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be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the President, whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a how elected 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 necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.

ARTICLE XIII1

abolished

SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except Slavery. as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

ARTICLE XIV2

defined and

SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United Citizenship States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of rights the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No secured state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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SEC. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the Representaseveral states according to their respective numbers, count- regulated ing the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the United States, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of

1Article XIII was proposed by congress February 1, 1865, and declared in force December 18, 1865.

Ratified by Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin-33. Ratified conditionally by Alabama and Mississippi-2. Rejected by Delaware and Kentucky-2.

2 Article XIV was proposed by congress June 13, 1866, and declared in force July 28, 1869.

Ratified by Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin-33.

Of the above, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia first rejected the amendment, but finally ratified it. New Jersey and Ohio rescinded their ratification.

Rejected by Delaware, Kentucky, and Maryland-3.
No final action was taken by California-1.

Certain persons ineligible to office

Rebellion debt

declared valid

the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such

state.

SEC. 3. No person shall be a senator or representative in congress, or elector of president and vice-president, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.

SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation Payment of incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.

insurrectionary debt inhibited

SEC. 5. The congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

ARTICLE XV1

SECTION 1. The right of the 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.

SEC. 2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Article XV was proposed by congress February 26, 1869, and declared in force March 30, 1870.

Ratified by Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min-
nesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin-30.

Of the above, Georgia and Ohio at first rejected, but finally ratified.
New York rescinded her ratification.

Rejected by California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, and
Oregon-6.

No final action was taken by Tennessee-1.

INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES

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Acts, records and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in
other states..

471

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Attainder, of treason, shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during
the life of the person attainted

470

Bills for raising revenue, shall originate in the house of representatives

465

Before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and approved by the
president; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each house.. 465
Not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be considered
as approved

466

Capitation tax. See Tax

467

Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years..

463

Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced by any
construction of the constitution.

472

Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens
in the several states.

471

Of the United States, all persons born in or naturalized are, amendment arti-
cle XIV

477

Commerce, regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform

466

Congress, power to enforce laws against slavery, amendment article XIII

477

Power to secure the right to vote to every citizen, irrespective of race or color,
15th amendment...

478

Vested with legislative power

463

May alter the regulations of state legislatures concerning elections of senators
and representatives, except as to place of choosing senators

464

Shall assemble once every year

464

May provide for cases of removal of president and vice-president.

469

May determine the time of choosing electors of president and vice-president.
May invest the appointment of inferior officers in the president alone, in the
courts of law or the heads of departments.

468

469

May from time to time establish courts inferior to the supreme court
May (with one limitation) declare the punishment of treason

470

470

May prescribe the manner of proving the acts, records and judicial proceedings
of each state........

471

The assent of, required to the formation of a new state within the jurisdiction of
any other, or by the junction of two or more.

471

May propose amendments to the constitution, or, on application, call a con-
vention

471

The assent of, required to the admission of new states into the Union.

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Congress, to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization.......

To coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix the standard of weights and

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To define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offenses against the
laws of the nations

466

To declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures
To raise and support armies..

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To pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect

467

To dispose of and make rules concerning the territory and other property of the
United States....

467

Constitution, formed by the people of the United States, preamble

463

How amended

471

And the laws under it, and treaties, declared to be the supreme law
Rendered operative by the ratification of the conventions of nine states

472

472

Conventions, for proposing amendments to the constitution
Court, supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction.

471

470

Courts, inferior to the supreme court, may be ordained by congress
Crimes, persons accused of fleeing from justice, may be demanded..

470

471

Debts, against the confederation to be valid against the United States under this
constitution

472

of states in rebellion, prohibition against payment by United States or any
state, 14th amendment

477

Duties, on exports between states prohibited

467

On imports and exports imposed by state shall inure to the treasury of the
United States

468

Elections, of senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the state legisla-
tures, as to time, place and manner

464

Qualifications and returns of members of congress to be determined by each
house

465

Electors, presidential, prohibition to certain persons as, who have been engaged in
the rebellion, 14th amendment...

477

Electors of president and vice-president, how chosen, and their duties.

478

And 12th amendment

476

Shall vote the same day throughout the United States.

468

No senator or representative holding office under the United States shall serve

as ......

468

Enumeration. See Census

463

Executive power shall be vested in a president. See President

468

Exports. See Tax.

And imports, duties are by states, to be payable into the treasury of the United
States

468

Ex post facto law, none shall be passed

467

Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion
House of representatives. See Representatives.

467

House.

See Senate.

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Impeachment, all civil officers liable to

Persons found guilty by, liable to indictment and punishment for the offense
Importation of slaves, until prohibited, a duty authorized on after 1808.

Judges, shall hold their offices during good behavior

The compensation of, shall not be diminished during continuance in office
Judicial power, vested in a supreme court and courts inferior..

470

464

467

470

470

470

The cases to which it extends

470

Judicial proceedings, records and acts of each state, are entitled to faith and credit
in every other state.....

471

Jury trial shall be held in the state where the crime shall have been committed........ 470
If a crime has not been committed within a state, the trial shall be held at the
place congress shall have directed..

Jury, trial by, secured, in prosecutions for all crimes except in cases of impeach-
ment

470

470

And in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty
dollars, 7th amendment

475

Laws, supreme, the constitution, the laws under it, and treaties declared to be
Legislative powers, vested in congress. See Congress..

472

473

Money, shall be drawn from the treasury only by law appropriating.

467

Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States

467

Officers of the senate, except the president, shall be chosen by the senate
Civil, may be removed by impeachment.

467

470

Orders of one house, requiring the concurrence of the other. See Resolution

466

Persons held to labor or service, their importation or immigration into the United
states may be prohibited after 1808

467

Persons escaping from one state into another shall be delivered up to those entitled
to service........

471

Powers not delegated are reserved to the people, or when not prohibited to the
states...........

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Presents, emoluments, office, or title from a foreign king, prince, to persons holding
office of profit or trust, prohibited.

467

Presidential electors, prohibition as to having engaged in the rebellion, 14th amend-
ment

477

President of the United States, vested with executive power, shall be chosen for four
years

468

How elected

468

Qualifications for

Compensation of

Shall take oath of office

May be removed by impeachment

President of the United States, powers of-

Shall be commander-in-chief of army and navy

May require the written opinions of the heads of departments

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May appoint to office, with consent of the senate

Shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the senate......

469

469

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