INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

A.

Arts and Sciences, to be promoted

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State, en-
titled to faith and credit in other States

Amendments to the Constitution, how made

made

Appointments, to be made by President
Apportionment of Representatives

Appropriations by law

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Appropriation for Army, not to exceed two years
Armies, Congress to raise and support

Arms, right of the people to keep and bear

Assemble, people may

Attainder, bill of, prohibited to Congress

prohibited to the States

of treason, shall not work corruption of blood,
or forfeiture except during the life of the
person attainted

Buil, excessive, not required

B.

Bankruptcy laws to be uniform

Bills for raising revenue, shall originate in the House of

Representatives

before they become laws, shall be passed by both
Houses, and approved by President; or, if dis-
approved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each
House

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not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment in-
tervene, shall be laws

Borrow money, Congress may

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Capitation tax, apportionment of

C.

Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States

Claims, no prejudice to certain
Claims of the United States, or of the several States,
not to be prejudiced by any construction of the
Constitution.

Coins, Congress fix value of foreign

Commerce, Congress to regulate

regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform Commissions, to be granted by the President

Co..mon law, recognised and established, 7th amendment
Congress, vested with power

may alter the regulations of State Legislatures
concerning elections of Senators and Repre-
entatives, except as to place of choosing
Senators

Congress, to establish post offices and post roads

to authorize patents to authors and inventors
to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court

to define and punish piracies, felonies on the
high seas, and offences against the laws of
nations

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President may convene and adjourn, in certain

cases

Constitution, how amended

laws and treaties, declared to be the supreme
law

rendered operative by the ratification of nine
States

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Contracts, no law impairing
Conventions, for proposing amendments to Constitution
Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction
Courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, may be ordained
by Congress
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Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be

cn imports and exports, imposed by States, shall

enure to the Treasury of the United States

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E.

Art.

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Eleticons, of Senators and Representatives, shall be pre-
scribed by the States

qualifications and returns of members of Con-
gress, to be determined by each House

Electors, of President and Vice President, how chosen, and
their duties

altered, see 12th amendment

to vote the same day throughout the U. States
no Senator, or Representative, or public officer,
shall serve as

Enumeration, every ten years
Executive power vested in a President (See President)
Exports, not to be taxed

and imports, States prohibited from laying duties

Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

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tried by the Senate

judgment on

all civil officers liable to

Importation of slaves, not prohibited till 1808

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J.

Judges, shall hold their offices during good behaviour
Judiciary, tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be

created

Judges, their compensation

Judicial power, vested in a Supreme Court, and courts, in

ferior

powers of the Judiciary

restriction as to suits against a State

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Judicial proceedings of each State are entitled to faith

and credit in every State

Jury trial secured, and shall be held in the State where the crime shall have been committed

further regulated, 6th amendment

'secured in suits at common law where the value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars,
7th amendment

Law, what is declared the supreme

L.

Law, common, recognised and established, 7th amend

Laws, President to see them faithfully executed

Legislative powers, vested in Congress. (See Congress.)
Loans, authority to make

Money shall be drawn from the treasury, only by appropriation laws

Congress to coin and regulate value

States cannot make

Naturalization, uniform rules

N.

Navy, Congress to provide and govern

Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States nor by the States

0.

Officers, of House of Representatives shall be chosen by the

Order of one House, requiring the concurrence of the

other

Oath, of the President

of the public officers

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