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Sect. 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate, in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.

No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil of fice under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during his continuance in of fice.

Sect. 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills.

Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and the senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the president of the United States; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to re-consider it. If, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall like wise be reconsidered, and, if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevents its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of the senate and house of representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States, and, before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the senate and house of representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.

Sect. 8. The Congress shall have power

To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, & among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of for eign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post-offices and post-roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations; To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of

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money to that use shall be for a longer term than 2 years; To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrection, &repel invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States; reserving to the states, respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district, (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings;-And

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the U.S.,or in any department or officer thereof.

Sect. 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.

No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.

No title of nobility shall be granted by the U. States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.

Sect. 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bills of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.

No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any impost or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts laid by any state on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress. No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.

ARTICLE II.

Sect. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, togeth

er with the Vice-President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress: But no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.

The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shail not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Sen.

ate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the Representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose 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.In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice-President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice-President.

The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, & the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the U. States.

No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office, who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years, and been 14 years a resident within the United States.

In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States."

He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: But the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of their next session.

Sec. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

Sect. 4. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treasʊn, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

ARTICLE III.

Sect. 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

Sect. 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity, arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all cases of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more states, between a state and citizens of another state, between citizens of different states, between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects.

In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations, as the Congress shall make.

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.

sion in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.

On motion of Mr. Wayne, seconded by Mr. Bull, Ordered, That a committee be appointed, to take the foregoing motion into consideration, and make report

thereon.

The committee agreed on, consists of Mr. Wilson, Mr. M'Pherson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Wayne, Mr. Grier, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Pickering.

On motion of Mr. Gray, seconded by Mr. M'Pherson, The petitions relative to the cession of a district to the Congress, for the seat of the General Government, were read a second time, & referred to the above committee. Ordered, that Mr. Baker, Mr. Balliott and Mr. Hoge be a committee of accounts, that they ascertain the mileage of each member, and such other expenses as are to be provided for by this Convention.

Saturday, Dec. 15, 1787. A.M.

The committee appointed to consider the motion of Mr. Wilson, relative to a cession to the United States of a district for the seat of the Federal Government, report | the following resolution,

"That when the constitution, proposed by the late General Convention, shall have been organized, this commonwealth will cede to the Congress of the United States the jurisdiction over any place in Pennsylvania, not exceeding ten miles square, which with the consent of the inhabitants, the Congress may choose, for the seat of the government of the United States, excepting only the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, and that part of the Northern Liberties included within a line running parallel with Vine street, at the distance of one mile northward thereof, from the river Schuyl kill to the southern side of the main branch of Cohokshink creek, thence down the said creek to its junction with the river Delaware; but the marsh land, and so much of the adjoining bank on the same side of the said creek as shall be necessary for the erecting any dams, or works to command the water thereof, are excluded from this exception.”

On the question being put, the Yeas and Nays were called by Mr. M'Kean and Mr. Whitehill, and were as follow.

son, John Hunn, George Gray, Samuel Ashmead, Enoch Edwards, Henry Wynkoop, John Barclay, Thomas Yardley, Abraham Stout, Thomas Bull, Anthony Wayne, William Gibbons, Richard Downing, Thomas Cheney John Hannum, Stephen Chambers, Robert Coleman, Sebastian Graff, John Hubley, Jasper Yeates, Henry Slagle, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Hartley, David Grier, John Black, Benjamin Pedan, John Harris, Nicholas Lutz, John Arndt, Stephen Balliott, Joseph Horsfield, David Deshler, Joseph Powell, William Wilson, John Boyd, John Nevill, John Allison, Jonathan Roberts, John Richards, Frederick A.Muhlenberg, James Morris, Timothy Pickering, Benjamin Elliott.

Nays-John Reynolds, Robert Whitehill, John Ludwig, John Bishop, James Martin, John Baird, James Edgar, Nathaniel Breading, Jolin Smilie, Richard Bard, Adam Orth.

So it was carried in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Chambers, seconded by Mr.Wayne, Resolved, That the President be directed to transmit to his Excellency the President of Congress, by the Secretary, the constitution as ratified by this convention, together with the resolution respecting the cession of territory and the temporary residence of the Honorable the Congress of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Hartley, seconded by Mr.Chambers, Resolved, That three thousand copies of the Federal Constitution. and the ratification thereof by this Convention, be printed in the English language, and two thousand copies in the German language, and delivered to the President,for the several members of this body, in proportion to the number of deputies from the several counties, to be distributed amongst their constituents. The committee of accounts made report; whereupon Resolved, That the President draw an order on the Treasurer, in favor of James Campbell, Esquire, for forty-one pounds, for his service as Secretary to the Convention, including fifteen days allowance for complet. ing the business.

In favor of Andrew Burkhard, Messenger, for his services, including four days allowance, for fifteen pounds. In favor of Joseph Fry, Door-Keeper, for his services, including four days allowance, for fifteen pounds. In favor of James Martin, for his services, for six pounds fifteen shillings,

In favor of the Secretary, for carrying the new constitution of the United States, and ratification thereof by this state, to Congress, for twenty pounds.

In favor of the Secretary, for four hundred pounds, to defray the printing of the minutes and other contingent expenses, and that he account with the Comptroller General for the same.

Nays.-John Harris, John Reynolds, Robert Whitehill, Jonathan Hoge, John Ludwig, John Bishop, James Martin, Joseph Powell, William Findley, John Baird, William Todd, James Edgar, Nathaniel Breading, John Smilie, Richard Bard, Adam Orth.

So it was carried in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Pickering, seconded by Mr. Chambers,

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this convention, that until the Congress shall have made their election of a district for the place of their accommodation, they may have the use of such of the public buildings within the city of Philadelphia, or any other part of this state, as they may find convenient.

On the question being put, the Yeas and Nays were called by Mr. Wayne and Mr. Chambers, and were as follow:

Yeas.-George Latimer, Benjamin Rush,

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On motion of Mr. M'Kean, seconded by Mr. Chambers, Resolved, unanimously. That the thanks of this convention be presented to the President, for the able and faithful manner in which he has discharged the duties of the chair. JAMES CAMPBELL, Secretary.

Adjourned sine die.

TAXES.

Believing that the subject of taxes is one which pos sesses general interest and which has never been fully placed before the public-we have with considerable labor formed, from authentic sources, the following ta ble and calculations. The table exhibits the assessments of 1826 and 1829—The county taxes for the whole county-The several corporation taxes-The poor taxes for those districts which are under the jurisdiction of the Guardians of the poor-those for the townships we have not been able to procure. In the calculations following the table, an analysis is made, shewing, as we think, some very interesting results.