V.  Australien.  1413  251.  Australia.

Chapter  V.  The  States.

106.  The  Constitution  of  each  State  of  the  Commonwealth  shall,  subject  to
this  Constitution,  continue  as  at  the  establishment  of  the  Commonwealth,  or  as  at
the  admission  or  establishment  of  the  State,  as  the  case  may  be,  until  altered  in
accordance  with  the  Constitution  of  the  State.

107.  Every  power  of  the  Parliament  of  a  Colony  which  has  become  or  becomes
a  State,  shall,  unless  it  is  by  the  Constitution  exclusively  vested  in  the  Parliament
of  the  Commonwealth  or  withdrawn  from  the  Parliament  of  the  State,  continue,
as  at  the  establishment  of  the  Commonwealth,  or  as  at  the  admission  or  establishment
  of  the  State,  as  the  case  may  be.

108.  Every  law  in  force  in  a  Colony  which  has  become  or  becomes  a  State,
and  relating  to  any  matter  within  the  powers  of  the  Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth,
  shall,  subject  to  this  Constitution,  continue  in  force  in  the  State;  and,  until
provision  is  made  in  that  behalf  by  the  Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth,  the  Parliament
  of  the  State  shall  have  such  powers  of  alteration  and  of  repeal  in  respect.
of  any  such  law  as  the  Parliament  of  the  Colony  had  until  the  Colony  beccme  a  Staie.

109.  When  a  law  of  a  State  is  inconsistent  with  a  law  of  the  Commonwealth,
the  latter  shall  prevail,  and  the  former  shall,  to  the  extent  of  the  inconsistency,  be
invalid.

110.  The  provisions  of  this  Constitution  relating  to  the  Governor  of  a  State
extend  and  apply  to  the  Governor  for  the  time  being  of  the  State,  or  other  chief
executive  officer  or  administrator  of  the  government  of  the  State.

111.  The  Parliament  of  a  State  may  surrender  any  part  of  the  State  to  the
Commonwealth;  and  upon  such  surrender,  and  the  acceptance  thereof  by  the  Commonweatlh,
  such  part  of  the  State  shall  become  subject  to  the  exclusive  jurisdiction
of  the  Commonwealth.

112.  After  uniform  duties  of  customs  have  been  imposed,  a  State  may  levy
on  imports  or  exports,  or  on  goods  passing  into  or  out  the  state,  such  charges  as  may
be  necessary  for  executing  the  inspection  laws  of  the  State;  but  the  net  produce  of
all  charges  so  levied  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  Commonwealth;  and  any  such
inspection  laws  may  be  annulled  by  the  Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth.

113.  All  fermented,  distilled,  or  other  intoxicating  liquids  passıng  into  any
State  or  remaining  therein  for  use,  consumption,  sale,  or  storage,  shall  be  subjeot
to  the  laws  of  the  State  as  if  such  liquids  had  been  produced  in  the  State.

114.  A  State  shall  not,  without  the  consent  of  the  Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth,
  raise  or  maintain  any  naval  or  military  force,  or  impose  any  tax  on  property
of  any  kind  belonging  to  the  Commonwealth,  nor  shall  the  Commonwealth  impose
any  tax  on  property  of  any  kind  belonging  to  a  State.

115.  A  State  shall  not  coin  money  nor  make  anything  but  gold  and  silver  coin
a  legal  tender  in  payment  of  debts.

116.  The  Commonwealth  shall  not  make  any  law  for  establishing  any  religion,
or  for  imposing  any  religous  observance,  or  for  prohibiting  the  free  exercise  of  any