The Constitution of the United States of America, as Amended: Analytical Index, Unratified AmendmentsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 73 pages |
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... Jersey , to be bound with a paperback cover of the style and design used in printing House Docu- ment Numbered 93-215 of the Ninety - third Congress , and that two hundred and forty - six thousand additional copies be printed , of which ...
... Jersey , to be bound with a paperback cover of the style and design used in printing House Docu- ment Numbered 93-215 of the Ninety - third Congress , and that two hundred and forty - six thousand additional copies be printed , of which ...
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... Jersey , and New York - met in Annapolis during September 1786 for that purpose . The State of New Jersey , however , had enlarged the object of the appointment of its commis- sioners , by authorizing them to consider " other important ...
... Jersey , and New York - met in Annapolis during September 1786 for that purpose . The State of New Jersey , however , had enlarged the object of the appointment of its commis- sioners , by authorizing them to consider " other important ...
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... Jersey four , Pennsylvania eight , Delaware one , Maryland six , Virginia ten , North Carolina five , South Carolina five , and Georgia three . When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State , the Executive Authority thereof ...
... Jersey four , Pennsylvania eight , Delaware one , Maryland six , Virginia ten , North Carolina five , South Carolina five , and Georgia three . When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State , the Executive Authority thereof ...
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... WM . SAML . JOHNSON , ALEXANDER HAMILTON . WIL : LIVINGSTON , DAVID BREARLEY , New York . New Jersey . WM . PATERSON , JONA : DAYTON . Pennsylvania . THOMAS MIFFLIN , GEO . CLYMER , JARED * Obsolete . CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 9.
... WM . SAML . JOHNSON , ALEXANDER HAMILTON . WIL : LIVINGSTON , DAVID BREARLEY , New York . New Jersey . WM . PATERSON , JONA : DAYTON . Pennsylvania . THOMAS MIFFLIN , GEO . CLYMER , JARED * Obsolete . CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 9.
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... Jersey , December 18 , 1787 ; Georgia , January 2 , 1788 ; Connecticut , January 9 , 1788 ; Massa- chusetts , February 6 , 1788 ; Maryland , April 28 , 1788 ; South Carolina , May 23 , 1788 ; New Hampshire , June 21 , 1788 ...
... Jersey , December 18 , 1787 ; Georgia , January 2 , 1788 ; Connecticut , January 9 , 1788 ; Massa- chusetts , February 6 , 1788 ; Maryland , April 28 , 1788 ; South Carolina , May 23 , 1788 ; New Hampshire , June 21 , 1788 ...
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Page 19 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 4 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 18 - The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Page 8 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 5 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page 17 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 22 - President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office...
Page 4 - States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 21 - Whenever the President transmits to the president pro tempore of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as acting President.
Page 16 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.