3 Inherent Powers of the State: - material impairment of the value of the
property; or 
1. Police Power;
2. Power of Eminent Domain or Power of
Expropriation; and
3. Power of Taxation
Purpose:
1. for public good or welfare - Police Power  to the delegate. Money and a chose in action
2. for public use - Power of Eminent Domain
3. for revenu - Power of Taxation
  
1. POLICE POWER is the power of
promoting the public welfare by restraining and
regulating the use of both liberty and property of
all the people. It is considered to be the most all-
encompassing of the three powers. It may be
exercised only by the government. The property
taken in the exercise of this power is destroyed
because it is noxious or intended for a noxious
purpose.
It lies primarily in the discretion of the
legislature. Hence, the President, and
administrative boards as well as the lawmaking
bodies on all municipal levels, including the
barangay may not exercise it without a valid
delegation of legislative power. Municipal
governments exercise this power by virtue of the
general welfare clause of the Local Government
Code of 1991. Even the courts cannot compel
the exercise of this power through mandamus or
any judicial process.
Requisites of a valid police measure:
(a.) Lawful Subject – the activity or property sought to
be regulated affects the public welfare. It
requires the primacy of the welfare of the many
over the interests of the few.
(b.) Lawful Means – the means employed must be
reasonable and must conform to the safeguards
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
2. POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN
affects only property RIGHTS. It may be
exercised by some private entities. The property
forcibly taken under this power, upon payment of
just compensation, is needed for conversion to
public use or purpose.
The taking of property in law may include:
- trespass without actual eviction of the owner;
- prevention of the ordinary uses for which the
property was intended.
 
    The property that may be subject for
appropriation shall not be limited to private
property. Public property may be expropriated
provided there is a SPECIFIC grant of authority
are the only things exempt from expropriation.
Although it is also lodged primarily in the
national legislature, the courts have the power to
inquire the legality of the right of eminent domain
and to determine whether or not there is a
genuine necessity therefore.
3. POWER OF TAXATION affects only
property rights and may be exercised only by the
government. The property taken under this
power shall likewise be intended for a public use
or purpose. It is used solely for the purpose of
raising revenues, to protect the people and
extend them benefits in the form of public
projects and services (I hope so). Hence, it
cannot be allowed to be confiscatory, except if it
is intended for destruction as an instrument of
the police power.
It must conform to the requirements of
due process. Therefore, taxpayers are entitled to
be notified of the assessment proceedings and
to be heard therein on the correct valuation to be
given the property. It is also subject to the
general requirements of the equal protection
clause that the rule of taxation shall be uniform
and equitable.
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