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Page 8 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g j THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER . 5 ?1 Complete Text of the Constitution of the United State? With the Amendments i 'i. s. I ' We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more per feet Union,, establish Justice, in sure domestic Tranquilty, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare and secure the Bless ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article I. Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 2. The House of Represen tatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have (the) Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representa tive who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the sever al States which may be included with in this Union, according to their re spective Numbers, which shall be de termined by adding to the whole Num ber of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thous and, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plan tations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsyl vania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Rep resentation from any State, the Ex ecutive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacan cies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other offi cers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Sena tors from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. Immediately after they shall be as sembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expira tion of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and the third Class at the Ex piration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every secoru Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make tern porary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United State, ami who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabi tant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Sen ate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the ' sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath of Affirmation. When the President of the United States (is tried,) the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachmen shall not extend further than to re moval from Office, and disqualifica tion to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States; but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and sub ject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Sen ators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legis lature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting Bhall be on the first Monday in De cember, unless they shall by Law ap point a different Day. Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a small er Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to com pel the Attendance of absent Mem bers, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expell a Member. Eaph House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Jurisdiction require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal. Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Con sent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section G. The Senators and Repre sentatives shall receive a Compensa tion for their Services, to be ascer tained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Class, except Treason, Fel ony and Breach of the Peace, be priv ileged from Arrest during their At tendance at the Session of their re spective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech of 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 Offi ce 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 hit Continuance in Office. Section 7. All Bills for raising Rev enue shall originate in the House '.of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendment 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 recon sider it. If after such Reconsidera tion 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 de termined 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 respective ly. 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, and like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Re turn, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representtives 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 repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the com mon Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Im posts 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, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies through out the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Meas-, ures; To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and cur rent Coin of the United States; To establish Post Office and post Roads; To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for lim ited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Eight to their respec tive Writings and Discoveries; To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committeed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; To declare War, grant Letters of States, shall be appointed an Elector. Electors shall meet in their re spective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules State with themselves. And they shall on Land and concerning Captures Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than Two 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 Insurrections and re pel 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 Offices, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such Dis trict (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Con gress, become the Scat of the Govern ment of the United States, and to ex ercises like Authority over all Places Purchased by the Consent of the Legis lature 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 nil Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Con stitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Deparment or Office thereof. Section 9. The Migration or Impor tation 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 Inva sion 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 be fore 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 Ap propriations made by Law; and a reg ular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all pub lic Money shall be published from time to time. No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Con sent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. ' Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confedera-j tion; grant Letters of Marque and Re prisal; coin Money; Remit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Pavment of Debts; pass any Bill 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 the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, ex cept what may be absolutely neces sary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Du ties and Imports, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Law shall be sub ject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress, No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty or Tonage, 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 ad mit of delay. Article II. Section 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, together 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 Sen ators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress; but no benator or Representa tive, or Ferson holding an Office of Trust of Profit under the United 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 Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Sen ate shall, in the Presence of the Sen ate 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 Num ber be a Majority of the whole Num ber of Electors appointed and if there be more than one who have such Ma jority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representa tives shall immediately chuse by Bal lot 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 chuse the President. But in chusing 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 Mem ber 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 Elec tors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United 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 thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. In Case of the Removal of the Pres ident from Office, or of his Death, Res ighation, 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, as a President shall be elected. The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services a Compensa tion which shall neither be encreased nor 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 enters on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the follow ing Oath or Affirmation: "I do sol emnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Presi dent of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, pro tect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive De partments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offi ces, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the Um'.ed States, except in Cases of Impeachment. 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 pub lie Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Offi cers of the United States, whose Ap pointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be es tablished 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 ex pire at the End of their next Session. Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of, the Union, and recom mend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient he may, on extraor nary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Dis agreement between them, with Respect to the Time oi Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambas sadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall com mission all the Officers of the United States. Section 4. The President, Vice Pres ident and all civil Officers of the erected within the Jurisr ;t. other State, nor any Sta-'t t "' by the Junction of two n ' or Parts. of States with..,','"' sent of the Legislatu,. J. concerned as well as ,,f ,i "' The Conyi i's u..u v ' ' uiopvjac ui aim mak lTnitol Rt!itac cVllill rirrr-vA from Icnrl T..m., 1 :. ' ' - ......... .u ,. .uu "csuiaiiuns respfi' F.J Office on Impeachment for, and Con-I tory or other P viction of. Treason, Bribery, or other i the United States- mf ' '' v.- u -..: i tm:,.j lr . ..' ''T.::.i! A high Cl imes and Misdemeanors Article III. Section 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 to time ordain and estabiish. The Judges, both of the supreme and in ferior Courts, shall hold their Offices rduring good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Serv ices, a Compensation, which shll not be diminished during their Continu ance in Office. Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitu tion, 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 there, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdic tion, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Reg ulations 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 Crime shall have been committed; but when hot committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed. Section 3. Treason against the Unit ed States, shall consist Only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convict ed of Treason unless on the Testimony constitution shall be . njuuiir any Claims btates, or of anv ilt 4 rit-cf s ' ir.c V "C"1U" me lmu-d St guarantee to every State a Republican Form ,.f , and shall protect each of tr,.,,' '.''"'I Invasion; and on Applied-,' .'.l Legislature, or of the v ' 1 (when the Legislature- ,rr vened) against domestic vi,.:, Article V. The Congress, whenever ,v vi uom nouses shall d CO.... .lw,ll si ,y, o.mn propose, or, on the W "UN "1C legislatures of u.,, ,i M;v oiuies, shall tall -a n veiuion lor proposing Arju-r which, in either Case, shad to all Intents and PurposVs, a of this Constitution, when i li the Legislatures of three 'u'-t the several States, f,.Rv in three fourths thereof, a tt or the other Mode of Kat'itUt; De proposed by the Coheres..; pi vided that no Amendment which J be made prior to the Year Or.e . sand eight hundred ami eiht ItJL any Manner affect the first and U Clauses in the Ninth Section if I first Article; and that no State, l out its Consent, shall be clei-r;'vll its equal feuttrage in the Su.a-.e. Article VI. All iiebts contracted and E:.pa ments entered into, before the Ad tion of th valid agai this Constitution, as under the Cfc federation. This Constitution, and th' Laws the United States which shall k iri in Pursuance thereof; and all Thai made, or which shall be made, ui the Authority of the I'nitcd Stat shall be the supreme Law of the La$ and the Judges in every State s be bound thereby, any Thing in Constitution or Laws of any Stati the Contrary notwithstanding. The Senators and Roprcsenxi before mentioned, and the Miirl of the several State Legislatures, all executive and judicial Officers, of the United States and of the sef States, shall be bound by Oath or itered into, before the Ad this Constitution, sha'l bel linst the United Stales unT of two W.tnesses to the same overt 'fiction to suppol.t this cn,tna, Act or on Confession in open Court. I but no reliious Test shall tVtr be The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of TreascTn shall work Corruption of Blood, or For feiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. Article IV. Section I. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. Section 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdic tion of the Crime. No Person held to Service or La bour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in Consequence of any Law or Regu lation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour mav be due. Section 3. New States mav be ad mitted by Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or v'Otf Vi.il gious quired as a Qualification t or public Trust under States. Article VII The Ratification of the (:v,r,; of nine States, shall be sufficient the establishment of this tVrtftitss between the States so raliiyg I Same. The Word, "the" being ir.u-Tr between the seventh and eighth l of the first Page, The ..nl "Vti being partly written- on' an Erajun" the fifteenth Line of the br?t fi The words "is tried'' beinc intwto between the thirtv 'second mi tr.i tViirH t.-inoa nf tht First Page f Word ''the" between the f' rty and fortv fourth Lines of -the Page. Attest WILLIAM JACKSON. eerftary 3k Cx.nntinr, hv the rmnt of tki. States rTtJIT the Seventeenth Day of SerUr the Year of our Lord 'one. seven hundred an Eighty even of the Independance of t: States of America the T ViTi nnca MVil (' hi.t. it" subscribed our Names, Go. Washington Ti es ,:. J utv from Virginia. 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