Massachusetts, February 6, 1788.
Maryland, April 28, 1788.
South Carolina, May 23, 1788.
New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
Virginia, June 26, 1788.
New York, July 26, 1788.
North Carolina, November 21, 1789.
Rhode Island, May 29, 1790.
The State of Vermont, by convention, ratified the Constitution on January 10, 1791, and was, by act of Congress, February 18, 1791, "received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States of America."
Coin a tender for payment
of debts, 134.
Color, or previous condition
of servitude, 155.
Commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy, Presi-
dent, when, 137.
Commerce or revenue,
Compact with another
State, 134, 135.
Compensations, official,
128, 137, 138.
Congress, powers vested
in, 130-132.
Constitution, executive and
legislative powers under,
130, 132, 137, 144.
Convention for proposing
Amendments to Constitu-
tion, 143.
Copyrights to authors, 131.
Courts of law, 139, 140.
Crimes, capital or other-
wise, 140, 141, 148, 149.
DEATH or resignation of
the President, 137.
Debts of the United States,
Defence and general wel-
fare, 139.
Departments, 138.
District of Columbia, 132.
Domestic violence, 143.
Due process of law, 148.
Duties, imposts, and ex-
cises, 134.
ELECTION of President and
Vice-President, 135, 136,
150, 151; of Senators and
Representatives, 127.
Electors, presidential, 135,
136, 150, 151.
Establishment of the Con-
stitution between the
States, 145.
Executive powers, 135.
Expel a member, 127.
Exports or imports, 134, 135.
Ex-post-facto law, 134.
FOREIGN nations, regula-
tion of commerce with,
130.
Forfeiture for treason, 141.
Form of government, a re-
publican, guaranteed, 143.
Freedom of speech and
press, not to be invaded,
147.
Fugitives from crime, 142.
GENERAL welfare (pream-
ble), 121.
Gold and silver a tender,
134.
HABEAS corpus, 133.
House of Representatives,
122-125, 153, 154.
Nobility, no title of shall
be granted, 134.
Nominations for office by
the President, 138.
Number of electors, 135.
OATH of office by the Pres-
Obligation of contracts,
134.
Offences against the United
States, 138.
PARDONS, the President
may grant reprieves and,
138.
Pensions and bounties, 154.
Powers not delegated, 150.
President and Vice-Presi-
dent, manner of choos-
ing, 135, 150-152.
President of the United
States, 135-139.
President pro tempore, 126.
Privileges and immunities
of citizens, 147, 148, 153.
Property of the United
States, 142.
Prosecutions, 149.
Punishment according to
law, 127, 149.
QUALIFICATIONS for of
fice, 123, 126, 136, 152.
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