1857 CONSTITUTION OF THB UNH The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases ot Rebellion ior Invasion the publitt Safety may require it.- n _ W » · No Bill ot Attainder or ex post facto Lew shall be passed. No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless .111 Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed t0b€t&k€H·`i · _ `. · No Tax or Duty shall be lald on Articles exported from an; State. ~ —~ Q_ No Preferenée shall be given by any Regulation of Como f merce or Revenge to the ·‘Ports‘of one State over those of an ether: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, Ane. State, be pbliged to enter, cleat', or pay Duties in another. ’ " · No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Con sequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a I€g\.ll&1‘_ State ment and Accotmt of the Receipts and Expenditures of ul public Money shall be published from time to tlme. i ‘ No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States Anil no Person holding ani Otllce of Prodt or Trust undet them, shall,.without the Consent of the Congress, accept of an; present, Emolument, Omce, or Tit1e,.·of any_ kind whatever from any.» King, Prince, or foreign State. · _ · ` Sncrrox. 10. No State shall- enter into any Treaty, Alliance or Confederation; grant Letters ofkMarqt1e and Reptisal; coi1 Money; omit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold ana silver Coin `ea Tender in l Payment of Debts; pasls any Bill o · Attalnder, ek post facto' Law, or Law lmpairlng the Obligatim of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. , _ ‘ ‘ No. State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay an; Imposts or Duties onlmportsh or Exports, except what may b absolutely neeeasary for executing tit’s inspection Laws: ana the net Pmouee of all Dntlea an`d`Imposts; lald_ by any Stat 4 'on Imports on Exports, shall be foiithe Use of the Treasnr; of the United States; and all auch_Laws} shall be subject tl the Revjfsion and`Controul of the Congress. ·_ · No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay nn; Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of— War iu. time o Waco, enter into any Agreement or Compact with anothe n State, oirwith a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless ac tually invaded, or in such imminent°Dan§er as will not adml of déliy. ’ · a . . ` _ Anucu:. II. Svxmos. 1. The executive Power shall. be vested in a Presl dent of the_Un1ted States of Americnt He shall hold his 0Hlo during the Term of tour Years, and, together with the —Vic· President, ehmen for the same Term, be elected, aa follows Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the_ Legis (latnre thereof may direct, a Number ot Electors, equal to thwhole Number of Senators and Representatives to which th· State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator 0* Representative, or Person holding an Omee ot 'lfrustfor Prob under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. The hlleetore. shall meet in their respective States, and fob by Ballot Ytor two Eersonns, of ylnom one at least shall- not lm an_.Inl1abitant of the same State withthemselves. And the; shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of tht Number of Votw for each; whldn List they shall. sign ana certify. and tranmlt sealed to the Seat of the Government o the United ‘directed` to the oF the Senate The President ot the Senate éall, in the Presence of the-Senatand House ot R¢I3!&€13¢hdV’Gl,,GP6B all the `Gwtmmtes, am the Votes shall the¤—`be wanted. The Perma having th· Bfeataest Number of Votes shall be the Prmident, ite suc] -Numbe;· be a Majority ot the whole Number` ot at Dvintcd: and itthue belmote than enetwho have sneh mayb: ity, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the Houee ob ` Representatives ahall immediately clause by Ballot one of then for`·President_; and it_no Persom have a laajority, then tron 86270*--26-=——~·117 , _ ‘.
TED STATES OF A1lERIC'A.-1787 ` >_ the Eve highest on the ·List the said House shall in like e Manner chose the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be teken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Pnrpose shall n consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, I and a Majority ot all the States shall be necessary? to n Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person r having the greatest Number ot Votes ot the Electors shall be the Vice President: ‘But if there should remain two or more - who have equal- Votes, the Senate shall chuse*from` them by · Ballot the Vice President, ` 3 _ —No·rn.———This clause has been superseded by the twelfth amendment, p, 1860. _ ‘ E . ·` The Congress may determine the Time of clmsing the Electors, ¤· and the Day on which they shall givtheir Votes; which Dey l_ _ shall he the same throughout the_United States. _ '_ No Person except a natural born Citizen; or a Citizen of the
- United States, at the time of the Adoption ot this Constitution,
r sha11 be, eligible to the Odlcé of President; neither shell any y Person be eligible to that Omce who shall not have attained ·, to the. Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. ` `
- ·_ In Case `of the Removal of the President from Omce, or
n of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers 1 and. Duties ofx the said Oihce,' the same shall derolve on the t Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide. for n the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the Prwidentl aud _Vice President, declaring what Omcer y shall then act as‘President,_and such 0Ecer shall act ncmrd- 9 ingly, until the Disability-be removed, or a President shall be d` e1ected.».t C _ ° _ e The President shall, at. stated Times, receive for his Servy·. ices, a Compensation, which shall neither be encrmsed ner 0 diminished during the Period , for which he shall hve been ` elected, and he shall not receive within that any other y Emolument from the United States, or any ot them. { Before he enteron the Execution ot his OSce, he shall take jg the following Cath, or Aihrmationz-Q—" I- do solemnly swmr
- . (`or awrm) that i will faithfully execute the O¤ce‘ot Presit~ dent of the United States, and will to the best of my Ahility,
preserve, · protect and defend the Constitution of the United States? · . _ `» ` Sncrrow. .2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of i·· the_Army and Navyof the United States, and ot the Militia ev of the·severz1l_ States, when called into the acmal Service or e the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal -0theer in each of the executire Deparments, _` a- upon any Subject relating to the Dtities of their ive e Omcemind he shall have Power to gmnt Reprieves and e Pardons for €·5?`:nces against the United States, except in Cases r of Impeachment. . r ; . at He shall have Power, by`and`€vith the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to mafke Treaties, provided two thirds of the e Senators present eonciirgand he? shell nominate, and by and e with the Advice and Consent ot the Senate, shall appoint: y Ambassadors, other public Ministers end Gonsuls, Judges ot the e supreme Conrt, and all other Omcers of the United States, Ll whose Appointments nre not herein otherwise provided for, f and which shall he established by Lawfbnt the Congress may r. by Loyv) vest the Appointment such inferior Omcers, ns they _ e think proper, in the Prmldent eloue,·! in the Courts of Law. or 1 in the Hmds of Departments. · ‘ _ _ 6 The President shall have Power to dll up all Vacancies that h mlay` happen duringthe Recess of the Senate, hy, granting (fom- >?· which shall 'eipire at the·.End of their next Session.
- 4 Q Snemon. 3. He shall from tinne to time give to the Congress
f Information of the State of the Union,,and recommendto their
- 1 Consideration such Hmsures as he shall judge necessary and
1` expedient; he may. on ertraordinary Ocynsions,— convene hoth
