch up on clerical work

The answer Edgen on is:

(C.) putting orders in their books and trying to catch up on clerical work

the correct answers are: 1) lay and collect taxes and duties; 2) pay debts; 5) borrow money;   6) regulate commerce with foreign nations.

article 1, section 8. refers to the powers of congress. according to the united states constitution: “the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.”