On the part and behalf of the State of South Carolina.

HENRY LAURENS,

WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON,

JNO MATHEWS,

RICHARD HUTSON,
THOS. HEYWARD, JUN'

On the part and behalf of the State of Georgia.
EDW. LANGWORTHY.

JNO WALTON, 24th July 1778,

EDW

TELFAIR,

INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

A.

ACTS, records and judicial proceedings of each state entitled to faith
and credit in other states,
Amendments to the constitution, how made,

which have been adopted,

Appointments to be made by the President,

Apportionment of representatives (amendments),

representation and direct taxation,

Appropriations made by law, money drawn from the treasury, to be in
consequence of,

Appropriation for army not to exceed two years,

Armies, Congress to raise and support,

Arms, right of the people to keep and bear (amendments),

Arts and sciences to be promoted,

Assemble, people may (amendments),

Attainder, bill of, Congress prohibited to pass,

no state shall pass,

of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture,
except during the life of the person attainted,
Authors and inventors, Congress to authorize to, for limited times, ex-
clusive rights in their writings and inventions,

B.

BAIL, excessive, not required (amendments),
Bankruptcy laws to be uniform,

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in House of Representatives,...
before they become laws, shall be passed by both Houses and ap-
proved by the President; or if disapproved, shall be passed by
two-thirds of each House,

not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall
be laws,

Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges of citizens in
the several states,

Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced
by any construction of the Constitution,

Coasting trade, regulations respecting,

Coin, a tender in payment of debts. No state shall make anything but
gold and silver,

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, Congress shall have power to,

Commerce, Congress to regulate,

regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform,

Commissions to be granted by the President,

Common law recognized and established (amendments),
Compensation, private property shall not be taken for public use with-
out just (amendments),

Confederation, no state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or,
Congress of the United States, all legislative powers vested in a,

may alter the regulations of State legislatures concerning elec-
tions of Senators and Representatives, except as to the places
of choosing Senators,

....

shall assemble once every year,

officers of government cannot be members of,

may provide for filling vacancy in cases of removal, death,
etc., of President and Vice President,

may determine the time of choosing electors of President and
Vice President,

may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments,
may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court,
may declare the punishment of treason,

may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of
each state,

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to assent to the formation of new states,

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may propose amendments to Constitution or call a convention,
to lay and collect duties,

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to borrow money,

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to regulate commerce,

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123

152

153

153

to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and rule of naturali-
zation,

to coin money, to regulate the value of coin, and fix a standard
of weights and measures,

to define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and of-
fenses against the laws of nations,

to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules con-
cerning captures,

to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of government,
to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into ef-
fect,

to dispose of, and make rules concerning the territory or other
property of the United States,

the President may, in certain cases, convene and adjourn
either House of,

may enforce prohibition of slavery by appropriate legislation
(amendments),

persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion disqualified for
senators or representatives in (amendments),

may, by a two-thirds vote, remove disability of persons who
engaged in rebellion (amendments),

shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the
provisions of Article XIV (amendments),

shall have power to enforce the provisions of Article XV
(amendments).

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representation in, how apportioned (amendments), Constitution, amendments to, may be proposed and ratified,

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Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties
made, or which shall be made, shall be made the su-
preme law of the land,

Art. Sec. CI. P.

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159

rendered operative by the ratification of nine states,
Contracts, no state shall pass law impairing the obligations of,
Conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution,
Copyrights to authors, Congress power to provide for,
Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment of,
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction,
Courts inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by Congress,
as Congress may establish. The judicial power of the United
States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and such inferior,
Crime, no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in-
famous, unless on a presentment of a grand jury (amendments),
Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded, ....
how to be tried,

Criminal prosecutions, proceedings in cases of (amendments),

D.

DEBT, public, authorized by law, shall not be questioned (amend-
ments),

Debts against the confederation to be valid,

incurred in aid of rebellion, not to be assumed or paid (amend-
ments),

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Direct tax, how to be laid,

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Disability of the President and Vice President, provisions in case of the,
of persons who engaged in rebellion (amendments),
District of Columbia, Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all
cases over the,

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Duties to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform, ...........
shall not be laid on exports,

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in another state, vessels clearing in the ports of one state shall
not be obliged to pay,

on imports, the net produce of all such duties shall be for the use
of the treasury of the United States,
Duty of tonnage, without the consent of Congress, no state shall lay
any,

ELECTIONS for Senators and Representatives, the time, place and
manner of holding, how prescribed,
Election returns and qualifications of its own members, each House
shall be the judge of the,

shall be the same throughout the United States, the day of
the,

Electors of President and Vice President, how chosen,

of President and Vice President, Congress may determine the
day for the,

Enumeration to be made every ten years,
Executive power vested in the President,
Exports not to be taxed,

and imports, states prohibited from laying duties on,

Ex-post facto law, none shall be passed,

no state shall pass any, .......

2 1 1 162

1 9 5 158

1 10 2 161

1 9 3 158

1 10 1 159

F.

FELONIES committed on the high seas, Congress shall have power to
punish,

Fines, excessive, shall not be imposed (amendments),
Fugitives from justice to be delivered up,

from service may be reclaimed,

G.

Art. Sec. Cl. P

GENERAL WELFARE, Congress shall have power to provide for the,
Gold and silver coin the only tender in payment of debts,
Government, a republican form of, to be guaranteed to every state,
Grand jury, persons shall only be held to answer for a capital or other-
wise infamous crime, on the presentment of a (amendments),

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H.

HABEAS CORPUS, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion,

House of Representatives-(See Representatives).

I.

IMPEACHMENT, the House of Representatives shall have the sole

power of,

all cases of, to be tried by the Senate,

judgment on,

all civil officers liable to,

the President cannot grant pardons in cases of,

Importations of slaves not prohibited until 1808,

Imports or exports, states prohibited from laying duties on,
Imposts and excises, Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes,
duties,

Indian tribes, Congress shall regulate commerce with the,
Indictment, the party convicted in case of impeachment, liable and sub-
ject to,

or presentment of a grand jury, no person shall be held for a capital or infamous crime, unless on (amendments), Insurrection or rebellion, no person having taken an oath as an officer of the United States or of any state, and afterwards engaged in, shall again hold any office unless disabilities are removed (amendments),

or rebellion, debts incurred in aid of, not to be assumed
or paid (amendments),

Invasion and domestic violence, the United States to protect each state against, .......

Inventors and authors, how encouraged,

and repel invasions, Congres to provide for calling forth
the militia to suppress,

in every state shall be bound by the Constitution, Judicial power vested in a Supreme Court and courts inferior, tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be created, Judicial power, restrictions of, as to suits against a state (amendments),

proceedings of each state are entitled to faith and credit in
every state,

Jury, the trial of all cases, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by,
in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy and
public trial by (amendments),

all suits at common law, where the value exceeds twenty dollars,
shall be tried by (amendments),