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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES——1787. 27 in the Ninth Section of the first Article: and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE. VI. ‘All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. g ’ This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall he the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. Hayburrfs case, 2 Dall., 409; Ware wv. Hylton, 3 Dall., 199; Calder and wife r. Bull and wife, 3 Dall., 386; Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cr., 137; Chirac r. Chirac, 2 Wh., 259; McCulloch 2-. The State of Maryland, 4 Wh., 316; Society r. New Haven, 8 Wh., 464; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wh., 1; Foster and Elam r Neilson, 2 Pet., 253; Buckner r. Finley, 2 Pet., 586; Worcester r. State of Georgia, 6 Pet., 515; Kennett et al. r. Chambers, 14 How., 38; Dodge r. Woolsey, 18 How., 331; State of New York zi. Dibble, 21 How., 366; Ableman v. Booth and United States v. Booth, 21 How., 506; Sinnot v. Davenport, 22 How., 227; Foster r. Davenport, 22 How., 244; Haver_ v. Yaker, 9 Wall., 32. ” The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and al executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Afiirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the 'nited States. Ex parte Garland, 4 Wall., 333. ARTICLE VII. The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven, an of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, G°: WASHINGTON- Presidt. and Deputy from W°2·g1`n2`a 2Vew Ifanqmhire. Jomv Lanonox Nrcuoms Grmnx Jlfassachwzetta. Nyrmlnmn Gomum Rorus Kms Uomzecticut. Wu. Sam,. Jonsson Room: Snmmazv News Ibrk. ALEXANDER HAMILTON M40 Jersey. Wn.: Lxvmosrou Wm. Pnnnsou Davrn Bnmannr Join: Duron Pennsylvania. B. Fmuxtxu Taos. Frrzsmoas Tnoms MlFF'LIN Janmn Iuennsou. Ronan Monms James Wusox Grso. Cmrmnn Gouv Monius