CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. 126 CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. felonies committed on the high seas, and of- fenses against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning cap- tures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress in- surrections, and repel invasions. 16. To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the serv- ice of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia ac- cording to the discipline prescribed by Congress. 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not ex- ceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Con- gress, become the seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arse- nals, dockyards, and other needful buildings. And 18. To make all laws which shall be neces- sary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. Section IX. 1. The migration or importa- tion of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the vear one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importa- tion, not exceeding 10 dollars for each person. 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 re- quire 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 hereinbefore directed to be taken. 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State. 6. No preference shall be given by any reg- ulation of commerce or reveflue to the ports of one State over those of another, nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treas- ury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8- No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States. And no person holding any office ot profit or trust under them shall, with- out the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign Sections. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation, grant letters or marque and reprisal, coin money, emit bills nL„ o r?^^®. anything but gold and silver hni J oft°?^^ *° payment of debts, pass any nniHn,, ♦l^' ""^SV' ^^. ^'0'* /«f'o law, or law im- a"ny"?ifle'of Zf^ttT "' '°°'^"'*^' ^^^"^^ r^l,.rl!2 f^^*® ^^^V' without the consent of the Congress, lay any Impost or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid
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lor the use of the Treasury of the United States : and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage _ in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. ARTICLE IL Section I. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice- President, chosen for the same term, be e»ected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Sen«- ators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Sen- ator or Representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be appointed an elector. 3. [The electors shall meet in their re- spective States and vote by ballot for two per- sons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify and transmit, sealed, to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall im- mediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the Presi- dent. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote. A quorum, for this purpose, shall consist of a member o" members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice-President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice- President.] 4. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years and been 14 years a resident within the United States. 6. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or in- ability to discharge the powers and duties of the Eaid office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resigna- tion, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, re- ceive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any
