2. The person having the greatest number of votes as VicePresident, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President: a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice.

3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President, shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

A

Arts and sciences, to be promoted............

A ́ ́z, records and judicial proceedings of each state entitled

to faith and credit in other States..........

Amendments to the Constitution, how made.........

made........

App entments to be made by the President..

4;pment of representatives.....

Apie priatione by law..........

App” priation for army not to exceed two years..

Congress to raise and support.........

Arms, right of the people to keep and bear (2d amendment)
Assemtir, people may (1st amendment)..........

At ander, 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...

B

E excessive, not required (8th amendment).........
Binary try lawn to be uniform..............

for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Re-
presentatives.................................

before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses
ani approved by the President; or, if disapproved,
shall be passed by two-thirds of each house.............. 1
n 4 returned in ten days, unless an adjournment inter-
vene, shall be laws.......

w money, Congress may...

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1

7

236

2 37

C

gration fir, apportionment of.........

1

9

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fraus, 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...................................

of the United States, or of the several States, not to be
prejudiced by any construction of the Constitution

Coasting trade, regulations respecting....
Coins, Congress fix value of foreign.......
Commerce, Congress to regulate........

regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform...
Commissions to be granted by the President..................
Common law recognized and established (7th amendment).....
Congress vested with power.........................................

may alter the regulations of State legislatures con-
cerning elections of senators and representatives,
except as to place of choosing senators..........
shall assemble once every year........

officers of government cannot be members of.........
may provide for cases of removal, death, &c. of
President and Vice-President.............................
may determine the time of choosing electors of Pre-
sident and Vice-President...........
may invest the appointment of inferior officers in
the President alone, in the courts of law, or the
heads of departments.....................

may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court.. 3
may declare the punishment of treason......... ...... 3
may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and
records of each State............

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4

to assent to the formation of new States............... 4
may propose amendments to Constitution or call a
convention....

18

5

to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and natu-
ralization...........

....... 1

to coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix a
standard of weights and measures...

1

to punish counterfeiting..........

1

to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
define and punish piracies, felonies on the high
seas, and offences against the laws of nations..... 1
to establish post offices and post roads...........
to authorize patents to authors and inventors........
to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make
rules concerning captures......

1

1

1

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to make rules for the government of the army and
navy.....

to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers
into effect.............

to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other property of the United States........... 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......

Cara te, no law impairing.......

Caren ́s sa for proposing amendments to the Constitution... 5
Cown ertesting, Congress to provide for punishment of.......... 1
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction........ 3
Car'a inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by
Congress..........
Ditto........

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6 37

2 48

1

..........ditto...............

3

Crimer, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be de

Criminal prosecutions, proceedings in cases of (5th amendment)

D

Indra against the confederation to be valid...........

6

Lu, es to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform...

1

further provision respecting.....................

1

cannot be land by the States.....

1

on exports prohibited..........

cm imports and exports imposed by States shall inure
to the treasury of the United States.....

1

1 10 2 89

E

E ertu na of senators and representatives shall be prescribed by the States..........

pa festions and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house....... Exertion of Pres. lent and Vice-President, how chosen, and

their duties.........

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1 5 1 35

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to vote the same day throughout the United States 2
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 on

Ex post facto law, none shall be passed..................................
prohibited to States......

F

Fines, excessive, prohibited (8th amendment)....
Fugitives from justice to be delivered up.....

from service may be reclaimed......

H

Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of re-

bellion or invasion........

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

I

51

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Impeachment to be brought by House of Representatives...... 1

tried by the Senate.........

judgment on.....

all civil officers liable to.......

Importation of slaves, not prohibited till 1808............

J

Judges shall hold their offices during good behaviour.......................
their compensation............

Judiciary-tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be cre-

ated................

Judicial power vested in a supreme court and courts inferior..
powers of the judiciary...........................................
restriction as to suits against a State (11th
amendment).......................................

Judiciary 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),..

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1 42

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