18 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES—1787. ’ No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty- live Years, and been seven Years aCitizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall chosen. "* [Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to l'.hO11' respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for aTerm of Years. and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.] The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New dersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina tive, South Carolina tive, and Georgia three. Veazie Bank r. Fenno, 8 Wall., 533; Scholey 1·. Rew, 23 Wall., 331. ‘ When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue \Vrits of Election to till such Vacancies.
- ‘The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and Other officers; and shall
have the sole Power of Impeachment. Sncrrox. 3. 'The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one vote. 2 Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the tirstElection, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second year. of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Ex iiation of the sixth Year, so that one-third may be chosen every second Year: and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then till such Vacancies. ’No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thity Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. ‘The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. ‘The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tem re, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Ofhce of Presidgit of the United States. ‘The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Im eachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Atlirmation. Wgnen the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. "Jud ment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Oiiice, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Jud ment and Punishment, according to I41w. Sncrrou. 4. ‘The Times, Places and Manner of holdin Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State, by the Iegislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of c using Senators. “The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monda in December, unless the shall by Law appoint a different Da . Sizorion. 5. ‘Each House shall be the Jhdge of the Elections, Returns and ({ualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number ma adjourn from da · to day, and ma be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Myembers, in such Manner, and undler such Penalties as each House may provide. ’Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Coneurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Anderson v. Dunn, 6 Wh., 204. ' Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish
- The clause included in brackets is amended by the 14th amendment, 2d section, p. 31.
