ARTICLE I.

The stile of this Government shall be, "The United States of America."

II.

The Government shall consist of supreme legislative, executive and judicial powers.

III.

IV.

Sect. 1. The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen every second year, by the people of the several States comprehended within this Union. The qualifications of the electors shall be the same, from time to time, as those of the electors in the several States, of the most numerous branch of their own legislatures.

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Sect. 2. Every Member of the House of Representatives shall be of the
of twenty-five years at least; shall have been a citizen ["in" stricken
out] the United States for at least ["three" stricken out] years before his
election; and shall be, at the time of his election, ["a resident" stricken
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an Inhabitant

Sect. 3. The House of Representatives shall, at its first formation, and until the number of citizens and inhabitants shall be taken in the manner herein after described, consist of sixty-five Members, of whom three shall be chosen in New-Hampshire, eight in Massachusetts, one in Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, five in Connecticut, six in New-York, four in New-Jersey, eight in Pennsylvania, one in Delaware, six in Maryland, ten in

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Virginia, five in North-Carolina, five in South-Carolina, and three in Georgia.

Sect. 4. As the proportions of numbers in the different States will alter from time to time; as some of the States may hereafter be divided; as others may be enlarged by addition of territory; as two or more States may be united; as new States will be erected within the limits of the United States, the Legislature shall, in each of these cases, regulate the number of

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rule herein after ["provided" stricken out] for direct Tax" not exceeds the

representatives by the number of inhabitants, according to the ["provisions
herein after made, at " stricken out] the rate of one for every forty thousand.
Provided that every State shall have at least One representative.

Sect. 5. All bills for raising or appropriating money, and for fixing the
salaries of the officers of government, shall originate in the House of Rep-
resentatives, and shall not be altered or amended by the Senate. No
money shall be drawn from the public Treasury, but in pursuance of ap-
propriations that shall originate in the House of Representatives.

Sect. 6. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. It shall choose its Speaker and other officers.

Sect. 7. Vacancies in the House of Representatives shall be supplied by

writs of election from the executive authority of the State, in the representation from which they shall happen.

V.

A vacancies happening by refusals to accept resigna-
tions or otherwise may be supplied by the Legislature
of the State in the representation of which such va-

Sect. 1. The Senate of the United States shall be chosen by the Legis

cancies shall happen, or by the Executive thereof latures of the several States. Each Legislature shall chuse two members.

until the next meeting of the Legislature.

[“of the State, in the representation of which ["the" Vacancies may be supplied by the Executive until the next meeting of the

such

stricken out] vacancies shall happen." stricken Legislature. Each member shall have one vote.

out.]

they shall be assembled in consequence of

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Sect. 2. The Senators shall be chosen for six years; but immediately
the first election they shall be divided, by lot, into three classes,
as nearly as may be, numbered one, two and three. The seats of the mem-
bers of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year,
of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, of the third class
at the expiration of the sixth year, so that a third part of the members
may be chosen every second year.

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Sect. 3. Every member of the Senate shall be of the age of thirty years at least; shall have been a citizen ["in" stricken out] the United States for

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at least ["four" stricken out] years before his election; and shall be, at the

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an inhabitant

time of his election, ["a resident" stricken out] of the State for which he shall be chosen.

Sect. 4. The Senate shall chuse its own President and other officers.

VI.

Sect. 1. The times and places and the manner of holding the elections of the members of each House shall be prescribed by the Legislature of

respectively regulations in each of the foregoing cases

each State; but ["their provisions concerning them" stricken out] may, at

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made or

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any time, be altered by the Legislature of the United States.

Sect. 2. The Legislature of the United States shall have authority to
establish such uniform qualifications of the members of each house, with
regard to property, as to the said Legislature shall seem expedient.

Sect. 3. In each House a majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to

and may be authorised to compel the attendance day. e

of absent Members in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.

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Sect. 4. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members.