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50 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION. _ _ _ _ Art. sec. Cl.P•ge. H-alectian of the laws. No State shall deny to any person within its Jurisdiction the equal [Amendments] . . . _ 14 1 ~ 31 Public debt of the United States incurred in suppressing insurrection or rebellion shall not be questioned. The validity of the. [Amen ments] ... 14 4 — 31 Public safely may require it. The writ of habeas corpus shall not besuspended, unlx when in cases of rebellion or invasion the . . - . I 9 2 21 Public trial by jury. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy and. [Amendments] . T . 6 — — *29 Public uae. Private property shall notbe taken for, without just compensation. [Amend- 5 ments . . . — — 29 Pumhhmenl abcording to law. Judgment in casesof impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from, and disqualification for, office; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and ... 1 3 7 18 Punishment.? inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual. [Amendments] . . .. 8 — — 29 Q. Quallficalumfar opice. No religious test shall ever be required as a . 6 — 3 27 Quoltficaiibna of e ectors of members of the House of Representatives shall be the same as electors for the most numerous branch of the State legislature 1 2 1 17 Quali/iccdiom of members of the House of Representatives. They shall be twenty-tive years of age, seven years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in which chosen . 1 2 2 18 Of Senators. They shall be thirty years of age, nine years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in which chosen .. l 3 3 18 Of its own members. Each House shall be the judge of the election, returns, and . . . l 5 l 18 Of the President. No person except a naturalbom citizen, or a citizen of the l'nited States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President .. 2 1 4 23 Neither shall any person be eligible to the otliice of President v.·no shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years and been fourteen years a. resident within the United States . 2 l -l 23 Of the Vice-President. No person constitutionallv ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President. [Amendments] . 12 — - 30 Quartered in any house without the consent of the owner in time of peace. No soldier shall be, [Amendments] . 3 - - 28 Quorum to do business. A majority of each House shall constitute a ...,.,.,,.. I 5 1 18 But a smaller number than a quorum may adjoum from day to day and may be authorized to com l the attendance of absent members ,,.,..,.,.._,,,_,__ 1 5 1 18 Of the House of gepresentatives for choosing a President shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. [Amendments] ..._. 12 - - 30 Quorum to elect a Vice-President by the Senate. Two-thirds of the whole number of Senators shall be a. [Amendments] _ . 12 - - 30 A majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. [Amendments] 12 - — 30 R. Race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of citizens of the United States to vote s all not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of. gAmendments] ... 15 1 — 32 Ratification of amem ments to the Constitution shall be by the legislatures of three·fourths of the several States or by conventions in three-fourths of the States, accordingly as Congress may propose .. 5 — — 26 Ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient to establish the Constitution between the States so ratifying the same ...,.. . .,.__,_____,_,., 7 — - 27 Ratio of representation until the first enumeration under the Constitution shall be made not to exceed one for every thirty thousand ,.,...,..,,._._,,,._,_______________ l 2 3 18 Ratio of representation shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding In ians not taxed. [Amendmentsl . .,.__,,,,_______________ _ _ _ 14 Q .. 3] But when the right to vote for Presi< ential electors or members of Congress, or the l 'slative, executive, and judicial officers of the State, except for engaging in ribellion or other crime, shall be denied or abridged bv a State, the basis of representation shall be reduced therein in the proportion ot such denial or abridgment of the right to vote.w(|éAmendments] ,,..___,_______ 14 2 - 31 Rebellion against the Uni States. Persons who, while holding certain Federal and State offices, took an oath to support the Constitution, afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion, disabled from holding office under the United States. [Amendments] .., , ._________ _ 14 3 .. 3] But (‘on;;ress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House remove sncb disability. [Ainendmentsl . . . 14 3 - 31 Rebellion against the l'nited States. Debts incurred ion pensionsand bounties for services in suppressing: the rebellion shall not be questioned. [Amendments] 14 4 — 31 All debts and obligations incurred in aid of the rebellion, and all claims for the loss oremancipatiouot slaves, declared and held tobeillegal and void. [Amendments].. 14 4 - 31