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Enumeration every ten years.

Executive power vested in the President, (See President).
Exports not to be taxed...

and imports, States prohibited from laying duties on..

Ex post facto law, none shall be passed

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common, recognized and established, (7th amendment, p. 21.)

Laws, President to see them faithfully executed

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Officers, of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the House

of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate....
civil, may be removed by impeachment..

Order of one house requiring the concurrence of the other..

Oath of the President

Patents to be granted to inventors..

Petition, right of, (1st amendment, p. 20.)

Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration into

the United States may be prohibited after 1808,

escaping from one State to another shall be delivered up to
those entitled to service...

Piracy, Congress to prescribe punishment for.

Post Offices and Post Roads, establishment of

Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States are re-

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may adjourn them in case of disagreement..

shall receive ambassadors and public ministers.

shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

shall commission all officers...

Privileges and immunities of members of Congress
of citizens. (See Citizens, also Rights.)

Property, Congress to provide for care of public,

shall not be taken for public use without just compensation,
(5th amendment, p. 21.)

Public Debt, not to be questioned, (14th amendment, sec. 4, p. 23.)
Punishment, cruel and unusual, prohibited, (8th amendment, p. 21.)

of States in choosing a President by House of Representatives

Quartered, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen, (3d àmt., p. 20.)

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Reprieves granted by the President..

Representatives, House of, composed of members chosen every sec-

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Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both houses,
to undergo the formalities of bills..

Revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives..

Rights of the citizen declared to be-

priviliges of citizens of the several States..

liberty of conscience in matters of religion, (1st amt., p. 20.)

freedom of speech and of the press, (1st amendment, p. 20.)

to assemble and petition, (1st amendment, p. 20.)

to keep and bear arms, (2d amendment, p. 20.)

to be exempt from the quartering of soldiers, (3d amt., p. 20.),

to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures, (3d

amendment, p. 20.)

to be free from answering for a crime, unless on presentment

or indictment of a jury, (5th amendment, p. 21.)

not to be twice jeopardized for the same offense, (5th amend-

ment, p. 21.)

not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, (5th amt.,

p. 21.)

not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due

course of law, (5th amendment, p. 21.)

private property not to be taken for public use, (5th amt., p. 21).

in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of speedy trial

by jury, with all the means necessary for his defense, (6th

amendment, p. 21.)

in civil cases, trial to be by a jury, and shall only be re-exam-

ined according to common law, (6th amendment, p. 21.)

excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed,

nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted, (8th amt., p. 21.)

enumeration of certain rights shall not operate against re-

tained rights, (9th amendment, p. 21.)

Rules, each house shall determine its own

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shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its mem-

bers...

what number shall be a quorum

any number may adjourn and compel the attendance of absent-

ees

may determine its rules..

may punish or expel a member.

shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts re-
quiring secrecy...

shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other
place, without the consent of the other house.

one-fifth may require the yeas and nays..

may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue.

shall try impeachments..

effect of their judgment on impeachment.

compensation to be ascertained by law.

privileged from arrest..

not questioned for any speech or debate..

shall not be appointed to office..

Senator shall not be elector..

Senators and Representatives, elections of, how prescribed..

Slaves, their importation may be prohibited after 1808

escaping from one State to another may be reclaimed.

Slavery and involuntary servitude abolished except for crime, (13th

amendment, p. 21)

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Supreme Court, (See Court and Judiciary.)

Suits at common law, proceedings in, (7th amendment, p. 21.) ....

States, new may be admitted into the Union

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