SEPTEMBER 16,. 1937
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
Page 9
Complete Text of the Constitution of the United States
With the Amendments
r..,,,J from page eight)
ffiSS G0RHAM
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JOHNSON
ER SHERMAN
KlEXAXDEB HAMILTON '
SUV.NGSTON
UVM PATERSON
0VA: DAYTON.
rVLV ASIA
THOMAS MIFFLIN
ROBT MORRIS
,;E0. CLYMER
TK,W FriuSlMMONS
A;:kd ingersoll
jamfs wilson
li0UV MORRIS
AWUi;F.O: READ
VN1G BEDFORD J UN
DICKENSON.
PH HARI) BASSETT.
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JOHN Bl.AlK
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8TH CAKOi.INA
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HI' WILLIAMSON
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NEY
CHARLES PINCKNEY
I'lEKOE BUTLER
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WILLIAM FEW
AMR BALDWIN
Where the Constitution Was Signed
tMKNOMKNTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION
"(Amentment I
mpw Mi i mane no law i-epei-i-
in establishment of religion, or
cbitins thi- free exercise thereof
ibriitgitig the freedom .of' speech,
rf the press; or the right of the
pie peaceably to assemble, and to
Ml the llovernment for a redress
fnevanoes.
Amendment' II
A well regulated Militia, being
wssarv t. the security ot a tree
:e, the 'r: it lit of the people to keep
lar Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
'o5"iditi shall, in time of peace be
Ur.eni m anv house, without the
"f tiii' Owner, nor in time of
in a manner to be prescribed
War
V'
;ints
icndment IV
the people to be secure
ns, houses, papers, ami
t unreasonable searches
hall not be violated, and
shall issue, but. upon
c supported by Hath
1 1 and particularly !--lace
to be searched, and
things to be seized.
mi'iidment V
I shall be held to answer
1. or otherwise infamous
; on a presentment or
t a (Irand .lurv, except in
si i i r i ir in the land or naval
ftS. Dl" m On, l!Ktli in no.
'"vice m time of War or public
nor shall any person be sub-
Tthe same defence to be twice
jeopardy 0f life "r limb, nor
' be compelled in any criminal
;- be a witness against hur.self,
deprived of life, liberty, or
-r!". without due process of law;
private property be taken
use, without just compen-
v 7HK3r't
I Aniondment XVII
I The Senate of the I'nited State i
', shall be con-posed of two Senators t
' trom each !tato, elected by the people
thereof, for six years; and each Sena
; tor shall have one vote. The elector in
! each state shall have the nualiti-
cations requisite for electors of the
most numerous bi;.'ich of the State
! legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the rep
resentation of any State in the Senate.
' the executive authority of such State
' shall issue writs of election to till such
vacancies; Provided. That the legisla
ture of any State may empower the
executive thereof to make temporary j
j appointments until the people till the
vacancies by election as the legisla- j
I ture may direct. j
j This amendment shall not be so con -
st rued as to affect the election or term i
i of any Senator chosen before it be- ,
iconics valid as part of ihe t'onslitu-I
i tioti.
j LAmondnLT.t Will ;
I Section 1. After one year from ('he,
I ratification of this article the manu
facture, sale, or transportation of in-'
I toxical ing liquors within, the unporti-
I'niled States
ct to t he juris- i
bevel age purpose.
Independence Hall, In Philadelphia, formerly the State House. Here th
Constitution waa signed on September 17, 1787. The Declaration of Inde
pendence had been adopted there July 4, 1776, and later signed by the
delegates to the Continental Congress.
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Amendment VI
(,Iitllilial nrost'ntirnQ thp ac-
iJ I ' - vw ,
r.all i:Mtv thi rifrit tn a sinpeilv
P-5.1C trial, hv an imnnrtinl iurv
i ... ..
a t' mid district wherein the
hall have been committed,
i"c-t shall have been pre-
cei tamed by law, and to be
,J the nature ami causp nf
"-CUJatlot:
to be confronted with
'gainst him: to have
,4l"y PIDCeSS fnr nKtoinino- Wit.
,. 0'-- favor, and to have the
Counsel for his defense.
stance',
Amendment VIII
at common law, where the
'fl C'onfrovoroir t-Violl ovrnml
dollar.,, the right of trial by
.... . v. iieserved, and on lace
-"-'. "-nan oe otnerwise re
,e? ln any Court of the United
I '"an at'CfirHinri. V, ! nf
mon law. '...'.
fAlnpniviw 1TTTT1
I... . ""VV 111 I
v imii snail not be required
- ..iirs imposed, nor cruei
-'-sua punishments inflicted.
t I Amendment IX
r'l"ii"i'ati(in in tv, nr;
i' lin rihts, shall not be
air., -i k . y or disParage others
people.
Amendmpnf Y1
Vis?XVer3 not delegated to the
. , , " l"e constitution, nor
h-v 11 to the States, are re
served to the States respectively, ot
to the people.
Amendment XI
The Judicial power of the United
States shall not be construed to ex
tend to any suit in-law or equity, com
menced or prosecuted against one of j
the United States by Citizens of an- j
other State, or by Citizens or Subjects 1
of any Foreign State.
Amendment XII
The Electors shall' meet .in their re
spective states, and vote by ballot for
President and Vice-President, one of
whom, at least, shall not be an inhab
itant of the same state with them
selves; they shall name in the ballots
the person voted for as President, and
in distinct ballots the person voted for
as Vice-President, and they shall make
distinct lists of all persons voted for
as President, and of all persons voted
for as Vice-President, and of the num
ber of votes for each, which lists they
shall" sign and .Certify, and transmit
sealed to the seat of government of
the United States, directed to the
President of the Setiati ;The Presi
dent of the Senate shall, in the pres
ence of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, open all the certificates
and the votes shall then be counted;
The person having the greatest num
ber of votes for President, shall .be
the President, if such number be a
majority of the whole number of Elec
tors appointed; and if no person have
such majority, then from the persons
having the highest number not ex
ceeding three on the list of those voted
for as President, the House of Rep
resentatives shall choose immediately,
by ballot, the President. Hut in choos
ing 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 member or members from two-
thirds of the states, and a majority or
all the states shall be necessary to a
choice. And if the House of Repre
sentatives shall not choose a Presi
dent whenever the right of choice
shall devolve upon them, before the
fourth day of March next following,
the Vice-President shall act as
President, as in the case of the death
or other constitutional disability of
the President. The person having the
greatest number of votes as Vice
President, 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 neces
sary to a choice. But no person con
stitutionally ineligible to the office of
President shall be eligible to that of
Vice-President of the United States.
Amendment XIII
Amendment XIV
Section 1. All persons born or nat
uralized in the United States, and sub
ject to the jurisdiction there, arc citi
zens of the United States and of the
State wherein they reside. No State
shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immuni
ties of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any State deprive any per
son within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws
Section 2. Representatives shall be
apportioned among the several States
according to their respective numbers,
counting the whole number of persons
in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed. Hut when the right to vote at
any election for the choice of elector;,
for President and Vice President of
the United States, Representatives in
Congress, the Executive and .Judicial
officers of a State, or the members of
the Legislature thereof, is denied to
any of the male inhabitants of such
State, being twenty-otic years of age,
and citizens of the United States, or
in any way abridged, except for par'
ticipation in rebellion or other crime,
the basis
shall be
which the number of such male citi
zens shall bear to the whole number
of male cit izens twenty-one years of
age in such State.
Section .'i. No person shall be a Sen
ator or Representative in Congress,
from the
the State;
dati
by
t
the
of representation therein
reduced in the proportion
lion thereof from the
and all territory subje
diction thereof foi
ls hereby prohibited.
Sec. The Congress and the sev
eral States shall have concurrent pow
er to enforce this article b appro
priate legislation.
Sec. .'L This .article shall bo . inoper
ative Unless it shall have been ratified
as mi amendment to the Constitution
by the legislatures of the several
States, as provided in the-Constitution
w it 1 1 id seven year:
the subiuis; ion to
Congress.
Amendment XI X 1
The right of citizens id' the I'nited
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex.
.Congress shall have power to en
force this article by appropriate leg
islation. .
Amendment XX
Sec. 1. The terms of the President
and Vice President shall end at noon
on the L'tlth day of January, and the
terms of Senators and Representatives
at noon on the 3d day of January, of
the year in which such term Would
have ended if this article had not been
ratilied; "and the terms of their suc
cessors shall then begin-..
Sec. 2. The Congress shall assemble
at least once in every year, and such
meeting shall begin at noon on the- -id
day of January, unless they shall by
law appoint a ilitl'erent day.
S.'C. :!. If, at the time fixed for Ihe
beginning of the term of the Presi
dent, the President clod shall' have
died, the Vice President elect. shall be
come' President. If a President shall
not. have been chosen before thf time
fixed for the beginning of his term, or
if the President elect shall have failed
to qualify, then the Vice' President
elect shall act as President until a
President shall have qualified: and
Congress may bylaw -provide, for the.
case wherein nei'her a President. elect
nor a Vice President elect shall, have
qualified, declaring, who -shall then
act as President, or the in.-inn
r in
which one who
I lected, and such
cordiiigly until a
V to
per;
Pi
act
be
se-
t nc-Vice
President-'
Sec. 4.
or elector of President and Vice Pies
ident, or hold any office, civil .or null- ; provide for the case
tarv, under the United States, or tin- any of the persons
der any State, who, having previously
taken an oath, as a member of Con
gress, or as an officer of the United
States, or as a member of any State
legislature, or as an executive for judi
cial officer of any State, to support the
'Constitution- of the I'nited States,
shal
shall
ideii!
hall have qualified.
I'he Congress may by law i
of "the death of !
from whom the I
i House of Representatives may choose
a President whenever the right of!
i choice shall have devolved upon them.
i and for the case of the death of any I
of the persons whom the Senate m.;y
choose a Vice President whenever the
right of choice shall have devolv
shall have engaged in insurrection or upon them.
rebellion against the same, or given I Sec. 5. Sections 1 and - shall take
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, j effect on the loth day of October
Rut Congress may by vote of two- i following the ratification of this ar
thirds of each House, remove such ; tide.
disability. Sec. (.. This article' shall be inoper-
Section 4. The validity -of the public alive unless it shall have been ratified
debt of the United States, authorized i as an amendment to the Constitution
by law, including debts incurred for by the legislatures of three-fourths of
payment of pensions and bounties for I the several States within seven years
services in suppressing insurrection or i from the date of its submission,
rebellion, shall not be questioned. Hut Amendment XXI
neither the United States nor any i Section 1. The eighteenth article of
State shall assume or pay any debtor amendment to the Constitution of the
obligation of any slave; but all such j United States is hereby repealed,
debts, obligations and claims shall be j Sec. 2. The transportation orimpor
held illegal and void. tation into any State, Territory, or
Sections. The Congress shall have ; possession of the United States for
power to enforce, by appropriate legis
islation, the provisions- of the article.
Amendment XV
Section 1. The right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have
Section 1. Neither slavery nor in-'power to enforce this article by ap
voluntary servitude, except as a pun
ishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation. .
nropriate legislation
Amendment XVI
The Congress shall have poww to
lay and collect taxes on incomes, from
whatever source derived, without ap
portionment among the-several States,
and without regard to any census or
enumeration.
lelivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws there
of, is hereby prohibited.
Sec. 3. This article shall be inoper
ative unless it shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the Constitution
by conventions in the several States,
as provided in the Constitution,
within seven years from the date of
the submission hereof to the States
by the Congress. '
The Rev. H. W. Iiaucom will return
oday from Lumberion, where he spent
the past week.
-:. ..''.- : I
History of the Great Seal
This plate shows the obverse of the present Great Seal of th United
States, which with slight modification of details is the same as that adopted
originally in 1782. The reverse of the sea! is never used and has not, indeed,
ever been cut On July 4, 1776. the day of the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence, the Continental Congress appointed a committe consisting
of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson to devise a seal
of the new nation. The committee reported a design on August 20, but ot
that plan nothing was ever used except the motto. Another committee of
fered a new sketch in 1780. which included a shield with red atvd white
stripes and the constellation in a cloud In 1782 William Barton, a private
citizen of Philadelphia, submitted designs to another committee. Of these the
reverse was .adopted; but the obverse was considered further by Charles
Thomson, the Secretary of the Continental Congress. He made an eagle with
expanded wings as the central figure and borrowed other elements from
earlier reports. On June 20, 1782, Congress adopted the seal thus devised and
the obverse was cut and put in use. The new government under the Na
tional Constitution took over the seal, by act of September 15, 1789. and
placed it in the custody of the Secretary of State, where It has remained. In
1841 the Secretary, without authority, had a new die of the seal cut, which
made changes that were contrary to the design ns prescribed by the original
law. This die, called the "illegal seal," remained in use until Uie act of July
7, 1884, authorized a new one in close adherence to the original form. A fur
ther seal was cut in 1903. Its use is restricted to papers bearing the signature
of the President, different seals being used for other purposes, and also for
several minor papers which have the presidential signature. Though th re
verse Is never used as a seal, both the obverse and reverse appear on the new
one dollar bill.
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